This content is machine translated A call to action was made at the European Congress of Cardiologists Prevention of obesity in children Childhood and adolescent obesity is the precursor to cardiovascular and metabolic disease in adulthood. About one third of all children and adolescents in the USA are affected, and about 10%…
View Post 11 min This content is machine translated Update from ophthalmology The cataract surgery Today, the indication for cataract surgery is given in case of relevant subjective complaints and/or objective functional limitations caused by the cataract. Today, cataract surgery is performed in most cases…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Often recognized and treated too late Acute porphyrias – update on diagnosis and therapy Porphyrias are a group of very rare, genetically determined metabolic diseases with a disorder of heme biosynthesis. The typical symptom triad in a relapse consists of abdominal pain, cerebral symptoms,…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Update for the family doctor The patient requiring dialysis Due to the increasing aging of the population as well as improved medical care, the number of patients undergoing renal replacement procedures has increased in recent years. At the end…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated 26th European Meeting on Hypertension and Cardiovascular Protection In which patients is orthostatic hypotension to be expected? The ESH annual meeting also addressed orthostatic hypotension and how to become aware of the phenomenon in everyday practice. In an update to a study presented at last year’s Congress,…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Diabetes The infected diabetic foot – diagnosis and treatment Infections in diabetic foot syndrome are common, cause high morbidity, and often require long hospitalizations with multiple surgical procedures, up to and including loss of a limb. The etiology is…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Diabetes and sport Particularly effective for diabetes: combination of strength and endurance Anyone who, for whatever reason, looks at the list of banned substances in sports will be amazed to find insulin there. For years, this drug – still the gold standard…
View Post 1 min This content is machine translated Hypoglossal artery primitive A rare carotidobasilar anastomosis. Variations in cerebral arteries are usually attributed to persistence or excessive involution of anastomotic vessels that are physiologic to the embryo. In most cases, these persistent embryonic anastomoses remain asymptomatic…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Bronchial asthma Exertion asthma and sports If shortness of breath occurs during exercise, exercise-induced asthma should always be considered. Typical symptoms of exercise-induced asthma include whistling breathing, shortness of breath, and/or coughing during or after exercise.…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Collagenoses at EULAR 2016 New disease-modifying therapeutic approaches in systemic sclerosis. At the EULAR congress in London, one of the topics was the treatment of collagenoses and in particular early diffuse systemic sclerosis. New approaches that have the potential to act…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Peripheral arterial occlusive disease (PAVK) Importance and possibilities of less invasive interventional therapy. Prevalence of peripheral arterial disease increases. 5-year mortality in asymptomatic and symptomatic PAVK is twice that in patients without PAVK. Screening and initial diagnosis possible with simple means. Drug treatment…
