This content is machine translated Blood pressure and sport Certain antihypertensives are prohibited in competitive sports Blood pressure is subject to great fluctuations and depends on physical activity and psyche. What do healthy people and people with arterial hypertension have to keep in mind when exercising?…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Allergo Update 2017, Berlin Food allergies are often lost, contact allergies remain Allergies are among the most widespread diseases. Most of those affected suffer from hay fever, pollen asthma and contact allergies. In early childhood, apart from atopic eczema, food allergies are…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated 56th Continuing Medical Education Course, Davos “State of the art” in cardiovascular prevention and depression. Cardiovascular diseases remain the leading causes of illness and death in Switzerland as well. In turn, atherosclerosis is the most important cause of these diseases. It begins in adolescence or…
View Post 1 min This content is machine translated World Glaucoma Week March 12-18, 2017 Prevent the creeping blindness Around the globe, ophthalmologists are supporting “World Glaucoma Week,” which runs March 12-18, to raise awareness of the importance of early detection of this chronic disease. Glaucoma develops without symptoms…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Advanced NET of the midgut Radiopeptide therapy successful in disease progression Patients with advanced, progressive somatostatin receptor-positive neuroendocrine tumors (NET) of the midgut may benefit from so-called peptide-mediated radioreceptor therapy (PRRT), according to a publication in the New England Journal of…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Tumor Treating Fields (TTF) What’s the story with the new process? At the 21st meeting of the Society For Neuro-Oncology, presentations included a phase III trial of Tumor Treating Fields (TTF) treatment in newly diagnosed glioblastoma. From ESMO ASIA come results…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Palmoplantar warts - not to be underestimated Wart beds: Banal infection or is there more to it? Case report: A 6 11/12 year old girl presented to our consultation with marked verrucae vulgares on hands and feet. The warts had been present for >3 months and had…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated ESMO in Copenhagen and Singapore Immunotherapy puts lung cancer experts in turmoil Pembrolizumab returned to the international stage of lung cancer therapy with a thunderclap during the presentation of the KEYNOTE 024 trial at the 2016 ESMO Congress in Copenhagen. Lectures on…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Laser Congress SGML 2017 Laser therapy – a broad field that is developing rapidly At the annual congress of the Swiss Society for Medical Laser Applications, which took place as every year at the Hilton Airport Hotel Zurich, one could attend lectures on nevus…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Endometrial Cancer Practical basics and modern management The incidence of endometrial cancer is increasing. In postmenopausal women, it usually becomes noticeable early on with vaginal bleeding. More than 70% of patients are in FIGO stage I at…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated News from allergology Dust mite allergy – what’s new? At the moment, both dermato-oncologists and allergologists feel addressed by the term “immunotherapy”. Admittedly, the pathways of action of the corresponding therapies from the two disciplines have nothing to do…
