This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis CT-guided periradicular therapy (PRT) – a therapeutic digression. CT-guided PRT has become a recognized minimally invasive spine pain management procedure. It is an efficient, low-risk procedure with few side effects that can be performed on an outpatient basis.…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Application for approval Alzheimer’s drug to be submitted for approval After consultation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the manufacturer Biogen plans to submit aducanumab for approval. The Phase 3 EMERGE study met its primary endpoint and demonstrated…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Remission in rheumatoid arthritis Every single week counts… The prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is common and the onset of disease is mostly in early adulthood. That is, as a physician, you have many decades to work with…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Actinic keratosis First S3 guideline provides certainty of action Actinic keratosis is already one of the most frequent clinical pictures in dermatological oncology. However, due to increasing life expectancy, a further increase in the number of affected patients can…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Mild asthma Controller as demand therapy There is news in the therapy of mild to moderate asthma, which has already found its way into the GINA recommendations. It’s about using not just a so-called reliever anymore,…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Spine diagnostics Inflammatory muscular vertebral diseases Inflammatory myopathies may be idiopathic or pathogen-induced. It is also found concomitantly in collagenoses, granulomatoses, and malignant and paraneoplastic syndromes. Imaging diagnostics are primarily performed by magnetic resonance imaging, as…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Guselkumab High response rate maintained over 4 years Recently presented long-term data from the VOYAGE 1 Phase III clinical trial demonstrate that 84% of patients continued to achieve PASI-90 at 204 weeks.
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Treatment of osteoarthritis Study results show strengthening of total cartilage thickness Approximately 237 million people worldwide are affected by symptomatic and activity-limiting osteoarthritis (OA). Among disabling conditions, OA has the third fastest growth, with the knee joint being the most commonly…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Dupilumab EU approval for severe chronic rhinosinusitis with polyposis nasi The monoclonal antibody dupilumab, which has already been approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for the treatment of atopic dermatitis and asthma, is now also available for patients with…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Cardiovascular events Study suggests anti-atherosclerotic effect from omega-3 fatty acids “Fish oil” as a heart protector is always controversially discussed – and just as contradictorily tested. Some studies can demonstrate a protective effect, many others cannot. Now, for the first…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Extensive liver metastases in colorectal cancer. Chances for treatment? Removal of colorectal liver metastases is prognostic. Oncologic and surgical technical criteria are used to assess resectability.
