This content is machine translated Scleroderma Silent onset delays diagnosis Scleroderma is a now better known, yet very rare disease of the connective tissue, which may be due to a genetic cause as well as an autoimmune event. It belongs…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Congress of the American Academy of Neurology Current developments in dementia research After years of unsuccessful trials with monoclonal antibodies directed against specific forms of beta-amyloid, a promising candidate for the treatment of Alzheimer’s dementia now appears to be available for the…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated The athlete ECG Differentiate normal from pathological changes Talking about the behavior of the heart under the effect of physical performance is tantamount to a (pleasant) return to the history of sports medicine, because the study of the…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Psychological problems with cancer The impact on patient and family is enormous Cancer diseases repeatedly bring patients and their relatives to their psychological limits. To prevent individuals from harming themselves or their children from developing behavioral problems, it is essential to identify…
View Post 1 min This content is machine translated Hydrocephalus occlusus in proximal aqueductal stenosis Neuroradiological signs and neurosurgical treatment. Case description: We report a 43-year-old patient who had suffered a first-ever seizure last summer. Comprehensive epilepsy workup revealed no epileptic potentials. However, in the course of further workup, MRI…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated 11th Trend Days Health Lucerne Innovative ways to bring patients and doctors closer together Three projects presented at the 11th Trend Days Health in Lucerne were dedicated to the not always easy interaction between the medical system and the patient. One was the question…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology 2015 Things are happening in the fight against peanut allergy Allergy to peanuts has been a highly topical issue in allergology for years: in the last decade, the prevalence in children in Western countries has doubled; moreover, peanut allergy is…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium 2015 Advanced colorectal cancer – first and second line news. Two studies presented at the 2015 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium in San Francisco were dedicated to first- and second-line treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer. One was to determine whether the more…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Prostate cancer risk Bald or not, varied sex life is crucial Epidemiological studies on the association between androgenetic alopecia and risk of prostate cancer are conflicting. Now it has been shown again: Male hair loss is unsuitable as a risk marker.…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Before, during or after the seizure Mental disorders in epilepsy Epilepsies are common and they may present with comorbid seizure- or epilepsy-associated psychopathological phenomena. Mental symptoms may manifest before the seizure (preictal), as a seizure symptom itself (ictal), after the…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated The more drugs, the higher the risk Drug interactions in oncology In bright sunny early spring weather, it was hard to stay in the lightless lecture halls at the 25th Physicians’ Continuing Education Course in Clinical Oncology in St. Gallen, but…
