This content is machine translated Fall prevention “Falls cause immense follow-up costs – prevention is therefore urgently needed” In an interview with HAUSARZT PRAXIS, Barbara Zindel, dipl. Physiotherapist FH, Rheumaliga Schweiz, the project “Living mobile and safe at home”. The pilot phase in Lucerne has been a success…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Many cooks spoil the broth Medication cocktail and dosage card salad The older my patients are, the more often I prescribe them several medications. The interactions are reminded to me by the program stored in the PC for each prescription. I…
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Palliation Giving more life to the days The essential foundations of palliative care can be well established in all specialties through continuing education, but knowledge of the four dimensions of palliative care detailed in this article is…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Accounts Receivable Management Minimize bad debt losses It used to be an unwritten law: the family doctor always gets paid first. After all, his achievements were particularly important, he was often something like a trusted family friend…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Effects of physical activity Biological adaptations and training theory The manifold positive effects of physical activity on health but also on pathological processes are the result of subtle adaptation processes in the various organs and organ systems. How does…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Health Policy Emotions in politics – Cave! It has already become rumored that health insurance premiums will rise again next year. The various funds will again step up their advertising for new members in the fall. The…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated News & Views: Skin Graft Progress in replacement skin cultivation The Children’s Hospital in Zurich recently announced that researchers have succeeded in growing skin in the laboratory that contains lymphatic and blood vessels. In the future, replacement skin could thus…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated The aging skin Man always wants to look young and healthy We are witnessing an unprecedented demographic shift: the transition from high to low birth and death rates has global political, socioeconomic and health economic consequences.
View Post 3 min 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…
