This content is machine translated Adequate pain therapy Pain-triggering mechanisms determine pain therapy Patients with chronic pain can be treated successfully if the physician directs the therapy according to the mechanisms that trigger the pain. Recognizing these is a challenge. However, correct diagnoses…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Gynecological diseases When antibiotics are useful Some gynecological diseases must be treated with antibiotics, otherwise there is a risk of secondary damage. But not every redness or itching in the genital area requires the medication. Family…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Second Basel Dementia Forum The diagnosis “dementia” is becoming more accurate The diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease is making amazing progress. But not only high-tech PET and biomarkers indicate the onset of dementia; gait irregularities can also provide clues to a disease…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Hormone therapy during menopause Renaissance after ten years Ten years ago, the results of the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) had unsettled thousands of women and gynecologists [1]: Menopausal hormone therapy did not protect against cardiovascular disease, as previously thought,…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Collaboration breast centers and gynecologists Optimizing patient care together The Swiss Society of Senology (SGS), together with the Swiss Cancer League (KLS), has developed guidelines for the certification of breast centers that are appropriate to local conditions and has…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated To the point Institutionalized distrust – a prerequisite for certification! “Herr Doktor” – there are actually still people who call me that…. – “please prescribe this in writing!” That’s what they’ll soon be saying in every retirement and nursing home.…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Editorial Chronic pain Increasingly, the realization is maturing that chronic pain management is not a field of work for lone wolves. Chronic pain, with its often long history, represents complex problems at multiple…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Depression and its evidence-based treatment How often does depression occur? Depression is a common disease, its prevalence is 16-26%. According to WHO projections, by 2020 depression will be second only to cardiovascular disease among conditions that will cause the greatest…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Identification of patients with depression Two simple questions help Depression is one of the most common disorders among patients in family practice. Unfortunately, they are often difficult to detect because they may be masked by somatic symptoms or the…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated To the point The miracle from Bern In the spring, Federal Councilor Berset will present his master plan. GP Switzerland will decide what should happen with the GP initiative. Do you agree that the problems of medical…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Psychosocial and hormonal triggers Depression in women – what should the family doctor know? Women suffer from depressive disorders about twice as often as men. This gender difference is probably predominantly psychosocial. Female sex hormones, especially 17-β-estradiol, tend to have a stabilizing effect psychologically.…
