This content is machine translated Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study When the heart vessels calcify – susceptibility also hereditary An interdisciplinary research team from the Medical Faculty of the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) has been able to prove that a person’s lifestyle is not the only factor responsible for…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Blood-brain barrier When breast cancer invades the brain Patients with breast cancer can develop metastases in the brain – which means an even worse chance of survival. There may be factors in the blood that can predict this…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Recommendations for inpatient therapy New S2k guideline on the inpatient treatment of COVID-19 patients. The new German S2k guideline includes recommendations for the inpatient treatment of patients with COVID-19. It expands the existing intensive care S1 guideline, which has been available since March 2020,…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated COVID-19 Outpatient care vs. hospitalization: criteria-guided decision support. A medical expert panel has developed consensus-based criteria as a decision support tool for triage of patients with suspected or confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection who have only mild symptoms. This is…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Anorexia nervosa The role of the family doctor Family physicians are often the first point of contact for patients with eating disorders. Targeted screening questions based on the diagnostic criteria can be an aid in recognizing anorectic symptomatology…
View Post 11 min This content is machine translated Sonography in benign liver lesions Essential imaging procedure for the assessment Benign liver lesions are common findings on abdominal imaging. In most cases, they cause no symptoms and are discovered by chance. Therefore, it is difficult to provide valid prevalence data.…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Rare lung diseases Granulomatoses beyond sarcoidosis: the rheumatologic view. Pulmonary involvement in the setting of inflammatory rheumatic systemic disease is a relatively common manifestation that requires appropriate awareness by both pulmonologists and rheumatologists and, ideally, interdisciplinary management of such…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Diabetic nephropathy SGLT-2 inhibitor slows decline in glomerular filtration rate For the first time, a targeted therapy for diabetic kidney disease is available. In the CREDENCE study, canagliflozin resulted in a clinically relevant and statistically significant risk reduction for renal…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Rosacea The new phenotype-based diagnostics have proven their worth An update of the ROSCO panel evaluated the new classification system and updated evidence-based treatment recommendations. A symptom-oriented treatment strategy has proven effective in practice. With regard to pathophysiological relationships,…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Diabetic foot syndrome Cold plasma pen accelerates healing Diabetic foot ulcers occur in up to 10% of all diabetics during their lifetime. A randomized controlled trial has now shown that treatment with cold atmospheric plasma promotes the healing…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Non-small cell lung cancer Focus on current therapy management of NSCLC Non-small cell lung cancer is a common cancer with generally poor prognosis. Scientific advances have led to new forms of therapy increasing the chance of survival. In particular, the development…
