Acute low back pain is a very common symptom. Up to 90% of all adults suffer at least once in their life from a low back pain episode, in the majority of cases a nonspecific lumbago. They are, with or without sciatica, usually selflimited and have no ...
Acute low back pain is one of the most frequent reason for an emergency or primary care physician visit. Up to 90% of all adults will experience an episode of back pain at some point during their lifetime. Although the majority of patients have ...
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 ...
The prevalence of a major depressive disorder in patients after myocardial infarction is 20%. Depression is a risk factor for incident coronary heart disease and poor prognosis after myocardial infarction. Poor lifestyle habits and adherence to cardiac ...
In patients with dementia, Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) are frequent findings that accompany deficits caused by cognitive impairment and thus complicate diagnostics, therapy and care. BPSD are a burden both for affected ...
Treatment of hepatitis C is approaching a revolution. During the last years, many agents have been developed that directly interfere with the viral replication cycle. Therapy of hepatitis C will no longer need Interferon in the future. The new therapies ...
COPD is not a homogenous disease but consists of at least four different phenotypes: Emphysema, COPD with chronic bronchitis, asthma-COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS), and COPD with recurrent exacerbations. With differentiation, treatment can be designed ...
Immune Cells in Atherosclerosis – Good or Bad?Abstract. Inflammation is a major mediator of atherosclerosis and plays a pivotal role for both innate and adaptive immunity in the onset and the progression of atherosclerosis. Novel insights into how the ...
Diagnosis and Management of Gallstone DiseaseAbstract. 10–20 % of our population has gallstones, resulting in up to 15 000 cholecystectomies annually in Switzerland. Gallstone disease can affect gallbladder (cholecystolithiasis) as well as bile ducts (...
Evidence-Based Psychocardiology – What Remained of the Type A Behavior PatternAbstract. In the 1950s, the Type A Behavior Pattern emerged as an elaborated personality trait to explain a putative high risk for heart attacks in stressed managers. The ...
Tuberculous Spondylitis – Diagnosis and ManagementAbstract. Despite a decreasing incidence of tuberculosis (TB) over the last decades in Switzerland, the frequency of newly diagnosed tuberculous spondylitis has ...
Doctor, Do You Know Red Yeast Rice?Abstract. We present cases of patients with high total cholesterol who wanted to use an alternative therapy for lowering cholesterol. An improvement in the lipid profile was ...