This content is machine translated Rare diseases Building trust and fostering resilience It usually takes a long time before an adequate diagnosis of a rare disease is made. After all, it is not only primary care physicians who lack specific knowledge about…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Mamma Screening Between statistics and casuistry Once again, a health policy bombshell has burst in the Sunday press. The Swiss Medical Board questions systematic breast screening. As was to be expected, the tsunami of outrage arrived…
View Post 1 min This content is machine translated Diabetes mellitus First Google medical product in development How can one monitor one’s own blood glucose level without great effort and without interpretational difficulties in the evaluation? This is the question that many researchers worldwide are asking themselves…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Sport as medicine What about the evidence? Actually, it is widely known that sport has a positive effect on our health and can also help with diseases. Nevertheless, this is still too little lectured at the decisive…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Swissheart-coach.ch The new interactive internet platform of the Swiss Heart Foundation The www.swissheart-coach.ch program is designed to help health-conscious individuals and patients manage cardiovascular risk factors in the prevention and management of disease. The program can also be an aid for…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Dementia National Dementia Strategy 2014-2017 The National Dementia Strategy aims to support those affected by dementia and to implement measures to improve the individual’s quality of life. Patients and families should have access to high-quality…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated That was 2013 News and views around the heart Welcome, dear readers, to the first issue of CARDIOVASC magazine in the new year.
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Mistletoe Findings on efficacy from cohort studies The randomized, placebo-controlled trial has become the gold standard of medical research today. This development has been accompanied by an ever-increasing emphasis on evidence-based medicine in curricula and guidelines, increasing…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Cancer organizations present results of comprehensive evaluation Excellent marks for the promotion of Swiss cancer research The Swiss Cancer Research Foundation and the Swiss Cancer League do an excellent job in promoting Swiss cancer research. They support research projects of excellent quality, resulting in many significant…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated New series Sports medicine, quo vadis? Sports medicine is becoming increasingly important in family practice, but there is usually a lack of appropriate basic training. In order to close this knowledge gap, Dr. med. Peter Jenoure,…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Welcome to the new year! 2014 has begun In the new year, decisions will be made in Switzerland that will affect our healthcare system. For example, the Federal Council’s counter-proposal to the family doctor initiative and the single…
