• Fine dust pollution: Does it increase the risk of eczema?

    Fine dust is suspected of promoting inflammatory skin diseases such as atopic eczema. A recent US study shows a clear link between these.

  • From "Blue Man" to "Blue Woman": What is behind these fascinating cases?

    A few years ago, a particular phenomenon made headlines around the world: Paul Karason from Washington, known as the Blue Man, had a blue coloration on every inch of his body.<sup>1</sup>

  • Worldwide increase in early-onset colorectal cancer: New data and clinical implications

    In over half of countries studied, incidence is increasing among young adults, often in contrast to stable or declining rates among older patients.

  • Appendicitis: Can we manage it without surgery?

    Antibiotics can be an alternative to surgery in acute appendicitis and can result in approximately two-thirds of patients not requiring appendectomy in the first year.

  • Aspirin as a possible therapy for the prevention of colon cancer recurrences

    A first large phase III study investigated whether aspirin can reduce recurrence risk after completed standard therapy, with unexpected results.

  • Ketamine-augmented psychotherapy for severe depression and anxiety

    An anesthetic opens up new avenues and opportunities for treating depression and anxiety disorders.

  • Recent advances and new challenges on malaria

    The recent introduction of vaccines has not yet closed the door on malaria, a disease that killed more than 600,000 people in 2022.

  • Medical History: The blue baby

    The first "blue baby" surgery, known as the Blalock-Taussig shunt, was a groundbreaking medical procedure performed in 1944 to treat children suffering from congenital heart defects.

  • Portable defibrillators prevent ICD implantation in nearly 70% of cases

    Wearable defibrillators (WCDs) offer the potential to reduce the risk of sudden cardiac death while avoiding unnecessary invasive procedures.

  • Nightmares as harbingers? Neuropsychiatric symptoms in autoimmune diseases

    Inflammation and cytokines can affect the brain and cause symptoms such as intense nightmares in neuropsychiatric lupus.

  • Medical Case: Severe headaches and visual disturbances in winter

    Sudden blurred vision, severe headaches, chewing pain, along with fever and weight loss: What's behind the symptoms of a 51-year-old patient?

  • Revisiting the dopaminergic strategy in Parkinson’s disease

    The DIVE-I study introduces a new therapeutic paradigm in the treatment of Parkinson's disease and may soon change clinical practice guidelines.

  • How much aspirin do children with heart disease need?

    Children with congenital and chronic heart disease have a high risk of arterial thrombosis, which can be reduced by aspirin. However, the optimal dose for pediatric patients remains largely unclear.

  • Which cerebral disorders are possible due to micro- and nanoplastics?

    Tiny plastic particles can penetrate cells and cross the blood-brain barrier. A recent study found they can cause several pathologies, like cerebral thrombosis.

  • Yeast: a possible antigen in Crohn's disease?

    Nutrition is believed to impact Crohn's disease. Yeast in particular and the body's own immune response to it could play an important pathophysiological role.

  • Medical Case: Acute abdominal pain in a young adult

    A 39-year-old man presents to the emergency department with acute abdominal pain, anaemia, and diarrhea: what diagnosis lies behind this condition?

  • Social media usage: how it affects students' sleep quality

    Social media use has raised alarms regarding addiction, and manipulative content. But their link to sleep problems was barely researched, until a 2023 study.<sup>1</sup>

  • Red Cross emblems: light and shadow

    From a red cross to a red crystal: how history, politics and faith shaped the world’s most iconic humanitarian emblems.

  • Medical Update: A treatment for drug-resistant epilepsy

    Drug therapy is ineffective in 30% epilepsy patients, who should be referred to specialised centres to evaluate available therapeutic alternatives.

  • Endometriosis in adolescence

    Timely diagnosis and personalized management of endometriosis in adolescents remain an urgent and unmet clinical need.

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