30.11.2015 - 1) Sepsis can be a serious complication of an infection. In sepsis treatment, three large clinical studies could not confirm a treatment strategy called EGDT. However, these three large clinical studies confirm the importance of rapid antibiotic...

29.10.2015 - Millions of patients the world over have surgery every year. Until now, heart function is almost always tested before surgery in patients 50 years of age or older. However, cardiovascular assessment before surgery was developed further, and the...

29.09.2015 - Millions of elderly patients have to take warfarin or phenprocoumon, generally known in German speaking countries as Marcumar. DOACs (direct oral anticoagulants) are an alternative to warfarin or phenprocoumon. DOACs are very new. Do they cause...

02.09.2015 - Millions of patients have chronic orthopaedic pain. Pain that has not been caused by an accident. Chronic knee pain, chronic back pain or chronic back pain that radiates into the arm, buttocks or legs. Elderly often suffer from chronic orthopaedic...

27.07.2015 - Hospice care significantly benefitted patients at the end of their life. And inpatient or outpatient hospice care was preferred by the patients, compared with usual care. There also is a general discussion what hospice care is. And a very good...

28.06.2015 - Preventing heart attacks and strokes largely is, I am afraid to say, up to you. In addition, there are things that your doctors can do for you. Are all of the recommendations valuable? Yes, they are, but one of them is controversial at the moment....

30.04.2015 - The best-known guideline for high blood pressure (hypertension) has been updated. The update is controversial. Every recommendation in this new guideline is exactly how doctors expected them, except one. The unexpected recommendation is: “Treat...

22.02.2015 - Worldwide, colorectal cancer is the third commonest cancer in men and the second commonest cancer in women. Screening, starting with 50 years of age, would prevent 90% of all colorectal cancers. Colonoscopy is the best screening instrument. Since...

29.01.2015 - HEPATITIS C, NEW AND VERY SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT: About 3% of the world’s population is affected with hepatitis C. Most patients with hepatitis C have no symptoms, but there is a blood test. If left untreated, patients with hepatitis C can develop...

15.12.2014 - E-cigarettes: Are they safe? Do they help to quit real cigarettes? Or do they lure children to take up smoking? There are new studies from 2013. Unfortunately, even with the new data, we cannot draw firm conclusions. We need more independent...