This content is machine translated Interview with Prof. Heike Bischoff-Ferrari, Zurich Always supplement calcium combined with vitamin D While the calcium supply in Switzerland is usually ensured to a large extent through the diet, vitamin D deficiency is common. How this deficiency can be compensated for and in…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated 9th Lucerne Trend Days Health Market control in health care At this year’s Lucerne “Trend Days Health”, Prof. Dr. Stefan Felder, Basel, raised the question of whether it really makes sense to regard market control as one of the most…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated To the point Mediterranean food or “torta della nonna” after all? The vacation on the Mediterranean Sea is relaxing. Most of the time the sun is shining and the sea is pleasantly warm but still cooling. In the evening, people usually…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated The little helpers for rheumatic complaints “Everyday aids should also be used preventively” Those who suffer from rheumatic complaints often have difficulty performing everyday movements at home or at work. Here, the everyday aids can be a great relief. They provide support when…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Telemedicine Significant potential for medical care While many primary care physicians were skeptical of “remote treatment,” more and more physicians are now working in partnership with telemedicine providers.
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Exchange GP and hospital How can communication be optimized? It is clear that coordinated exchange between hospitals and primary care physicians is fundamental to the functionality of the health care system. But how can the interfaces between the two…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated 9th Lucerne Trend Days Health Swiss Healthcare – Quo vadis? Paul Camenzind, Deputy Director of the Swiss Health Observatory (Obsan), Neuchâtel, gave a presentation on “Shortage and Abundance in Swiss Health Care” at the “Trend Days Health” in Lucerne. In…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Questionable financial incentives Swiss surgeons want to prevent abuse with charter The Swiss Surgeons (Swiss Society of Surgery [SGC]), represented by its President Prof. Dr. med. Ralph Alexander Schmid and Prof. Dr. med. Dr. phil. Hubert Steinke, called for a charter…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Multimorbidity The main task of the family doctor is to prioritize Whereas comorbidity focuses on one index disease, multimorbidity has several chronic diseases coexisting at the same time, and the difficulty is to figure out which one is the main problem…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Travel medicine Do you know which vaccinations are necessary and which are recommended? Not all vaccinations that are recommended are really necessary and useful for every patient. A detailed review of vaccinations for travel has recently been published [1]; this article characterizes the…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated To the point Quo vadis medicus… Apparently, the working conditions at the hospitals have massively deteriorated for the young residents. For many, the 50-hour week is at the limit of what is feasible. The work involved…
