This content is machine translated Health monitoring Swiss Health Survey The Federal Statistical Office (FSO) surveys the population about their health every five years. The latest results show that the general state of health has remained almost unchanged compared to…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated AI-based skin cancer diagnostics How do algorithms make complex decisions? Artificial intelligence (AI) can help to detect skin cancer in everyday clinical practice, but one hurdle is that the decisions made by algorithms are often not comprehensible. Scientists at the…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Parkinson's Individualized therapy concepts for a better quality of life Parkinson’s is the second most common neurodegenerative disease. In Switzerland, around 15,000 people are affected – and the trend is rising. Movement disorders such as tremor, rigor or bradykinesia are…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Type 2 diabetes ESC recommendations for reducing cardiovascular risk Patients with type 2 diabetes have a greatly increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease compared to healthy people in the same age group. The current guidelines published in the European…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Treating reflux symptoms Doing one thing but not the other Proton pump inhibitors (PPI) are still the first choice for acute treatment, but long-term use should be avoided. H2 antihistamines also suppress gastric acid secretion. Antacids and alginates can also…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Smoking cessation Harmreduction!? An overview of the current situation The damage that smoking and flammable products can cause to health is now well known. Accordingly, efforts have been made for decades to reduce the risks through smoking cessation –…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Hematology MDS and MPN – harmless abbreviations for serious diseases The heterogeneous group of acquired clonal diseases of the hematopoietic stem cells of the bone marrow (myelodysplastic syndromes) are associated with an increased risk of acute myeloid leukemia or bone…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Renal insufficiency in general practice Improve early detection and inhibit progression The most common causes of chronic kidney disease (CKD) include diabetes and hypertension. Regular screening is recommended if there is an increased risk of CKD. In addition to the eGFR,…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Breast Cancer HER2-negative breast cancer in a pot with triple-negative tumors? One study suggests that patients with low HR-positive/HER2-negative tumors could be considered and treated similarly to patients with triple-negative tumors. Should the current definitions of HR positivity and their clinical…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Journal Club International registry study on bronchiectasis The aim of the EMBARC study was to describe the clinical characteristics of bronchiectasis and compare them between different geographical regions. In a publication published in the Lancet Respiratory Medicine,…
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Adult ADHD Effective treatment management in the light of possible comorbidities Around 80% of ADHD persists into adulthood. However, only a small proportion of affected adults are diagnosed, as the symptoms change and comorbidities are often in the foreground. An effective… CME-Test
