This content is machine translated New developments in the field of Alzheimer's dementia “It is an open question how much dementia prevalence will actually increase in the future” Ansgar Felbecker, MD, from the Clinic for Neurology, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen, discussed issues related to Alzheimer’s dementia with HAUSARZT PRAXIS. Current epidemiological figures, pathogenetic findings, and diagnostic and therapeutic…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Hot Line Sessions Which studies were “hot” this year? The Hot Line Sessions are traditionally the best-attended sessions at the ESC Congress, as they present new results of practice-relevant and potentially practice-changing studies from the entire field of cardiology…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated How to proceed with chronic wounds? Assessment, dressings and adjuvant therapy Chronic wounds are a major challenge for primary care providers. The reasons for this are the diverse causes of wounds, the patient’s desire for rapid treatment success and, last but…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Guidelines at the ESC Congress 2014 What is different, what is new? Several new guidelines were also presented at this year’s ESC Congress in Barcelona. Enclosed is an overview of recommendations from pulmonary embolism, myocardial revascularization, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, aortic disease, and noncardiac…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated EGb 761 for dementia with neuropsychiatric symptoms A recently published review demonstrates the efficacy of the plant extract The present review represents an analysis of four studies published between 2007 and 2012 that investigated the efficacy of the Ginkgo biloba extract EGb 761 in patients with age-related dementia…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Glioblastoma and brain metastases Immune system can be harnessed A study at the ESMO Symposium in Geneva shows: Brain metastases have dense concentrations of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes, i.e., an immune-active environment. Second, both primary and secondary brain carcinomas cause high…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated 6th Annual Meeting of the German Society of Nephrology What does the zebrafish do better than us? In the course of the 6th Annual Meeting of the German Society of Nephrology (DGfN) in Berlin, a press conference was held to discuss the extent to which modern dialysis…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Clarification from head to toe The sports medical examination Similar to doping, but in a much more positive sense, sports physical examination (SPU) is a specialty of sports medicine. Often, sports clubs or federations require an SPU before athletes…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Cholesterol Management Impressive results of PCSK9 inhibitors Cholesterol management was the subject of discussion at the Prevention Summit at the University Hospital Zurich. The new lipid guidelines from the AHA/ACC are generating a lot of criticism. This…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Brain stroke care in Switzerland Where are we today? After the medical efficacy of thrombolysis was scientifically proven, great efforts were made in the USA, Canada, Australia and most European countries to improve the infrastructure for the earliest possible,…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Skin Cancer Congress Research projects with exciting implications The 24th German Skin Cancer Congress took place in Frankfurt am Main from September 11-13, 2014. In the following, some interesting casuistics, cohort, retro- and prospective studies from different German…
