This content is machine translated MASLD/MASH Drug therapy options on the rise: spectacular evidence Over the last few decades, the incidence of steatotic liver disease has risen in parallel with the increase in obesity, diabetes and other metabolic diseases. It is recommended to screen...…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated New ways of neuroregeneration CRISPR and artificial intelligence The combination of precise genome editing using CRISPR and AI-supported modeling of complex CNS damage marks a paradigm shift in neuroregeneration. Adaptive, closed therapy loops are designed to address multiple...…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Asbestos victims Federal Council has decided to amend the UVG Financing the Compensation Fund for Asbestos Victims Foundation has proved increasingly difficult in recent years. In order to secure it in the long term, the Federal Council has enacted an...…
View Post 32 min This content is machine translated Music as a cure for cancer? Music therapy in Swiss oncology Music therapy is becoming increasingly important as part of integrative treatment approaches and complementary procedures in cancer treatment. The workshop held by a music therapist from Inselspital Bern at this...… CME-Test
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Clinical significance, pathophysiology, diagnosis and management Frailty in COPD Frailty has established itself as a central concept in modern pulmonology in recent years. While the syndrome was originally described primarily as a geriatric phenomenon, more recent data shows that...…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Bladder infections and urinary tract infections Survey reveals information deficits in the population A recently published survey conducted on the initiative of the European Association of Urology revealed worrying gaps in knowledge and misunderstandings regarding the prevention and treatment of cystitis and urinary...…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Early detection of type 1 diabetes Detection of insulin autoantibodies as an early marker Type 1 diabetes develops in several stages, whereby in the first preclinical phase only diabetes-specific autoantibodies are initially present in the blood, but the patients are normoglycaemic. Targeted screening is...…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Type 2 diabetes Smoking causes more than double the risk The characteristics of type 2 diabetes vary from patient to patient and the disease is thought to consist of four subtypes. However, a new study shows that smoking significantly increases...…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – Colitis Chronic inflammatory bowel diseases are characterized by an intermittent course. In Crohn’s disease, the main sites of manifestation are the terminal ileum and the colon, while ulcerative colitis exclusively affects...…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Pathophysiology, cardiovascular consequences and metabolic interventions Obesity accelerates cardiovascular ageing Obesity and demographic ageing are two global megatrends that overlap in a particularly unfavorable way in the cardiovascular system. Both factors independently increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, but also...…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated CKD: counteracting kidney progression and reducing the risk of CVD Targeted intervention through a multifactorial approach The Swiss Society of Nephrology (SGN) advocates targeted screening for defined risk groups. However, given the prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in primary care, it is hardly possible to...…
