This content is machine translated Asthma update for the family doctor Diagnosis and treatment of adolescent patients The fact that asthma is a clinical diagnosis that can only be made by looking at all the findings together applies particularly to children and adolescents. Patients with rare asthma…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Heart health and lower blood pressure Bariatric surgery for weight reduction Bariatric surgery can significantly improve cardiometabolic functions such as blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose and HbA1c. Researchers found that diabetes, high blood pressure and dyslipidemia disappeared in 30 to 50% of…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Renal insufficiency in type 2 diabetics The best possible treatment in the early stages of CKD It is recommended that all patients with diabetes are routinely screened for the presence of CKD. In addition to measuring the glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), this also includes determining the…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Epilepsy in pediatrics On the way to improving quality of life with cannabidiol Plant-derived, highly purified cannabidiol reduces the frequency of seizures associated with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and Dravet syndrome and improves the overall condition of patients in placebo-controlled Phase III studies of the……
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Ovarian Cancer Algorithm supports maintenance therapy in advanced stages The standard treatment for newly diagnosed advanced ovarian cancer consists of cytoreductive surgery followed by platinum-based chemotherapy with or without bevacizumab. Maintenance therapy with PARP inhibitors and olaparib-bevacizumab has recently…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Lifestyle interventions Risk factors for non-compliance Diet is one of the most influential risk factors for metabolic, cardiovascular and several other disease groups. Optimizing nutrition is therefore of enormous importance in prevention and therapy. For the… CME-Test
View Post 11 min This content is machine translated Artificial intelligence in medicine Opportunities and risks of AI The concept of artificial intelligence dates back to the 1950s. 20th century and includes a collection of technologies that allow a computer to emulate typical characteristics of human intelligence. Initially,… CME-Test
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Rare Disease Day 2024 “Think of zebras when you hear hooves clattering” This quote goes back to the US-American physician Th. E. Woodward and is considered a metaphor for the diagnosis of rare diseases. International Rare Disease Day traditionally takes place on…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Organ Donation New hope: peak in organ donations in 2023 Last year, 200 people became organ donors after their death, more than ever before. The number of people who received an organ also reached an all-time high: 675 people received…
View Post 14 min This content is machine translated Research Protein 2, which contains the LEM domain, is essential for heart development The integrity of the nuclear envelope is essential for the compartmentalization of the nucleus and the cytoplasm. Importantly, mutations in genes coding for the nuclear envelope and related proteins are…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Mild to moderate depression Meta-analysis confirms efficacy and tolerability of Hypericum In the secondary analysis published last year in the journal Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine , researchers compared the effects of St. John’s wort versus SSRIs or placebo in…
