This content is machine translated Osteoporosis Clarify risk patients densitometrically and treat them in an individualized manner The risk of suffering an osteoporosis-related fracture is significantly increased with certain predisposing factors. This should be increasingly taken into account because, according to the Swiss Association against Osteoporosis (SVGO),…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Chronic pruritus Management of intractable pruritus – new therapeutic options available soon? Persistent itching is very stressful for those affected and can lead to enormous suffering. A careful diagnostic clarification of chronic pruritus is the basis for a goal-oriented treatment. It remains…
View Post 14 min This content is machine translated Gastrointestinal carcinomas New therapy options in 2021 Malignant tumors of the gastrointestinal tract are common, and the need for additional therapeutic options is high. At this year’s ASCO Annual Meeting, exciting new study results were presented for… CME-Test
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Advanced breast carcinoma What’s new? With antibody-drug conjugates, checkpoint and CDK4/6 inhibitors, three drug classes were in the spotlight at this year’s European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) congress in advanced breast cancer. This is…
View Post 16 min This content is machine translated Schizophrenia Importance of functionality in psychiatric patients Schizophrenia is a common mental illness with alteration of perception of thinking and self-experience. It has a major impact on the daily life of those affected and can severely limit… CME-Test
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated New AGLA guidelines Dyslipidemia – when to see a specialist? “The lower the better” – the approach to lower cholesterol levels as much as possible in patients at cardiovascular risk is more relevant than ever, according to the update of… CME-Test
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) “Treat acid pocket” and follow up high-risk patients endoscopically Gastroesophageal reflux disease ( GERD) is the most common benign disease of the upper gastrointestinal tract in the Western world. For symptomatic treatment, it is recommended to use alginates in…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Hidradenitis suppurativa Qol-HS and HS-PBI: two newly validated measurement tools for acne inversa Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease with a high impact on quality of life. The development of disease-related measurement tools is an important step to improve the…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Telemedicine in integrative oncology Improve quality of life Ensuring quality of care for oncology patients is a major challenge in light of the COVID 19 pandemic. In particular, non-essential therapies, which can be of great importance for the…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated The somewhat different knowledge What is actually… Peto’s paradox? Or: Why don’t all blue whales have cancer? Like elephants, these giant, long-lived mammals are not affected by malignancies more often than other species. Strange actually, considering the long life…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Psoriasis: disease management during corona pandemic “Shared decision making” is especially important in these times Among psoriasis patients, there is often some uncertainty about the implications of their underlying disease and the respective system therapy with regard to the risk of a severe course of…
