This content is machine translated Anorexia nervosa The role of the family doctor Family physicians are often the first point of contact for patients with eating disorders. Targeted screening questions based on the diagnostic criteria can be an aid in recognizing anorectic symptomatology…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Rare lung diseases Granulomatoses beyond sarcoidosis: the rheumatologic view. Pulmonary involvement in the setting of inflammatory rheumatic systemic disease is a relatively common manifestation that requires appropriate awareness by both pulmonologists and rheumatologists and, ideally, interdisciplinary management of such…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Diabetic nephropathy SGLT-2 inhibitor slows decline in glomerular filtration rate For the first time, a targeted therapy for diabetic kidney disease is available. In the CREDENCE study, canagliflozin resulted in a clinically relevant and statistically significant risk reduction for renal…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Diabetic foot syndrome Cold plasma pen accelerates healing Diabetic foot ulcers occur in up to 10% of all diabetics during their lifetime. A randomized controlled trial has now shown that treatment with cold atmospheric plasma promotes the healing…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Corona pandemic Current data on COVID-19 and diabetes In particular, older diabetics with a high BMI have an increased risk of a severe course and mortality rates are also higher compared to the general population. The interactions involved…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Diabetic nephropathy Gliflozines may slow progression of renal failure Nephropathy as a late complication of diabetes is a common cause of renal failure requiring dialysis. In the CREDENCE trial, SGLT-2 inhibitors slowed the progression of renal dysfunction in diabetic…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Atrial fibrillation In practice more and more often Atrial fibrillation is increasing significantly in frequency. However, the symptoms are often not very specific. Therefore, special attention should be paid to risk factors such as hypertension, obesity, and physical…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Behçet's disease Apremilast approved for the treatment of oral aphthae Behçet’s disease is a rare, chronic, multisystemic inflammatory disease that causes vasculitis. Oral aphthae occur in more than 97% of affected individuals and are associated with significant impairment of quality…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Cancer medicine of the future Car-T cell therapy and its application in practice CAR-T cell technology is considered the latest achievement in cancer medicine. The first approvals in Europe took place in mid-2018 – Switzerland followed at the end of 2018. Currently, the…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated SGLT-2 inhibitors Dapagliflozin now also available for non-diabetics for the treatment of heart failure (HFrEF) Based on the results of the DAPA-HF study, Swissmedic has approved dapagliflozin for the treatment of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), whether or not patients have type 2…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Guselkumab Study success: application for admission to PsoA submitted New Phase III data from the DISCOVER-1 and DISCOVER-2 studies show improvement in joint and skin symptoms of psoriatic arthritis at week 52, and an indication expansion of guselkumab is…
