This content is machine translated Vitamin D deficiency Biomarkers in inflammatory bowel disease According to a secondary analysis published in 2019, low vitamin D levels are associated with worse disease progression and impaired quality of life. Regarding possible beneficial effects of vitamin D…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Ovarian Cancer Treatment 2019: Important and new Ovarian cancer has become a chronic disease. Therapy sequences with surgery, additive and palliative systemic therapies, plus maintenance therapies in different lineages are complex. Discussing current data helps to translate…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Dementia Risky sport football!? Is the mortality rate caused by neurodegenerative diseases actually increased in professional football players? This was the conclusion of a retrospective cohort study recently published in The New England Journal.…
View Post 15 min This content is machine translated Examination and biofeedback for headache and facial pain Biofeedback has become an indispensable part of therapy Headaches and facial pain are among the most common complaints, which is why patients seek medical consultation. An observational study in 2000 showed that headache was reported as the chief…
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Multiple sclerosis Update on new antigen-specific therapeutic approaches A promising approach for the therapy of multiple sclerosis lies in antigen-specific treatment. They are intended to specifically inhibit the autoreactive immune response to avoid the risks of global immunosuppression.
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Obesity Knee osteoarthritis prevention for adolescents Being overweight increases the risk of developing joint arthrosis at an early stage. In the project “Children’s KNEEs” a physiotherapeutic training program was developed and evaluated from a clinical and…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Chronic inflammatory bowel disease Therapy in transition: innovation through biologics In treatment-resistant severe cases, a biologic representative of a new substance class, vedolizumab, is now available in addition to conventional standard medication and anti-TNFα. Several evaluations of different therapies from…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Psoriasis Outlook on possible future therapy options As part of this year’s AAD, several speakers reported on on research-stage antipsoriatic agents, which showed promising results in phase 2 trials. Biologics and tyrosine kinase 2 inhibitors are among…
View Post 14 min This content is machine translated Thyroid nodule Ultrasound guided thermal ablation Thermoablation is an alternative therapy for benign symptomatic thyroid nodules and symptomatic thyroid cysts. However, a meaningful fine-needle biopsy is required in advance.
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Ovarian Cancer Improved PFS argues for maintenance therapy with PARP inhibitor More women die from ovarian cancer than from any other tumor – mainly because it is usually detected very late. PARP inhibitors have been developed for the treatment of recurrent…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Modern wound management Silicone-containing wound dressing as an add-on measure reduces pressure ulcer risk Adequate wound care is an essential component of preventive and post-interventional measures. Wound dressings play an important role in the prophylaxis and therapy of pressure ulcers as recent evaluation studies…
