This content is machine translated Chronically ill patients Psychological comorbidities – recognize, ask, act Treatments for chronic diseases, most of which are complex, account for a large share of primary care consultations and total health care costs. “Chronic disease management” poses complex challenges for…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated EMUC Congress 2014 Active surveillance and androgen deprivation in prostate cancer. At the EMUC Congress in Lisbon, two sessions highlighted diagnostic and therapeutic strategies in prostate cancer. One was the benefits and effects of Active Surveillance, and the other was a…
View Post 16 min This content is machine translated Practical aspects of vitamin D supplementation Effectively prevent falls and fractures By definition, vitamins are substances that the human organism cannot produce itself, but which it needs to live and which must therefore be supplied. However, the precursors of vitamin D…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Music and humor in medicine The art of healing That medicine and art are very close to each other is an old wisdom. It is not for nothing that one speaks of “healing art”. Conversely, the comforting effect of…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Esophageal cancer in Switzerland A rare but dangerous tumor In the treatment of esophageal cancer, it is necessary to pay attention to a sufficiently high caloric intake from the first day of treatment. In locally advanced esophageal cancer, neoadjuvant…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Vitamin D What role does nutrition play? The important function of sunlight on bone formation was discovered early, but the knowledge about vitamin D formed only in the last century. Today, the data are clear and it…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Personalized vaccination Each patient gets his own medicine Advances in so-called cancer vaccines were discussed at the ESMO Symposium on Immuno-oncology in Geneva. In the most elaborate study to date on this topic, researchers are currently investigating the…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated The care of special groups of patients Physical fitness in the elderly Pediatrics for the adolescents, gynecology for the women, geriatrics for the elderly, and sports medicine for the young and older active ladies and gentlemen. That’s about how you might think…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Research result at the University of Bern An alternative to antibiotics? An international team of researchers led by Bern has developed a new substance to treat severe bacterial infections – without the use of antibiotics. This could also prevent antibiotic resistance…
View Post 1 min This content is machine translated 1. Grant for Oncology Innovation Two Swiss winners During the ESMO Congress, the winners of Merck Serono’s inaugural Grant for Oncology Innovation (GOI) were announced and awarded. The award, which comes with grants totaling €1 million, is intended…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Synthetic and natural vitamins compared Are there any differences? Orthodox medicine makes no distinction between so-called “natural” and “synthetic” vitamins. In studies with vitamins, the origin of the vitamin preparations used is practically never mentioned. However, there are providers…
