This content is machine translated Drug treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia Secondary analysis on neuroactive steroids – insights from animal models. 5α-Reductase inhibitors are used to reduce prostate volume and associated symptoms. Possible side effects include sexual dysfunction and depressive disorders. Neuroactive steroids are thought to play an important role in…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Hypertension Arterial Hypertension – “Hot Topics” for the Family Physician In current consensus recommendations of the European Hypertension Society. (ESH), the importance of blood pressure measurements outside the physician’s office is emphasized in the context of diagnosis and treatment. For…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Nail psoriasis A diagnostic challenge Nail psoriasis is the most common inflammatory dermatosis of the nail apparatus. Most often, but not always, nail infestation occurs together with skin psoriasis. Typical psoriasiform nail changes include spotted…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Bullous pemphigoid Updated European expert guideline published The Autoimmune blistering diseases Task Force of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) recently issued new recommendations for the treatment of bullous pemphigoid. The consensus expert opinion is based…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated AID systems Improved therapy for type 1 diabetes with new devices Increasingly, AID (Automated Insulin Delivery) systems are being used for automated or semi-automated insulin dosing in the treatment of type 1 diabetes. Through pump and sensor technology coupled with control…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Breast Cancer New options in advanced breast cancer While new lecture formats had to be established due to the Corona pandemic, substantial progress in research around cancer therapies remained constant, as evidenced by study results presented at EHA.…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Atopic dermatitis The JAK/STAT pathway as a therapeutic target. Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors inhibit signal transduction of numerous proinflammatory cytokines with varying selectivity. With baricitinib, upadacitinib and abrocitinib, three oral JAK inhibitors are currently approved in Switzerland for the…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Influenza vaccination High age – high dose! Influenza is the most common vaccine-preventable infectious disease. Nevertheless, it consistently tops the list of infectious diseases in Europe – with the exception of the past two seasons, when the…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Antidepressant monotherapy Trazodone with innovative galenics achieves rapid and significant response The antidepressant monotherapy with trazodone achieves an effective response after only one week with a single daily dose starting at 150 mg. The multifunctional antidepressant mechanism of action of the serotonin…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Local therapy in HCC Interdisciplinary combination therapies on the rise Small changes made in the 2022 BCLC update may be of great impact in the local therapy of stage 0 to C HCC patients. Combination therapies and other interdisciplinary measures…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Intraepidermal neoplasms Actinic keratosis – a common precancerous condition Actinic keratosis is an intraepidermal neoplasia that can potentially develop into an invasive growing spinocellular carcinoma (SCC). The current study situation does not allow reliable risk stratification. With this in…
