This content is machine translated Update 2014 Treat otitis media correctly Epidemiology speaks a serious word: Otitis media (OM) is the most common occasion for antibiotic treatment in infancy, with 71% of all children undergoing acute otitis media (AOM) during the…
View Post 11 min This content is machine translated Diagnostics and therapy in gastroesophageal reflux Reflux – a widespread disease? The increasing incidence of gastroesophageal reflux disease and the concomitant growing incidence and mortality of adenocarcinoma of the esophagus lead to an increasing health economic importance. Hand in hand with…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Football injuries “Football ankle”, muscle fiber tears and groin pain. It wasn’t enough to win the World Cup, but the enthusiasm of the Swiss during the World Cup clearly showed the importance of the king of sports. National sports injury…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Herbal medicines for heart problems Wide range of options for various ailments Corresponding complaints can also be treated phytotherapeutically in cardiology. The focus here is on hawthorn (Crataegus species), which is especially suitable for the treatment of heart complaints (NYHA I and…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Removal of a parieto-occipital tumor Multimodal imaging and interhemispheric resection. Case report: The 53-year-old, previously healthy woman was clarified by CT imaging due to a tripping fall with commotio. Here, no intracranial trauma sequelae were evident. However, a large right…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Cardiology The dawn of a new era Cardiology has evolved tremendously over the past decades. Interventional techniques and therapies have become safer and the results reproducible. Some of the surgeries that once required a sternotomy and heart-lung…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated New insights into Alzheimer's diagnostics Nose and eyes offer diagnostically promising possibilities Important advances are emerging in Alzheimer’s diagnostics. Soon, low-cost eye and smell tests could be included in early diagnosis. Several studies on this were presented at the AAIC Congress in Copenhagen.…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Stroke Symposium at the Inselspital Bern Still many unknowns in the management of cerebral hemorrhage On August 21, 2014, a stroke symposium was held at the Inselspital in Bern, organized by the University Department of Neurology. The first presentations focused on the structure and certification of…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Quantitative sensory testing How to analyze and classify neuropathic pain? Diagnosing nerve pain remains a challenge. According to the current validated standard questionnaires, further clarifications such as quantitative sensory testing are also used, depending on the case. A new study…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Somatoform disorders Cognitive behavioral therapy as therapeutic gold standard Somatoform disorders do occur frequently and are relevant to health economics. Nevertheless, they are still sometimes given little attention in psychiatry and psychotherapy – both in clinical care and in…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Sexually transmitted diseases Do we have a handle on STDs? At the 21st Symposium Medicine in the Manege at Circus Knie , the focus was on sexually transmitted diseases, which are a serious problem worldwide. There was discussion of what is…
