This content is machine translated Parkinson's disease Individualized therapy concepts are essential After Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease is currently the second most common neurodegenerative disease. The majority of those affected are ≥60 years old when it first manifests, but a minority develop...…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Organ Donation Current figures and a campaign are encouraging In Switzerland, 187 people donated organs after their death last year. 637 people received an often life-saving organ, 115 came from a living donation. However, relatives often refuse a donation...…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Respiratory infections in children In which cases is antibiotic treatment obsolete? Nowadays, the motto is that antibiotics should be carefully considered. Although true scarlet fever, for example, requires antibiotic treatment, many other respiratory diseases may not require it. In addition to...…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Follicular lymphoma Addition of tafasitamab significantly improves progression-free survival The results of the phase 3 study (inMIND) indicate a new treatment option for relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma: The addition of tafasitamab to lenalidomide and rituximab significantly prolonged progression-free...…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Diabetes complications Fewer problems – better quality of life Chronic diseases, including diabetes mellitus, require person-centered and consistent, holistic care to achieve good outcomes. Preventive healthcare is critical to reducing the incidence and impact of chronic disease, and strategies...…
View Post 14 min This content is machine translated Patient-oriented recommendations for action Effect of heat on diabetes technology Various tools are required for the management of diabetes therapy. On the one hand, it is necessary to determine the glucose level in the blood or tissue. On the other...… CME-Test
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Avian influenza in humans Respiratory complaints more likely with chickens than with cows In recent years, more and more infections with the H5N1 influenza A virus have been detected in mammals. Humans are also at risk, and therefore fear of this highly pathogenic...…
View Post 12 min This content is machine translated Neuromodulatory approaches Neurocardiology: key mechanisms and clinical implications Neurocardiology is a comparatively young, interdisciplinary field that deals intensively with the (patho-)physiological interactions between the nervous system and the cardiovascular system. The fact that emotions and stress can affect...…
View Post 11 min This content is machine translated Characteristics, prognosis and different evolutionary paths Progression of chronic heart failure Despite numerous scoring systems, estimating the prognosis of chronic heart failure (HF) is a major challenge. The MECKI score is an established tool for risk assessment, but usually only takes...…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated "Health at a Glance" A comparison of healthcare systems in Europe Switzerland is a member of various international institutions whose task is to simplify comparisons of healthcare systems. For example, every year the OECD publishes “Health at a Glance”, which enables...…
View Post 15 min This content is machine translated Current status and future prospects Cell and gene therapies in modern cardiology Cell and gene therapies are considered highly innovative but also challenging approaches in modern cardiology. While early hopes for adult stem cells from bone marrow or skeletal muscle were largely...…
