[CME: Sonografie 80 - Jaundice.]
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[CME: Acute Intermittent Porphyria: When to Think of It? What Must be Checked? How to Treat?]
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Current Treatment Concepts for Stress Urinary Incontinence.
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Initially, stress urinary incontinence should be treated by conservative measures, such as weight reduction, hormonal substitution, physiotherapy, pelvic floor exercise and/or the use of pessaries. Incontinence surgeries are only recommended in case of unsuccessful conservative therapy. Today, tension-free suburethral sling insertions represent the...
[New therapies for varicose veins].
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[Is type 2 diabetes irreversible or can it be cured?].
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[70 plus: a Challenge for the Family Doctor and the Gastroenterologist].
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In elderly patients, dysphagia, fecal incontinence, gastrointestinal malignant diseases and bleeding as well as ischemia of the small and large bowel are increased compared to younger patients. These diseases often significantly decrease the quality of life and survival, however, they can often be treated quite successfully if the diagnosis is made...
Intra-articular hyaluronic injection in knee osteoarthritis only effective thanks to the placebo effect].
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[Adult Celiac Disease].
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Celiac disease is an immune-mediated enteropathy in genetically predisposed individuals, triggered by gluten ingestion. Clinical manifestations include intestinal and extraintestinal symptoms. Affected individuals may also be completely asymptomatic. Nevertheless, an early diagnosis is essential in order to prevent long-term complications. Diagnost...
[Medical Problems in Air Travel from a General Practitioner’s Perspective].
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As travel by air increases, so does the number of passengers with chronic or acute medical issues. To evaluate fitness for air travel, it is necessary to consider the impact of the altered atmospheric surroundings in an airplane on the current illness to avoid a worsening of health conditions or even an emergency. As first medical contact person, t...
[Cough has Many Faces].
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We report about a 35 year old previously apparently healthy male patient with terminal chronic renal failure due to IgA nephropathy. The initial symptoms were similar to those of a banal viral respiratory infection. Massive hypertension, orthopnea, edema and blurred vision finally led to the diagnosis of an end stage renal disease. In the renal bio...
