This content is machine translated Assisted suicide in oncology A medical task? Oncology is a discipline in which dying and death are omnipresent. Thus, assisted suicide is also a common – and controversial – topic in daily oncology practice. While this has been…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated COVID-19 Pandemic costs not yet estimated The Corona pandemic still has us in its clutches – with immense implications for the health of the body and mind, as well as for healthcare costs. The Federal Council…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated "Digital Trends Survey 2021" Digitization of medical applications This year’s “Digital Trends Survey 2021” focuses on the use of digital technologies during treatment in the outpatient sector. Even if we are currently still a long way from computers…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Statistics in 5 minutes Statistical tests: Of sharpness and power The goal of every study and every statistical test is to reliably demonstrate effects that are actually present and sometimes not clearly apparent at first glance. However, often only a…
View Post 11 min This content is machine translated Artificial intelligence in medicine Opportunities and risks of AI The concept of artificial intelligence dates back to the 1950s. 20th century and includes a collection of technologies that allow a computer to emulate typical characteristics of human intelligence. Initially,… CME-Test
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Digital Health Neurodermatitis patients benefit from Nia App With the new cooperation between aha! Allergy Center Switzerland and Nia Health, more sufferers in Switzerland should use the award-winning app in their daily lives. The focus is on the…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated New medical tariff TARDOC A rocky road The fact that TARMED, the physician tariff for outpatient services introduced in 2004, is outdated is old news. Nevertheless, any improvement in the situation in the near future is on…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Gastroenterological endoscopy Colorectal cancer screening during and after the corona pandemic Screening colonoscopies are associated with great health benefits. This has been scientifically proven. If intestinal polyps are detected and removed in time, the risk of a malignant intestinal tumor can…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Telemedicine in integrative oncology Improve quality of life Ensuring quality of care for oncology patients is a major challenge in light of the COVID 19 pandemic. In particular, non-essential therapies, which can be of great importance for the…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated The somewhat different knowledge What is actually… Peto’s paradox? Or: Why don’t all blue whales have cancer? Like elephants, these giant, long-lived mammals are not affected by malignancies more often than other species. Strange actually, considering the long life…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Respiratory Vitamin D brings small benefit In 2017, a meta-analysis of data from 25 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of vitamin D supplementation for the prevention of acute respiratory infections (ARIs) found a protective effect of this…
