This content is machine translated SUSTAIN-10: Post-hoc analysis Semaglutide and liraglutide in type 2 diabetes: effective and safe with and without SGLT-2-i Based on empirical evidence, professional societies recommend early combination of metformin with an SGLT-2 inhibitor or a GLP-1 receptor agonist in type 2 diabetics. Increasingly, a combined application of the…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Practice Changing The most important studies at a glance As usual, at this year’s Congress of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), those studies with the greatest impact on daily practice were presented in three so-called Presidential Symposia. We…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Biomarker-based stratification Prediction of the therapy response of atopic patients In the context of new targeted therapies and the goal of precision medicine, stratification of patients based on their endotype is becoming increasingly important. Using the method of “deep phenotyping,”…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Chronic pruritus Management of intractable pruritus – new therapeutic options available soon? Persistent itching is very stressful for those affected and can lead to enormous suffering. A careful diagnostic clarification of chronic pruritus is the basis for a goal-oriented treatment. It remains…
View Post 14 min This content is machine translated Gastrointestinal carcinomas New therapy options in 2021 Malignant tumors of the gastrointestinal tract are common, and the need for additional therapeutic options is high. At this year’s ASCO Annual Meeting, exciting new study results were presented for… CME-Test
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Advanced breast carcinoma What’s new? With antibody-drug conjugates, checkpoint and CDK4/6 inhibitors, three drug classes were in the spotlight at this year’s European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) congress in advanced breast cancer. This is…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) “Treat acid pocket” and follow up high-risk patients endoscopically Gastroesophageal reflux disease ( GERD) is the most common benign disease of the upper gastrointestinal tract in the Western world. For symptomatic treatment, it is recommended to use alginates in…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Hidradenitis suppurativa Qol-HS and HS-PBI: two newly validated measurement tools for acne inversa Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease with a high impact on quality of life. The development of disease-related measurement tools is an important step to improve the…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Psoriasis: disease management during corona pandemic “Shared decision making” is especially important in these times Among psoriasis patients, there is often some uncertainty about the implications of their underlying disease and the respective system therapy with regard to the risk of a severe course of…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Respiratory Vitamin D brings small benefit In 2017, a meta-analysis of data from 25 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of vitamin D supplementation for the prevention of acute respiratory infections (ARIs) found a protective effect of this…
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Advanced urothelial carcinoma of the urinary bladder Systemic therapy With approximately 1150 new cases annually in Switzerland, urothelial carcinoma of the urinary bladder is one of the most common cancers of older age. Particularly in the metastatic setting, it… CME-Test
