This content is machine translated Disease of the subcutaneous adipose tissue Lipedema – a painful fatty tissue disease of the extremities in women. Lipedema is a painful, disproportionate increase in fat in women; on legs and arms, as well as hips and buttocks. Lipedema has been officially classified as a disease in the… CME-Test
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Acute chest pain The important difference: women in the Chest Pain Unit! The sex-specific atypical clinical presentation of acute coronary syndrome and the sex-specific outcomes of cardiovascular disease in women are well known. The aim of this training article is to analyze… CME-Test
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Rare diseases Current diagnostic criteria for neurofibromatosis type 1 – an update. Also known as “von Recklinghausen disease,” neurofibromatosis type 1 is a rare genetic multi-organ disease. A common feature of neurofibromatosis type 1 that can be diagnosed early in its course…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Chronic tinnitus How subjective stress is alleviated – current guideline provides clarification Chronic tinnitus is a common symptom of the auditory system that can lead to serious disease burden, especially when combined with comorbidities. Therapy recommendations are aimed at reducing stress in…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Difficult or difficult to treat? “Actually, severe asthma is a diagnosis of exclusion.” It is felt that cases of severe asthma have been steadily increasing in recent years. This may be due in no small part to the development of biologics, which now…
View Post 11 min This content is machine translated Neuroscience Current highlights, innovative findings, exciting results “The Quintessence of Neuroscience for the 21st Century” was the theme of the American Academy of Neurology ‘s anniversary meeting – and the range of topics lived up to that…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Invasive Aspergillus infections “A Chameleon in CT” Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis poses a major threat, especially to immunocompromised individuals such as tumor patients. The mortality rate is over 60%, and diagnosis and treatment of the fungal infection are…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Digitization A question of (artificial) intelligence At the beginning of the year, a real hype was unleashed. ChatGPT came on the market and was made available for free to all Internet users. The first voices were…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Smoking cessation Drug therapy for tobacco addiction Inhaled tobacco smoking remains the most important preventable risk factor for numerous diseases and for premature deaths worldwide. In Switzerland, more than 1.9 million people smoked in 2017, representing 27%… CME-Test
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Heart failure Pharmacotherapy in HFrEF and HFmrEF – Combination of four as gold standard. Important therapeutic goals in chronic heart failure are to improve quality of life and to reduce the risk of hospitalization and mortality. According to current evidence, guideline-based therapy with the…
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Histamine intolerance Why the HIT is not a hit: myths and facts Histamine intolerance (HIT) is a food intolerance that involves a series of adverse reactions as a result of accumulated or ingested histamine. It is caused by an imbalance between the… CME-Test
