This content is machine translated Ginkgo biloba preparations Quantitative study on proanthocyanidins Dry extracts of ginkgo leaves are considered promising drugs for improving age-related cognitive impairment. A study compared the phytochemical composition of fourteen medicines containing ginkgo that have been approved by...…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Infectious nail diseases Viral, bacterial or mycotic? Around half of all nail diseases are caused by infections. Bacterial infections are less common than mycological colonization or viral causes. The starting point of a bacterial nail infection is…
View Post 14 min This content is machine translated Sugar alternatives for diabetes Sugar alcohols and their role in metabolism: an update Erythritol and xylitol are sugar alcohols that occur naturally in small quantities in berries and vegetables and are used as sweeteners in the food industry and can also be used… CME-Test
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Atopic dermatitis: "Treat-to-target" Current secondary analyses expand the evidence base In the recent past, several secondary analyses have been published in which different treatment regimes for atopic dermatitis (AD) were compared and evaluated. In order to evaluate treatment progress using…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Organ Donation Current figures and a campaign are encouraging In Switzerland, 187 people donated organs after their death last year. 637 people received an often life-saving organ, 115 came from a living donation. However, relatives often refuse a donation…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Reflux diagnostics Updated Lyon Consensus and other updates The Lyon consensus decision published last year included some important innovations. The criteria for confirming the diagnosis of GERD and the exclusion criteria have been slightly modified. There are slightly…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – panniculitis Panniculitis can be classified as lobular or septal, depending on the main site of inflammation in the fat. In mesenteric panniculitis, magnetic resonance imaging is the method of choice to…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Cyber attack on practice IT Prepare for the worst case scenario To conclude our “Danger from the Internet” series, we look at how you should react when the child has already fallen into the well. In other words: What should a…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Antibiotics Population survey on resistance reveals gaps in knowledge As part of the Swiss Antibiotic Resistance Strategy (StAR), the FOPH conducted a representative survey on the topics of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance. The results show the level of knowledge…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Rare diseases Syringomyelia – multiple symptoms make diagnosis difficult Syringomyelia is a rare disease that develops due to a disturbance of cerebrospinal fluid flow (CSF) and is often due to obstruction of the subarachnoid space of the spinal column.…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated SGDV Congress 2024: Atopic dermatitis and psoriasis Happy patient, happy doctor? At the AbbVie Symposium as part of the SGDV Congress 2024, Prof. Dr. Curdin Conrad (CHUV Lausanne) and Prof. Dr. Kilian Eyerich (University of Freiburg, Germany) discussed the concept of…
