This content is machine translated Avian influenza in humans Respiratory complaints more likely with chickens than with cows In recent years, more and more infections with the H5N1 influenza A virus have been detected in mammals. Humans are also at risk, and therefore fear of this highly pathogenic...…
View Post 11 min This content is machine translated Characteristics, prognosis and different evolutionary paths Progression of chronic heart failure Despite numerous scoring systems, estimating the prognosis of chronic heart failure (HF) is a major challenge. The MECKI score is an established tool for risk assessment, but usually only takes...…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated "Health at a Glance" A comparison of healthcare systems in Europe Switzerland is a member of various international institutions whose task is to simplify comparisons of healthcare systems. For example, every year the OECD publishes “Health at a Glance”, which enables...…
View Post 15 min This content is machine translated Current status and future prospects Cell and gene therapies in modern cardiology Cell and gene therapies are considered highly innovative but also challenging approaches in modern cardiology. While early hopes for adult stem cells from bone marrow or skeletal muscle were largely...…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Osteoporosis: Special cases Insufficiency fracture in a premenopausal patient In young patients with inadequate fractures, secondary osteoporosis should be investigated. Osteodensitometry is particularly useful if there are anamnestic risk factors, whereby it is important to assess the z-score, as...…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Wild-type transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTRwt-CA) Diagnosis at an early stage, prognostic classifications and outlook Cardiac amyloidosis, especially wild-type transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTRwt-CA), has become increasingly important in recent years. Originally, it was considered a rare disease with a (mostly) late age of manifestation. Recent...…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Psychiatry Diversity is key, especially in times of crisis The world is upside down, one horror story follows the next. In times of crisis like these, mental health is particularly in focus. More than 9000 doctors, researchers and therapists...…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – Liver cirrhosis Liver cirrhosis – a term coined by the French doctor René Laënnec at the beginning of the 19th century – is the final stage of chronic liver disease. The connective...…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Venous thromboembolism prevention PCSK9 inhibitors: Current evidence, mechanisms and unanswered questions Venous thromboembolism (VTE), consisting of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), is the third most common cause of cardiovascular mortality worldwide after myocardial infarction and stroke. Despite continuous...…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Multiple sclerosis Better long-term prognosis thanks to modern treatment options Over the past two decades, the arsenal of disease-modifying therapies for multiple sclerosis (MS) has expanded considerably. This applies in particular to the relapsing-remitting form (RRMS), but the treatment options...…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Sponsored Content: Advanced therapy for the 1st line of treatment New approval of SKYRIZI® (risankizumab) for ulcerative colitis [1] Ulcerative colitis (UC) can lead to progressive intestinal damage and massive restrictions in the daily lives of those affected [2]. With the approval of SKYRIZI® (risankizumab), a new first-line therapy...…