This content is machine translated EULAR Congress 2016 How to protect siblings from diseases This year’s congress of the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) in London once again offered exciting news from the field of rheumatology. Recent findings on the pathogenesis of juvenile idiopathic…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Obesity and addiction “Food addiction” in overweight and obese adolescents. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and correlates of “food addiction” as measured by the Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS) in overweight and obese adolescents…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Colorectal Cancer How do patients outside the screening population fare? In patients at intermediate risk for colorectal cancer, colonoscopy is recommended by most European and American organizations as a screening examination starting at age 50 at intervals not exceeding 10…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Whole brain irradiation or stereotaxy? Options for radiotherapy in brain metastases For 1-3 brain metastases, stereotactic radiotherapy is highly effective, either as a single time treatment for smaller lesions or as fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy. In single-treatment radiotherapy, the radiation dose must…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Increased risk of dementia Benzodiazepine therapy should be given only for a short time Research question: To investigate in a case-control study to what extent the use of benzodiazepines (BDP) leads to an increased risk for the occurrence of Alzheimer’s dementia. Total cumulative dose…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Breast and thyroid cancer How great is the risk of a second malignancy? The possible association between breast and thyroid cancer has been a topic of research for several decades. For their meta-analysis, a team of physicians from Chicago was able to draw…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Depression Cognitive behavioral therapy in long-term treatment Purpose: To provide a long-term benefit/cost assessment for additional cognitive behavioral therapy in patients with treatment-resistant depression.
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Stroke recurrence after TIA or minor stroke Use the possibilities of secondary prophylaxis Purpose: To evaluate the 1-year risk of stroke recurrence after TIA or minor stroke under a modern secondary prevention regimen.
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated European Lung Cancer Conference 2016 in Geneva Is there a vaccine for malignant mesothelioma coming soon? Once again, the European Lung Cancer Conference was held in Geneva. Once again, the focus was primarily on non-small cell lung cancer. Therapies targeting mutated and non-mutated variants of EGFR…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Risk stratification of elderly patients prior to surgery. Frailty leads to postoperative complications Numerous types of cancer occur more frequently with age. At the same time, oncological diseases require surgical intervention in many cases. How to estimate whether the patient will face complications…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Prevention of cardiovascular diseases How useful are statins in primary prevention? Question: How well does rosuvastatin (Crestor®) 10 mg/d protect against cardiovascular events in patients at intermediate cardiovascular risk?
