This content is machine translated ACC Congress, Washington PCSK9 antibody lives up to expectations Lowering LDL cholesterol is an important component of secondary prevention. For the first time, the “shooting stars” of lipid therapy, PCSK9 inhibitors, demonstrated a reduction in cardiovascular events. The FOURIER…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated St. Gallen Breast Cancer Conference Endocrine therapy helps prevent breast cancer Breast cancer can be prevented in healthy women with medication. Studies prove the effectiveness. In some countries, endocrine therapy is approved for this indication. However, acceptance of chemoprevention is generally…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated The plague root extract Ze 339 soon against sinusitis? In vitro study shows promising results The mechanism of action of butterbur extract Ze 339 for the treatment of allergic rhinitis and its anti-inflammatory potential against viral upper respiratory tract exacerbations are still unknown. An in…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated East Switzerland Emergency Symposium, St. Gallen Drug interactions – when does it get dangerous? Drug interactions can end dangerously. Family physicians in particular have a lot to do with multimorbid elderly patients. Interactions of the most common drugs should therefore be known.
View Post 1 min This content is machine translated Invasive symptomatic therapy for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Early diaphragmatic stimulation in ALS harms Purpose: Can early diaphragmatic pacing in ALS delay the need for noninvasive ventilation?
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Parkinson's disease BRIVARACT II study on opicapone Purpose: A large proportion of patients with Mb. Parkinson’s disease experiences fluctuations in the effect of levodopa therapy during the course of the disease.
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Alcohol dependence High-Dose Baclofen Treatment Purpose: Few medications are approved for the treatment of alcohol dependence. Is drug therapy with baclofen in the high-dose range a suitable alternative?
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Efficacy analysis vortioxetine Major depression and anxiety symptoms Background: Anxiety disorders are a common comorbidity of depression. A comorbidity of depression and anxiety is more difficult to treat than depression alone.
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Stroke Therapy “Patients benefit from intervention through the vascular system” At the 20th Annual Meeting of the Swiss Cerebrovascular Society SHG, Prof. Jan Gralla, MD, from Inselspital Bern, Switzerland, spoke on “New Approaches in the Intra-arterial Treatment of Acute Stroke.”…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated ACTRIMS Forum 2017 in Orlando B-cell-directed therapy under the microscope – what can we expect? At the ACTRIMS Forum 2017, B-cell depletion and thus the recently published results from the ORATORIO study in the New England Journal of Medicine were also on everyone’s lips. Not…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Herbal medicines for headaches A rather difficult indication for phytotherapy Besides the strongest analgesic, morphine, other herbal analgesics are not doing very well. It is true that there are medicinal plants with analgesic potential. However, various difficulties make it almost…
