This content is machine translated Diabetes mellitus First Google medical product in development How can one monitor one’s own blood glucose level without great effort and without interpretational difficulties in the evaluation? This is the question that many researchers worldwide are asking themselves…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Sport as medicine What about the evidence? Actually, it is widely known that sport has a positive effect on our health and can also help with diseases. Nevertheless, this is still too little lectured at the decisive…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Phytotherapy against allergic rhinitis Efficacy of butterbur extract Ze 339 repeatedly proven In medicine, too, coincidence sometimes helps: employees of a pharmaceutical company took a butterbur preparation from their company for headaches and as a result suddenly noticed much fewer hay fever…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Aliskiren Good blood pressure control in combination with HCT Aliskiren, a renin inhibitor that reduces the amount of angiotensin II, is available as a monotherapy (Rasilez®) and in combination with hydrochlorothiazide (Rasilez HCT®). Recent real-world studies and meta-analyses confirm…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Zurich Cardiovascular Day Stroke treatment news The results of the IMS-III trial show that endovascular therapy for acute stroke is not yet mature. Regardless of this, they once again emphasize the time factor in stroke treatment.…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Contraception “There are monopreparations that are equally effective as combined pills” HAUSARZT PRAXIS met with PD Dr. med. Sibil Tschudin, Head Physician of the Department of Gynecological Social Medicine and Psychosomatics in Basel. The renowned expert in the field of contraception…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Mistletoe Findings on efficacy from cohort studies The randomized, placebo-controlled trial has become the gold standard of medical research today. This development has been accompanied by an ever-increasing emphasis on evidence-based medicine in curricula and guidelines, increasing…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Interview “A safe preparation with proven antidementive effect”. In the interview with the HAUSARZT PRAXIS Professor Dr. med. Dipl.-Psych. Ralf Ihl of the University of Duesseldorf gives information about the newest realizations from hospital and research with Ginkgo…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Metastatic renal cell carcinoma. What are the reasons for resistance to current drugs? Practical strategies for treatment management of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) were presented at the ESMO Congress in Amsterdam. Updates on current clinical trials and the utility of new treatment…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated New drugs Optimal use of kinase inhibitors How can kinase inhibitors be put to good use? What are the advantages or disadvantages of a combination? How can genomic sequencing contribute to an individualized therapeutic approach with such…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Cardiology Highlights 2013 New practice-relevant European guidelines What news did the 2013 European Congress of Cardiology in Amsterdam bring? Discussed were not only practice-relevant guidelines, but also the current trends regarding lifestyle modifications. Furthermore, studies on the…
