This content is machine translated Efficacy analysis vortioxetine Major depression and anxiety symptoms Background: Anxiety disorders are a common comorbidity of depression. A comorbidity of depression and anxiety is more difficult to treat than depression alone.
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Stroke Therapy “Patients benefit from intervention through the vascular system” At the 20th Annual Meeting of the Swiss Cerebrovascular Society SHG, Prof. Jan Gralla, MD, from Inselspital Bern, Switzerland, spoke on “New Approaches in the Intra-arterial Treatment of Acute Stroke.”…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Psychotherapeutic approaches in the treatment of depression There is reason for hope Several meta-analyses demonstrate the high effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy, the Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System for Psychotherapy (CBASP), acceptance and commitment therapy, psychodynamic brief psychotherapy, long-term psychoanalytic therapy, and interpersonal…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Suicide prevention in practice What does the suicidal patient need? People often keep suicidal intentions to themselves. Clinical and personal risk factors play a role but are not the cause of suicidality. The approach to the suicidal patient lies in…
View Post 20 min This content is machine translated Mental disorders Psychological comorbidities in oncology patients. The most common mental disorders in oncology patients include adjustment disorders, anxiety disorders, affective disorders, cancer-related fatigue, and delirium. Psychological stress must be identified at an early stage and psycho-oncological…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated ACTRIMS Forum 2017 in Orlando B-cell-directed therapy under the microscope – what can we expect? At the ACTRIMS Forum 2017, B-cell depletion and thus the recently published results from the ORATORIO study in the New England Journal of Medicine were also on everyone’s lips. Not…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Focal neurological deficit Acute treatment of ischemic stroke Successful stroke treatment is carried out in dedicated centers (stroke units and stroke centers) by an experienced and specialized team. The standard of care in the acute phase is systemic…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Tobacco use and cardiovascular health Facts about tobacco and the cardiovascular system and considerations for e-cigarettes People who actively or passively use tobacco are more likely to suffer from cardiovascular disease. Tobacco use promotes atherothrombosis and its consequences. Tobacco cessation leads to cardiovascular risk reduction and…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Polycystic ovary syndrome One of the most common causes of sterility Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCO-S) is among the most common causes of infertility/infertility and is one of the most common endocrinologic disorders in women, accounting for 5% to 10% [1,2]. Currently,…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Herbal medicines for headaches A rather difficult indication for phytotherapy Besides the strongest analgesic, morphine, other herbal analgesics are not doing very well. It is true that there are medicinal plants with analgesic potential. However, various difficulties make it almost…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated The Swiss Dialysis Registry Current findings on the Swiss dialysis population Switzerland now has a meaningful registry on dialysis patients and treatments. This not only gives a good impression of the demographic situation and development of the Swiss dialysis population, but…
