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…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Advanced NET of the midgut Radiopeptide therapy successful in disease progression Patients with advanced, progressive somatostatin receptor-positive neuroendocrine tumors (NET) of the midgut may benefit from so-called peptide-mediated radioreceptor therapy (PRRT), according to a publication in the New England Journal of…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Tumor Treating Fields (TTF) What’s the story with the new process? At the 21st meeting of the Society For Neuro-Oncology, presentations included a phase III trial of Tumor Treating Fields (TTF) treatment in newly diagnosed glioblastoma. From ESMO ASIA come results…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated ESMO in Copenhagen and Singapore Immunotherapy puts lung cancer experts in turmoil Pembrolizumab returned to the international stage of lung cancer therapy with a thunderclap during the presentation of the KEYNOTE 024 trial at the 2016 ESMO Congress in Copenhagen. Lectures on…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated ASH 2016 in San Diego Multiple Myeloma Review As every year, the ASH Congress took place in the busy pre-Christmas season. This time, experts from hematology and oncology met in San Diego. Multiple myeloma was again an important…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Indispensable for dense breast tissue Ultrasound diagnostics in breast carcinoma A number of studies have shown that ultrasound can detect carcinomas in addition to mammography, particularly in the dense breast. In the early detection of cancer in asymptomatic women, breast…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Type 2 diabetes mellitus in old age Optimized therapy thanks to individualized therapy plan Three complexities converge in the diabetologic therapy of the elderly: the therapy of a chronic disease, the therapy of diabetes mellitus per se, and geriatric health care. This often makes…
View Post 8 min 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…
