This content is machine translated Psychodermatology Implementing a biopsychosocial perspective The interplay of physical and mental components in skin diseases was also a topic on the occasion of the annual international “World Mental Health Day” in October. Psychodermatology has now…
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Basics of patient education Promotion of self-management Patient education is an educationally structured person-centered learning process that supports people living with chronic illnesses in particular to manage their own health, based on their own resources and supported… CME-Test
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Rare diseases Donnai-Barrow syndrome This very rare syndrome is caused by mutations in the LRP2 gene, which codes for megalin, and is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner. It is characterized by craniofacial features…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated The endocrine basis of the cardiorenal axis New perspectives on the role of Corin In recent decades, the central role of natriuretic peptides (NPs) in the interaction between the heart and kidneys has been uncovered. These peptides, especially the atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and…
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Obesity Possibilities of nutritional therapy The prevalence of people with overweight and obesity in Europe is almost 60%, and the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that obesity is (partly) responsible for around 1.2 million deaths… CME-Test
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Basics of patient education Promotion of self-management Patient education is an educationally structured person-centered learning process that supports people living with chronic illnesses in particular to manage their own health, based on their own resources and supported… CME-Test
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Rheumatologic overlap syndrome When RA, SSc and SLE strike together Overlap syndromes, which include systemic scleroderma (SSc), rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), are rare. When the symptoms of the three autoimmune diseases occur simultaneously, this overlap poses…
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Obesity Possibilities of nutritional therapy The prevalence of people with overweight and obesity in Europe is almost 60%, and the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that obesity is (partly) responsible for around 1.2 million deaths… CME-Test
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Child and adolescent psychiatry Effective results through sport, fun and games The importance of the mental health of children and young people has rarely been as much in the spotlight as it is today. On the one hand, crises are increasing…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Type 1 diabetes Baricitinib helps beta cells Baricitinib, a JAK1 and JAK2 inhibitor, is often used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, alopecia areata or severe coronavirus disease. Doctors in Australia have also investigated whether the drug could preserve…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Screening for IgG antibodies against B. burgdorferi How high is seroprevalence in children and adolescents? Lyme borreliosis is the most common tick-borne infection in the northern hemisphere. On average, around 5-30% of ticks in Switzerland are infected with Borrelia burgdorferi (B. burgdorferi). The literature contains…
