This content is machine translated Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) Are gas station attendants at increased risk for MDS? The biennial International Symposium on Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) was held in Washington, USA, in early May. Risk factors for MDS were among the topics discussed. Several studies were presented in…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Drugs for rare diseases Working together to improve care with sense and understanding There is something cynical about the fact that although orphan drugs (OD) are now available for some rare diseases, they are so expensive that the treating physician hardly knows how…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated 13th Aesthetic & Anti-Aging Medicine World Congress in Monaco What’s the news from the biggest aesthetics congress? The 13th Aesthetic & Anti-Aging Medicine World Congress, held March 25-28, 2015, in Monte-Carlo, Monaco, was under the high patronage of H.S.H Prince Albert II of Monaco. More than 9000…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Overweight and sport How can you improve your energy balance? The Federal Statistical Office is merciless! The publication released by the FSO at the end of 2014, based on the Swiss Health Survey conducted every five years, makes it clear:…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Therapy update on atrial fibrillation Important concepts and new paradigms in the treatment of atrial fibrillation. Atrial fibrillation is a dynamic arrhythmia that requires individual and broad investigations and therapeutic approaches. Comprehensive treatment of atrial fibrillation patients is based on five pillars: 1. prevention of thromboembolic…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Phytotherapeutic treatment of hypertension Field reports from a family practice The following article deals with the opinion that only harmless complaints can be treated with phytotherapy and that synthetic drugs are needed for “real” diseases. Experienced doctors can successfully treat…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated ACC Congress in San Diego “Universal antidote” of the future? An antidote to Factor Xa inhibitors is making great progress in clinical trials: Andexanet alfa. New results were presented at the American College of Cardiology Congress in San Diego: According…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Update Refresher General Internal Medicine Overview of psychotropic drugs and update on anxiety disorders. Psychiatry was also a topic at the Update Refresher General Internal Medicine in Zurich. Thomas Heinsius, MD, of the Psychiatric Polyclinic of the Integrated Psychiatry Winterthur (ipw), gave a broad…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Symposium Interventional Cardiology Too much of a good thing or not enough? The Interventional Cardiology Symposium at the University Hospital Zurich was also dedicated to anticoagulants and antiplatelet agents. Here, the question was “one, two, or three?” As it turned out, the…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Therapy of plaque psoriasis Antipsoriatics – from skin to luxury problems? In an interview with DERMATOLOGIE PRAXIS, Dr. med. Simon Müller, senior physician in dermatology at the University Hospital Basel, talks about the topic “Therapy of plaque psoriasis”. In doing so,…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Chronic myeloid leukemia Diagnostics and therapy of CML – current state of knowledge A lot has happened in the field of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) in recent years. Response and survival rates have risen sharply, and some patients are even said to be…
