This content is machine translated Type 2 diabetes and heart failure: a bidirectional relationship Proactive preventive measures can reduce the burden of disease Heart failure and diabetes mellitus are two of the greatest global health burdens and their prevalence is steadily increasing. At the same time, heart failure is becoming one of the...…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Colorectal cancer screening Results of the population-based PREEMPT-CRC study An original investigational paper published in JAMA 2025 reports the clinical validation of an investigational, blood-based circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) test for the early detection of colorectal cancer at average...…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Study report: Nicotinamide for skin cancer prevention Cohort study analyzed data from over 30,000 patients In the US cohort study published in JAMA Dermatology 2025, the risk of non-melanocytic skin cancer (NMSC) was reduced in patients who had received nicotinamide supplementation – especially if the...…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated How do weight loss interventions affect the muscles? Reflective evaluation: do not neglect qualitative aspects Both in the context of exclusively dietary interventions and after bariatric surgery or treatment with GLP(glucagon-like peptide)-1 analogs, there is not only a reduction in weight, but also a loss...…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Obesity in the family practice Aim for realistic goals and avoid apportioning blame Morbid obesity is a significant health risk factor and its prevalence has increased in many industrialized countries in recent years. The principles of weight reduction have hardly changed over the...…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated "Swiss Health Care Atlas" New indicator: medication for weight regulation The healthcare atlas compiled under the auspices of Obsan documents and visualizes the frequency of medical treatments and diagnoses between cantons, regions, age groups and over time. This provides a...…
View Post 20 min This content is machine translated AI in neurology Control instead of a flood of data: AI makes big data and wearables usable Artificial intelligence has become a key technology in medicine, including in complex neurology. Modern methods such as machine learning and deep learning in combination with data and wearables (wearable sensor...… CME-Test
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Longevity Medicine 2025 From anti-ageing to precision prevention Longevity Medicine in 2025 is less a marketing term than a clinical work program: moving away from fuzzy “anti-aging” promises towards measurable risk, biomarker and intervention logic. Drivers are a...…
View Post 14 min This content is machine translated Artificial intelligence Dr. ChatGPT: Large language models in everyday clinical practice With the public availability of ChatGPT 3.5 in fall 2022 at the latest, artificial intelligence in the sense of large language models (LLMs) is on everyone’s lips. However, it is...… CME-Test
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Microbiome, inflammaging and affective/cognitive health Gut-brain axis in old age As we age, the composition and function of the gut microbiome, the integrity of the intestinal barrier and systemic immune regulation change. These changes are closely linked to the concept...…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated What biomarkers reveal about "biological youth" - and what not (yet) Epigenetic ageing In recent years, epigenetic clocks based on DNA methylation have evolved from research tools to widely used biomarkers of biological ageing. They correlate not only with chronological age, but also...…
