This content is machine translated Discussion at Puure-Huus The single health insurance fund – a sword of Damocles! The initiative to establish a single health insurance fund is opposed by many physicians, but is currently meeting with no small amount of support among the population. The latter is…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Fusculus Furiosus Allergologiae Supra Magister The great master celebrates anniversary When a “great master” like Prof. Brunello Wüthrich celebrates his 75th birthday, his students, successors and friends like to come together to celebrate him. However, they not only bring back memories…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Aarau introduces itself A story of 15 years In the 15 years of its existence, dermatology at the KSA has already experienced eventful times. It took 15 years to go from a one-man operation to a training company…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Basel introduces itself Paracelsus was not wanted at the university. Dermatology Basel looks back on an eventful history. For example, until 1978, inpatients with skin and sex disorders were segregated by gender, and Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim was not recognized…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated New forms of practice Paradigm shift in primary care At present, practice structures are subject to multiform change. Various social parameters are recreating the environment in which medical practices must position themselves. Hansulrich Blunier, MD, Schüpfen, and Christoph Cina,…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated 3rd SGIM Great Update for Family Physicians “In our workshops, physicians are encouraged to be hands-on themselves” This year’s SGIM Great Update will be held for the third time on November 14-15. As in previous years, the congress will be held in Interlaken and is aimed primarily…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated To the point Physician emergency duty on the wane? Obviously, there are small and medium-sized hospitals that rely on having enough patients assigned to them for treatment. They are making great efforts to fill their beds. Some open a…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Editorial Obesity and metabolic diseases Obesity (BMI> 30 kg/m2) has developed relatively rapidly in industrialized nations from a marginal group phenomenon to a real socio-economic problem. The changed living conditions of our society have led…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Heart failure Wet or dry? Warm or cold? The motto of this year’s continuing education conference of the College of Family Medicine (KHM) was “Opposites: Wet – Dry”. Consequently, the first keynote presentation was dedicated to heart failure.…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Cardiac screening Prevention of sudden cardiac death in young athletes. Per se, although cardiac risk increases briefly during any exercise, even for the well-trained athlete, and may remain elevated for several hours after exercise, the positive health or prognostic effect…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Thrombosis risk with the pill Which pill should you prescribe? After the death of a young girl who died of a pulmonary embolism, many are asking: How safe is the pill? The conclusion: the absolute risk is low, the combined…
