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Prostate cancer is the most common tumor in Germany. Now, a new way may have been found to put PCa diagnostics on a safer and more comfortable footing.
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The European Resuscitation Council has published the new ERC Guidelines 2021 for cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Here is an overview of key changes and the main aspects that have remained the same.
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Experts from the German Diabetes Society discuss which political measures must be taken in order to reduce obesity and diabetes.
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One session at the Sports, Medicine and Health Summit 2021 was all about physical activity and sport in the treatment of mental illnesses.
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Dr. Johannes Fleckenstein (Goethe University Frankfurt) presented the lecture "Pain Triggers: When Movement/Sport Hurts" focusing on what happens when we suffer pain despite, or because of, sport activities.
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Prof. Dr. Robert Wagner conducts research on the early pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes. An advance interview with esanum on his findings.
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Transgender hormone treatments can be accompanied by difficult-to-treat dermatological changes in both trans women and trans men.
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Is the trend towards home offices beneficial to health? The SMHS 2021 addressed this question with fresh evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Dr. Anna Feuerstein (Charité Hospital, Berlin) addressed sport and exercise activities for left ventricular assist device users at the Sports, Medicine and Health Summit 2021.
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The plasticisers contained in many everyday objects can impair important brain functions in humans; warn biologists in a recent article from "Communications Biology".
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For Prof. Hans Christoph Friedrich somatopsychic comorbidities are common. They lead to increased morbidity and mortality, especially in cardiometabolic and pulmonary diseases.
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Survey of students shows exercise decreased among younger people in Germany during the spring 2020 lockdown.
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Too many antibiotics are still used in Germany, which promotes the development of resistance. Antibiotic Stewardship (ABS) plays an important role in preventing resistance.
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The fear of becoming ill often develops in childhood and adolescence - but is often only detected retrospectively in adulthood. Psychologist Vera Özak investigates how and why this fear occurs at an early age.
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The session was built on a key question: What is the scientific consensus on climate change developments and their impact on health? And what responsibility do physicians have?
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Not all patients with COPD benefit from inhaled corticosteroids (ICS), and antibiotics are by no means always indicated in exacerbations. Therefore, a differentiated approach is recommended.
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Reduce the risk of hospitalisation due to COVID-19 by 90%? According to a recently published Lancet study, an asthma inhaler could do exactly that.
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Prof. Dr. Edelgard Lindhoff-Last spoke at the DGIM 2021. Her topic: Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) in oncology and in everyday clinical practice.
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At the 127th DGIM Congress, Prof. Christian Schulze (Friedrich Schiller University, Germany) presented "Models of Triage in High Patient Influx."
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What societal implications arise from the COVID-19 pandemic and the threats posed by climate change? This topic was addressed in a symposium at the German Society for Internal Medicine’s congress.
