12.07.2017 - Pulmonary embolism is a sudden blockage in the major blood vessel of your lung, the pulmonary artery. Syncope (fainting): Doctors and many patients who had syncope can list a number of causes. Pulmonary embolism is not among these causes. Yet,...
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...
17.05.2018 - “PCI,” “Percutaneous coronary intervention,” is an intervention with a catheter for the treatment of severe hardening of the coronary arteries of the heart. A catheter is inserted. A balloon on the catheter is inflated at the hardened...
29.03.2018 - Cryptogenic stroke means unexplained stroke. The cause of the stroke remains unknown. The foramen ovale is a small opening between the right atrium of the heart and the left atrium of the heart. It closes during infancy in about 75%. In about 25%,...
12.02.2018 - Surprisingly, cellulitis, and skin and soft tissue abscesses, even small ones, are common causes of visits to accident and emergency departments. In patients with a drainable abscess, the treatment includes drainage of the abscess. The treatment...
14.03.2018 - Treating subclinical hypothyroidism in the elderly doesn’t improve symptoms. What are the possible symptoms of subclinical hypothyroidism? They can for example be fatigue, or decrease of pulse and blood pressure, the nervous system and mental...
02.06.2011 - Obwohl es in Österreich gesetzlich verboten ist, gibt es Frauen, die keine Geburtshilfe von Ärzten oder Hebammen in Anspruch nehmen und ihr Kind bewusst alleine zur Welt bringen. Die Alleingeburt (oder in Englisch Unassisted Birth) – ein...
13.01.2018 - The new guideline for high blood pressure has been released. It comes from the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association. The new guideline caused controversy, because it adheres to more stringent values than in the past....
19.07.2018 - Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is a virus infection. It mainly occurs in older people. It can be painful or even very painful. And it is estimated that approximately 30% of all persons will experience shingles during their lifetime....
24.05.2018 - If you are overweight, tired during the day and snore, you might have obstructive sleep apnoea, also known as OSA. Obstructive sleep apnoea can lead to attention problems, memory problems, cognitive problems, problems at work, and behavioural...
15.11.2018 - Anticoagulants are blood thinners. Antiplatelet agents also blood are thinners. However, anticoagulants are active primarily in the deep veins of the body. Anticoagulants and antiplatelet agents can be combined. Even combined three or four times...
25.09.2018 - Do medicines cause dementia? Specifically, do PPIs cause dementia? PPIs generally belong to the safest medicines in the world. PPIs (proton pump inhibitors) are taken by millions every day against heartburn, reflux disease, and stomach acid. PPIs...
13.12.2018 - Back pain is a topic that interests millions of people. Back pain affects almost all adult men and women at least once in their lifetime. What does really help? All of the following has been tested: Two classes of specialised tablets do not help....
13.09.2018 - DVT (deep vein thrombosis) is the medical term for blood clots in the deep veins of the leg. DVTs can be dangerous. After a DVT originally forms in one leg, it can travel to the lungs and block blood vessels there. This is called pulmonary...
