This content is machine translated Fitness to drive in old age Clarifications in the family practice: What is possible, what is useful? Driving aspects (driving competence) are not included in the mandatory driving fitness examination. Experience shows that the primary care physician is best at checking medical fitness to drive and an…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Sick leave What should you consider as a treating physician? A detailed work capability certificate benefits the patient. This allows measures for reintegration into the workplace to be addressed in good time.
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated 19th Continuing Education Conference of the KHM, Lucerne Update Vitamin D and calcium – is the dose decisive? Fall and fracture prevention are particularly important in the elderly, as such injuries can contribute not insignificantly to increased morbidity and concomitant loss of autonomy. To prevent falls and fractures,…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Oncological prevention To what extent is nutrition crucial? Approximately one-fifth of all cancers are caused by diet, overweight and obesity. Crucial in terms of cancer development are mainly too much red and processed meat, alcohol and salt; little…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Colorectal cancer Why are more and more younger patients becoming ill? There is a significant increase in the incidence of colorectal cancer in the age group below 55 years. In older individuals, diagnoses have been steadily declining for years. Screening recommendations…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated SGK/SGHC Annual Meeting in Baden Lipid profile – sober or not? Just over a year ago, a consensus statement from two European societies shook up the position of fasting lipid measurement. Concerns about lipid determination in the non-sober state appear largely…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Legal issues in dermatology Selected Aspects: Medical devices, advertising and reimbursement The duty to maintain medical devices is incumbent on the person who uses them on third parties. Violations of the maintenance obligation are sanctioned as misdemeanors by Swissmedic. Physician advertising…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Sport and health Sport instead of pill No other medical measure has such positive effects on health as sport. Medical professionals should therefore prescribe it in the correct amount, duration and frequency.
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated 7th JHaS Congress, Thun Quality and patient-centeredness in the family medicine profession. What is quality in family practice? This was one of the guiding questions addressed at the 7th Congress of the Association of Young Family Physicians Switzerland in Thun. What does…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated 123. Congress of the DGIM, Mannheim Gender Medicine Gender medicine is becoming increasingly important. At the annual meeting of the German Society of Internal Medicine (DGIM) in Mannheim in April 2017, gender differences in selected diseases were among…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Trend Days Health, Lucerne Health 4.0: Fit for the digital transformation? During the 13th Trend Days Health in Lucerne, more than 800 decision-makers from the Swiss healthcare sector addressed the question of where digitization in healthcare will lead, which opportunities are…
