This content is machine translated Prevent arteriosclerosis Can exercise in early adulthood protect against atherosclerosis? Low physical fitness and muscle strength in early adulthood are risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, it is unclear how these factors relate to subclinical atherosclerosis because of the…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) Anifrolumab: 3-year data confirm long-term clinical benefit New data from a long-term extension study show that anifrolumab was effective, safe, and tolerable in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) even in long-term use over three years [1]. Two post-hoc…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Geriatric dermatology: study report. Skin cancer as a leading diagnosis in elderly hospitalized dermatologic patients In view of the demographic development, the importance of skin diseases in geriatric patients is increasing in everyday practice. A study by a German research team analyzed data from patients…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Atrial Fibrillation (VHF) - Swiss-AF Study Physical activity and vascular brain lesions in elderly VHF patients Swiss-AF is a prospective observational study conducted throughout Switzerland at a total of 14 centers investigating the relationship between atrial fibrillation and impaired brain performance. A substudy analyzed whether there…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Findings from the SUSTAIN-6 study GLP-1RA with cardiovascular benefits in the treatment of type 2 diabetes In the context of prevalent type 2 diabetes (T2D) worldwide and associated comorbid cardiovascular disease, the results of the SUSTAIN-6 trial add to the accumulating evidence of robust cardiovascular risk…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Interactions with obstructive sleep apnea Hen and/or egg If a patient suffers from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), it predisposes him or her to a host of comorbidities, from cardiovascular to renal to pulmonary to neuropsychiatric. But there is…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Heart failure Dapagliflozin now approved in preserved ejection fraction [1,4]** After dapagliflozin had been approved for some time for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, Swissmedic now granted an indication extension for heart failure with mildly reduced or preserved ejection…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Plaque psoriasis TYK2 inhibition shows great therapeutic potential Psoriasis is nowadays understood as a systemic disease, which is based on chronic inflammation. Research into the etiopathogenesis, as well as the establishment of new active substances, is progressing rapidly.…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Cardiac resynchronization therapy Improving outcomes in patients with intraventricular conduction delay. The benefit of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) varies by QRS characteristics; individual randomized trials are too weak to assess benefit for relatively small subgroups. Accordingly, in a recently published study,…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated International Health Policy Survey Primary care physicians in the post-Covid era In 2022, Switzerland again participated in the Commonwealth Fund Foundation’s international health policy surveys. As in previous years, the focus was on physicians working in the field of primary care.…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Giant cell arteritis: classification and treatment What’s new? Das vom American College of Rheumatology (ACR) und der European League against Rheumatology (EULAR) gemeinsam entwickelte und 2022 veröffentlichte Update der Klassifikationskriterien für Riesenzellarteriitis trägt insbesondere den Fortschritten im Bereich…
