This content is machine translated Psoriasis - Current treatment options Psoriasis therapy is more effective today, but also more complicated Systemic therapies for psoriasis have changed dramatically in recent years. In the past, light therapy or the conventional systemic therapies such as methotrexate, acitretin, ciclosporin A and the fumaric acid…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated 11th Hypertension Day Zurich SPRINT study: Will target blood pressure levels drop again? The results of the SPRINT study – lower mortality with more intensive hypertension treatment – were the focus of interest at the 11th Hypertension Day. However, it is not clear…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Allergo update 2016 Current developments in allergology What is currently happening in the field of allergology? At the two-day Allergo Update 2016 in Cologne, allergists, dermatologists, ENT specialists, pediatricians and pneumologists from Germany, Austria and Switzerland were…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated α-Synuclein immunoreactivity at the enteric nervous system. Biomarkers for prodromal parkinsonism syndrome? Purpose: This multicenter controlled observational study investigates α-synuclein immunoreactivity at the enteric nervous system in patients with idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder (iRBD) and controls as a possible biomarker for…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Parkinson's Coffee consumption and risk of levodopa-induced dyskinesias. Purpose: To investigate a possible association between coffee consumption and the risk of levodopa-induced dyskinesia in patients with Parkinson’s disease.
View Post 9 min Pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease An important sign of advanced heart failure Pulmonary hypertension is usually a sign of more advanced stage of left heart disease (PH-LHD). The central characteristic of PH-LHD is an elevated pulmonary arterial wedge pressure of >15 mmHg.…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Relapse prediction in depression What role do feelings of guilt play? Question wording: Can the neural correlates of guilt predict depressive recurrences?
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Acute or slowly increasing pain Common foot problems in athletes The feet are the most mechanically stressed parts of the body: By the age of 78, a person has traveled an average of 200,000 km. Foot problems, which are common…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Pulmonary arterial hypertension New drugs reduce morbidity and mortality Treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) includes nonspecific measures (basic therapy) and specific drugs (selective pulmonary vasodilators). An extended basic therapy, including oral anticoagulation, rhythm control, rehabilitation measures and psychosocial…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Cavernomas in the brain stem Perioperative imaging and microsurgical strategies. Case report: In 2011, a 50-year-old patient was diagnosed with a cavernoma of almost 2 cm in the area of the pons, after passive mild sensory disturbances of the right side…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Sports injuries of the shoulder girdle Up-to-date expertise for the general practitioner Shoulder injuries are among the most common sports injuries and show a wide spectrum. Proper clinical and imaging assessment helps to detect structural damage and initiate appropriate therapeutic measures. It…
