This content is machine translated COVID-19 Pandemic costs not yet estimated The Corona pandemic still has us in its clutches – with immense implications for the health of the body and mind, as well as for healthcare costs. The Federal Council…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated KHM Research Award How many patients forgo a doctor’s visit for financial reasons? On June 25, 2015, the KHM Research Award sponsored by Mepha was presented. The winner is a research group from the University of Lausanne, which investigated the extent to which…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Medium deep and deep peeling “Chemical peels are inexpensive, highly effective and have few complications.” At the first Swiss Live-Workshop Chemical Peeling in Muttenz, the participants were taught the most important information, tips and tricks in the field of superficial, medium-depth and deep chemical peeling…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Diagnostics of inhalation and food allergies Medical history crucial for further clarification Allergic diseases are among the most common diseases worldwide, even if the relevance is assessed differently and many complaints are subsumed under the term “allergy”. Fundamental to the diagnosis of…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Mamma Screening Between statistics and casuistry Once again, a health policy bombshell has burst in the Sunday press. The Swiss Medical Board questions systematic breast screening. As was to be expected, the tsunami of outrage arrived…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated To the point Physician emergency duty on the wane? Obviously, there are small and medium-sized hospitals that rely on having enough patients assigned to them for treatment. They are making great efforts to fill their beds. Some open a…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Chronic non-specific back pain Interdisciplinary therapy brings the desired success Basically, nonspecific back pain is a benign condition, but it is very common in industrialized countries and thus has a major socioeconomic impact. The basic pillars of diagnostics are a…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated To the point Don’t get angry! In the last “Chränzli”, my colleagues once again let off a lot of steam.
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Allergic rhinitis Patients with sniffles: increasing prevalence and treatment costs The symptoms of allergic rhinitis may occur seasonally or persist over a long period of time. The disease is a growing global problem. In addition, the cost of therapy is…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Interview on burnout and social security law Doctors and lawyers have much to gain from working together In conversation with Barbara Hochstrasser, MD, and Prof. Dr. iur. Ueli Kieser is concerned with the meaning of burnout from a medical and a legal point of view. Furthermore, the…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Chronic inflammatory bowel disease The therapy goal is the control of the disease Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) refers to relapsing or continuous inflammatory diseases of the intestine. Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis belong to this group of forms. “Don’t be afraid of guidelines,”…
