A comparison of 6 treatments: manual acupuncture, electroacupuncture, acupressure, sham treatment, improved usual treatment and no treatment. Doctors should be trained to offer acupressure to cancer patients with sleep problems, according to the authors of a new study that found this treatment to be more effective than acupuncture and improved supportive treatment. It is estimated […]
Knowledge Middle-aged adults and older adults taking statins were at lower risk for both lobar and non-lobar intracerebral hemorrhage (ICB). The benefit increased with the duration of therapy. Why this matters An association was uncertain based on previous research. The pathophysiology of lobary ICB (predominance of amyloid angiopathy) differs somewhat from that of non-lobar ICB (predominance of […]
Patients suffering from neuromuscular diseases (NMD) often present with breathing difficulties: respiratory failure and the inability to mobilize secretions are frequently the cause of death. To help physicians manage the respiratory of these patients, the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) has released guidelines based on the best available evidence. The recommendations cover various aspects, […]
Core messages Many Parkinson’s patients develop swallowing disorders caused by their neurodegenerative disease over time. A possible consequence of dysphagia can be life-threatening aspiration pneumonia. Privatdozentin Dr. med. habil. Inga Claus (University Hospital Münster, ParkinsonZentrum Münster/Osnabrück) and Professor Dr. med. Tobias Warnecke (Department of Neurology and Neurological Early RehabilitationKlinikum Osnabrück, ParkinsonZentrum Münster/Osnabrück) explain in a […]
Core messages The German Ethics Council has published a statement in which it comprehensively examines and evaluates the effects of digital technologies on human self-understanding and coexistence. «The use of AI must expand human development, not diminish it. AI must not replace humans. These are basic rules for ethical evaluation,» says Professor Alena Buyx, Chairwoman […]
Luckily It is not yet a bill, nor is it a measure about to start. The «points health card», which provides incentives such as ski passes and free entrances to the spa for those who accumulate virtuous behaviors in terms of prevention, is still only the boutade of Lombardy’s Councillor for Welfare, Guido Bertolaso, thrown […]
Around half of all patients with chronic pain report suffering from several parts of the body.Physicians speak of «multi-site chronic pain» (MCP). With the number of pain locations, the risk of dementia also increases, reports a team led by Yiheng Tu from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing in the journal»Proceedings of the National Academy […]
That a major hospital reform is necessary – the federal and state governments agree on this. On the other hand, there is disagreement about the «how». Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach is getting more and more headwind from the federal states. 3 federal states now even want to have the reform legally examined. At the […]
White Paper to inform, educate, treat: towards a participatory and integrated model of Italian alcology From epidemiological data released by the World Health Organization, alcohol is considered the fifth risk factor for the global disease burden. In the 30 countries of the European Union, 5.5% of all deaths were caused by alcohol, largely from oncological […]
Knowledge The European Commission has approved a tetravalent dengue vaccine (live vaccine, attenuated [TAK-003]) for the prevention of dengue virus (DENV) dengue fever for persons aged ≥ 4& years , regardless of previous exposure to DENV.This is the second dengue fever vaccine to be approved in the European Union, following the approval of a first dengue vaccine […]