This content is machine translated Zika virus Should certain patients be advised not to travel? Since the turn of the year, popular media have been reporting on the Zika virus at an impressive rate. Switzerland does not have to fear any direct effects of the…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Proton pump inhibitors No prescription without correct indication At the 55th Continuing Medical Education in Davos in January 2016, a workshop focused on the correct use of proton pump inhibitors (PPI). Prof. Dr. med. Christoph Beglinger, Claraspital Basel,…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Non-small cell lung cancer Swiss approval of nivolumab As of November 30, 2015, nivolumab (Opdivo®) has been approved for locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) after prior chemotherapy (regardless of histological subtype). This takes into…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Life goes on Desire for children after cancer therapy Rapid interdisciplinary consultation at the time of diagnosis of a malignancy is mandatory and enables “informed decision making” for those affected. Fertility protection should not worsen the prognosis. Failure to…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Meta-analysis on endometrial cancer Long-term protection through the use of oral contraceptives Oral contraceptives have prevented approximately half a million cases of endometrial cancer in industrialized nations over the past 50 years. This is the conclusion of a large-scale meta-analysis of 36…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Diet for diabetes Estimating carbohydrates is good, weighing them is even better The diagnosis of diabetes mellitus almost always means that patients have to change their diet. Mieke Jacobs, Bc Dietetics, nutritionist at the University Hospital Zurich, provided information on the most…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated "Therapy-resistant" hypertension What are the reasons? The definition of refractory hypertension is very precise (tab. 1): Blood pressure in the physician’s office is >140/90 mmHg despite triple combination therapy in appropriate dosage (including a diuretic). In the case…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Hypertension in the elderly Does lowering blood pressure provide any benefit at all, and how low should you go? With increasing age, systolic blood pressure rises continuously, whereas diastolic blood pressure rises until the sixth decade of life and then falls again. Thus, in old age, isolated systolic hypertension…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated 57th ASH Meeting in Orlando New field of application for rituximab The ASH Congress was held last year in Orlando. This time, one of the topics was the efficacy of rituximab in adult patients with B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Up…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Statin therapy Lipid lowering in old age – does it make sense? The benefits of statin therapy in secondary prevention should not be denied in principle to older patients at risk. Currently, statins have no value in primary prophylaxis in old age.…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated ESMO Asia 2015 News on gastric cancer, NET, head and neck tumors and NSCLC At the first ESMO congress in Asia (Singapore), the results of various large studies were discussed and classified in terms of their international significance. The aim of the conference was…
