This content is machine translated Skin cancer Do we need to rethink our lifestyle in the fight against skin cancer? The topic could hardly be more explosive: Already about half of the over 60-year-olds suffer from actinic tumors. In Switzerland, we are also European champions in terms of melanoma incidence.…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Effects of physical activities on the skin Skin and sport Just over 70% of the Swiss population engage in sports at least occasionally. In addition to general fitness training, this mainly involves endurance sports such as jogging, cycling or swimming.…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated SAKK publication Cancer patients receive different regional treatment at the end of their lives A study co-led by the Swiss Association for Clinical Cancer Research (SAKK) and published in the journal BMC Cancer concludes that place of residence, insurance, age, and type of cancer…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Physician prescription of physical activities Careful planning is indicated “Three times a capsule of pill XY in the morning, at noon, and in the evening, each time at mealtime,” is a relatively classic prescription for any practicing physician. Or,…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Nachlese What are the consequences of the outcome of the vote? The Federal Constitution was amended on May 18, 2014 as follows:
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Alcohol dependence treatment Establish reduction of alcohol consumption as a therapy goal The therapy of alcoholics is quite a difficult task. Psychosocial support measures are often initiated, which may not always be the only correct course given the advances in medication. Recently,…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Job description family doctor David, Goliath or Hercules after all? At the fourth congress of the Young Family Physicians of Switzerland (JHaS) at the Thun Congress Center, Prof. Dr. Thomas Rosemann, MD, Zurich, on the tasks of today’s family doctor.…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Link website and social media Dialogue instead of monologue If the primary care physician engages in one-way communication with the practice website, it is usually visited by only a few patients. If he wants more traffic, he must actively…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Workload Mens sana in corpore sano A few weeks ago we read once again that our young colleagues in the hospitals have to work sixty hours a week despite the labor law and are thus pushed…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Intergenerika and the Fresenius University of Applied Sciences The cheapest principle – a cost saving only at first glance? At the media conference in February in Zurich, the Intergenerics Association and the Fresenius University of Applied Sciences provided information on new study results on the lowest-cost principle.
View Post 4 min 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…
