This content is machine translated Diabetes therapy Status of bariatric and metabolic surgery. Bariatric and metabolic surgery is not only one, but the most effective treatment option for overweight type 2 diabetic patients. For the most important procedures performed today (gastric bypass Y-Roux…
View Post 11 min This content is machine translated Castration refractory prostate cancer (CRPC). What are the new treatment options? The significant increase in available therapeutic agents in CRPC is encouraging. The focus of any therapy should be the preservation of quality of life with a reduction of tumor-specific complications.…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Depression Different preparations with good effect A number of St. John’s wort preparations are registered in Switzerland, which do not differ significantly in composition. Only a minority of them are allowed to be used in the…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Stomach cancer One-third fewer cases of disease through eradication? Approximately 90% of all gastric cancer cases are associated with Helicobacter pylori infections. Eradication of these pathogens in healthy asymptomatic individuals or in the general population appears to reduce the…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Vulnerable body sites in sports traumatology The sportsman and his Achilles heel If one had to define a particular weak point in the athlete, a so-called locus minoris resistentiae, then the heel and the Achilles tendon attached to it would certainly be…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Light and climate therapy of atopic dermatitis Benefits of treatment in the high mountains For the light therapy of the atopical eczema relatively secured data can be fallen back. Moreover, numerous studies prove the favorable effect mechanisms of a stationary high mountain climatic skin…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated How does the immunochemical test perform in colorectal cancer screening? Mortality reduction is seen earlier than with guaiac-based assays Screening programs using the guaiac-based fecal occult blood test (gFOBT) for early detection of colorectal cancer are known to result in a reduction in disease-specific mortality. Testing methods based on…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Book tip Modern aviation medicine Since the first attempts several hundred years ago, aviation has developed into a rapidly advancing field of activity, which today has not only become extremely complex in terms of technology,…
View Post 12 min This content is machine translated Evidence base and practical considerations Anticoagulation in patients with renal insufficiency and atrial fibrillation. The risk of ischemic stroke is greatly increased in patients with renal insufficiency and atrial fibrillation. In stages II and III renal failure, DOAKs are a good alternative to vitamin…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Breast Cancer Three-dimensional tumor models as a prognostic tool Using so-called spheroid models of breast tumors, German researchers have been able to predict the response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy with great accuracy. This method is based on the “replication” of…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Advanced training course in aesthetic dermatology Who is eligible for peeling and how to avoid complications? Peeling indications are incipient photoaging resp. superficial melasma (superficial peel); more prominent wrinkles, lentigines solares, actinic keratoses, deeper melasma, incipient elastosis cutis, superficial scars (medium-depth peel); extensive areas of actinic…
