The annual Gastro Highlights training event, held at the University Hospital Zurich last autumn, also celebrated the 60th birthday of Prof. Dr. med. Michael Fried, who initiated this widely recognised event 17 years ago. Featured at the symposium was a ...

Asthma is not a homogenous disease but a bundle of different phenotypes producing common symptoms due to swelling of bronchial mucosa and constriction of the airway smooth muscle. Beyond the treatment with a combination of topical steroids and long-acting ...

Malignant melanoma is the most common cause of death from skin cancer. Wide surgical excision of localized melanoma in its primary stage remains the main curative therapy. Identifying patients at an early tumor stage is therefore one of the most ...

Recent cross-sectional studies in children of music schools show that there is a continuously increasing development of musculoskeletal symptoms and disorders due to an asymmetry of posture which is given by the kind of the musical instrument played by ...

We report the case of a 28-years-old woman with Turner's syndrome and iron deficiency anaemia. The faecal occult blood test was intermittently positive whereas earlier upper and lower endoscopy revealed no source of bleeding. Capsule endoscopy showed ...