• Infection risk is no discriminating factor when choosing between biologics

    A registry study revealed no differences in respiratory tract infections risks across biologics, including the newer IL-17 and IL-23 inhibitors.

  • Bruton’s tyrosine kinase inhibition: A new target in chronic spontaneous urticaria

    Remibrutinib showed promise with early-onset and further maintained action in chronic spontaneous urticaria, with many reaching a well-controlled disease.

  • Switching from dupilumab to upadacitinib leads to superior EASI scores in AD

    A trial that compared upadacitinib with dupilumab in adults with moderate-to-severe AD demonstrated benefits in shifting to the inhibitor.

  • OX40: A novel treatment target in atopic dermatitis

    In a phase 2a atopic dermatitis study, maintenance of response continued for months after last dose; this may hint at an option for extended medication intervals.

  • Letter to a young emergency physician

    Advice, words of encouragement and ideas for self-care from an experienced emergency physician to the younger generation.

  • Heterologous vaccination and Delta variant

    The results of a preliminary study suggest the efficacy of heterologous anti-COVID vaccination not only for the completion of vaccination but also for a possible "third dose".

  • Alcoholism: News about psychedelic therapy applications

    Researchers found molecular alterations in alcoholism causing impaired executive control and alcohol craving. Preclinical research showed psychedelics restored molecular deficits and reduced relapse behaviour.

  • Study on the effects of DMT in a natural environment

    A study by the University of Buenos Aires suggests the importance of investigating the effects of psychedelic drugs in the contexts in which they are naturally consumed, in order to obtain less artificial results.

  • Lay responders can save lives in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

    Dispatching the public via an app as lay responders has shown to be accompanied by a 28% higher survival in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

  • Impaired response to pneumococcal vaccine in children with RRIs

    Paediatric patients with RRI and/or chronic cough (CC) have a higher incidence of impaired response to PCV13 compared with the general population.

  • Escitalopram and psilocybin in healthy subjects

    The results of a study in healthy volunteers presented by Dr. Anna Becker suggest that SSRIs should not be discontinued prior to psilocybin treatment.

  • United Kingdom: Where has influenza gone?

    In a British general hospital, not a single patient tested positive for influenza nor respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) during the peak flu season in January 2021.

  • Spain: The dynamics of environmental pollution during and after COVID-19 lockdown

    As COVID measures relaxed, pollution increased. Oxidative stress and systematic inflammation in healthy individuals was observed.

  • Digital therapeutics: An effective, non-pharmacologic way to improve BP control

    The digital HERB system proved successful in early-stage hypertension patients, which could lower their blood pressure and adopt positive lifestyle interventions.

  • Older patients profit from intensified blood pressure treatment

    The STEP trial revealed that lowering systolic blood pressure below 130 mmHg in +60 year-old patients led to a 26% reduction of adverse cardiovascular events.

  • The Transparent Senses and their implications for depersonalisation

    Dr. Anna Ciaunica gave an insight into her work at the INSIGHT 2021 Conference and explained how the COVID-19 crisis-induced lack of tactile experience favours a depersonalitation disorder.

  • Psychedelic therapy: How it works and where danger hides

    Psychedelic therapy and psychotherapy - differences and similarities and potential problems for therapists. Prof. Matthew Johnson (Johns Hopkins University) shared his work at the INSIGHT 2021 Conference.

  • Are psychedelics a solution to the mental health crisis?

    Psychedelics could represent a new treatment approach in psychiatry. But can they combat the global health crisis? At the INSIGHT 2021 Conference, Prof. Dr. Gerhard Gründer takes a critical look on the issue.

  • Can breathwork alter consciousness?

    For neuroscientist Dr. Martha Havenith, psychedelics are not the only way to explore altered states of consciousness. She works with voluntary hyperventilation (Breathwork) to achieve different perceptions.

  • Immediate angiogram after cardiac arrest does not reduce mortality

    Assigning all survivors of an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) to an early coronary angiogram turned out to have no positive influence on the 30-day all-cause mortality.

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