• Reading during childhood promotes mental health into adulthood

    Childhood is a crucial period for neurological development. Reading not only brings joy, but also has decisive effects on cognition, and brain structure.

  • Epigenetics: Prenatal roots of asthma, allergies and lung function

    Research findings indicate that exposure years before conception can have a relevant effect on the health of subsequent generations.

  • Type 1 diabetes: is there an increased risk of Alzheimer's for patients?

    Using MRIs and neuropsychological tests, researchers investigated if and how brain functions of type 1 diabetic patients differ from non-diabetics.

  • DMARDs for treatment-related arthritis: MTX versus biologics

    Innovative cancer drugs such as immune checkpoint inhibitors can have a significant impact in the fight against tumours, but they also have their downsides.

  • Saunas: much more than just hot air?

    In Nordic countries in particular, many regularly go to the sauna. Bathing in heat has been considered for centuries to have health-promoting effects.

  • Post-traumatic stress disorder after childbirth: different from depression

    Around 3 to 6 per cent of all women giving birth develop PTSD. While depression is often recognised, this is not the case for postpartum PTSD.

  • Why did diabetes incidence in children increased during the corona pandemic?

    A new meta-analysis showed the pediatric diabetes incidence spike during the pandemic. Despite a few theories, there are no conclusive explanations for this.

  • Hyperhidrosis: How safe and effective is oxybutynin?

    There are numerous treatment options for excessive sweating, but they all have their drawbacks. What about the anticholinergic oxybutynin?

  • Liver diseases are being renamed: an end to stigmatisation?

    The terms non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis are misleading for some experts, with inaccurate associations leading to stigmas.

  • 5 minutes of exercise against cancer

    Want to reduce your cancer risk? You don't have to run a marathon. A recent study shows that even short efforts in everyday life have a significant effect.

  • Mood swings: puberty or isotretinoin?

    Children and adolescents with severe acne often receive isotretinoin. Could data from over 200 patients shed light on possible associations to moodswings?

  • Prediabetes and the risk of dementia

    Is prediabetes is already associated with an increased risk of dementia, or is subsequent development of type 2 diabetes the primary cause?

  • Beyond the heart: neurological outcomes after multiple defibrillations

    A study looked at how the number of defibrillations relates to neurological functions one month post-resuscitation.

  • Antibiotics after allogeneic HSCT: beware of Graft vs Host disease

    A large study investigated the temporal relationship between antibiotics and rejection in GvHD after allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

  • Gestational diabetes: early intervention has slight advantages

    Standard GD screening occurs between the 24th and 28th week of pregnancy. A new study compared treatment before week 20 with the traditional model.

  • Sleeve gastrectomy in adolescents: Weight loss at the expense of bones

    SG is an effective weight-loss intervention in obesity. But bone density reduction often ensues post-surgery. What are the effects for young patients?

  • Is American football associated to higher Parkinson's disease risks?

    Repeated head trauma in boxing, increases the risk of neurodegenerative disorders and Parkinson's. What about the USA's most popular sport?

  • Problematic mycoses: Rising resistance to terbinafine

    Therapy-resistant fungal infections of the nail or skin are on the rise and spreading. The lack of Terbinafine response in particular can be problematic.

  • Older fathers with assisted reproduction: a risk?

    More children are being born via assisted reproduction technology (ART). But some countries are imposing an age limit for men. Rightly so?

  • Type 2 diabetes in paediatrics: retinopathy is not too far away

    Diabetic retinopathy is the main cause of blindness in adulthood diabetics. Little was known about the prevalence of DR in children with type 2 diabetes.

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