This content is machine translated Cardiology highlights of 2016 What developments have moved the professional community? This article is a compilation of cardiology highlights of 2016, and although this selection takes into account various aspects of cardiology, it cannot account for all the important publications of…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Herbal medicines help with various complaints Phytotherapy in geriatrics One might assume that diseases in old age can only be treated with synthetic drugs, since the typical diseases in this last stage of life are often considerable and have…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated The power of blood Can we improve our performance with our own blood? Regardless of faith and ideology, man has always attributed a special meaning to blood: it stands simultaneously for life and death, for good and evil, for purity and profanation, for…
View Post 1 min This content is machine translated A feasibility study Psilocybin for the treatment of refractory depression. Purpose: Psilocybin is an indole alkaloid belonging to the tryptamine group, which acts as a serotonin receptor agonist in the brain. Psilocybin produces a hallucinogenic high and is very similar…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Many studies document the effectiveness Hawthorn against heart failure Various species of the plant genus Crataegus, hawthorn, have been used since ancient times to treat heart failure. There are many clinical studies documenting the efficacy of standardized hawthorn extracts.…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Smoking and mental disorders Nicotine dependence in psychiatric disorders. Nicotine dependence is among the most common comorbid disorders in patients with psychiatric disorders. Evidence-based pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic smoking cessation programs (REPs) are also effective in patients with psychiatric disorders.…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Multiple sclerosis Neurofilament determination in serum – a potential biomarker? Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system and, with a median age of onset of 30 years, the most common disabling disease in…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Eosinophilic esophagitis The therapy goal should be “absolute” freedom from symptoms Dysphagia and bolus impaction are highly suspicious for the presence of eosinophilic esophagitis in younger patients. To confirm the diagnosis, biopsies are taken from different segments of the esophagus during…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated New studies with evidence of further effects There is more in ginseng and rose root Medicinal plants with an effect against stress-related symptoms are called adaptogens in phytotherapy or complementary medicine. Rose root and ginseng are the classic representatives of this class of medicinal plants.…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Epidemology and current study situation Diabetes mellitus and risk of infection 2016 The most common infections affect the skin and genitourinary tract. Infections occur more frequently above an HbA1c >8.5%. SGLT2 inhibitors are effective in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus,…
View Post 11 min This content is machine translated Anxiety disorders Guideline-based therapy Anxiety disorders are among the most common psychiatric disorders. Nevertheless, they are often diagnosed and treated years later. Exclusion of physical disease consisting of at least a detailed history, laboratory,…
