Where the water is cleaner, there are more animals-_– one would think.A team of researchers from the Senckenberg am Meer Research Institute and the University of Oldenburg has now shown that this is not always and everywhere the case. The group led by Anja Singer investigated in the East Frisian Wadden Sea how biodiversity and […]
Core messages If toe necrosis occurs in a woman under 40 years of age and an embolic mechanism is suspected, a specific systemic vasculitis should be searched for both clinically and radiologically according to French doctors led by Dr. Rémy Hamdan (Le CHU Dijon Bourgogne). A woman’s medical history in her 30s makes it clear […]
Key Messages Opioid therapy is essential for the proper management of patients with moderate to severe pain. Opioid-induced constipation (OIC) is a predictable event, affecting most patients on opioid therapy and related to the physiological presence of MOR receptors in the enteric nervous system. The severity of OIC and its impact on quality of life […]
Milan, 17 Mar. (Adnkronos Salute) — «More and more people suffering from diabetes or high blood sugar are hospitalized in Italian hospitals, in surgical departments, as well as in those of medicine or specialists. But it is not always possible to consult a diabetologist to set up an adequate diagnostic-therapeutic procedure. Yet properly managing diabetes, […]
Highlights Background During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, decreases in admission volumes for stroke, intravenous thrombolysis, and mechanical thrombectomy were reported. There is a paucity of data on the long-term effect of the pandemic on systolic volumes over the course of a year and during the second wave of the pandemic. We sought […]
The At its meeting in February 2023, the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommended extensions of the indications for four medicinal products: Cemiplimab (Libtayo, Regeneron Ireland) The antibody already conditionally approved for other cancers will also be indicated in the first-line treatment of NSCLC in combination […]
When introduced animal species endanger the native fauna and flora, the first thing that comes to mind is cats, rats, mice or goats. But horses also leave lanes of devastation in the wrong place: This applies, for example, to the feral horses in the Australian mountains called brumbies. Without rapid countermeasures, twelve endangered species of […]
Spotting small, olive-colored birds in the dense rainforest is an art in itself – especially when it comes to rare species in remote regions. Therefore, it is perhaps no wonder that the Sianakamadagascar Warbler (Crossleyia tenebrosa) has not been seen for many years: Since 1999, no birdwatcher had visited the forests in northeastern Madagascar, where the […]
Key messages Medical lifestyle products, such as self-removal of pigment marks, are «in». However, the application is not free of risks, as the Medical history of a 31-year-old woman , which Dr. med Katja Schlömer Soares and her colleagues from the Skin Center Wuppertal describe. The patient and her history According to the authors, the patient […]
On 20. January 36. Scientific Day of Osteoporosis Research and Information Group (GRIO) in Paris. This was an opportunity to remind people that physical activity has a significant impact on building and maintaining bone mass. We all know the calls of health authorities for regular physical activity and their benefits.But what do we know in 2023 […]