21.12.2022 - It is reasonable to assume that almost everybody knows what Covid-19 is. Nevertheless, here are four reminders: Covid-19 is a very contagious disease. Covid-19 has a much higher mortality rate (death rate) than the flu. About 6,7 million people...
15.12.2022 - Iodine-based contrast media are injected into a vein (injected intravenously, injected i.v.) and are used to enhance x-rays and CTs. CT: Computed tomography. Gadolinium-based contrast media are injected into a vein (injected intravenously,...
18.11.2022 - Platelet-rich plasma is used for musculoskeletal conditions. However, platelet-rich plasma injections do not work. The use of platelet-rich plasma injections does not improve your health. In the year 2021, three clinical studies, all of them...
02.09.2022 - Cardiovascular disease is a general term for medical conditions affecting the heart and/or the blood vessels. Generally speaking, cardiovascular disease can be prevented by leading a healthy lifestyle. In addition, eating a diet low in salt, i.e.,...
15.08.2022 - Stroke is an important disease. It can lead to death or permanent disability. A stroke is a medical emergency. Urgent treatment of a stroke is essential. A stroke unit is an identifiable unit in a hospital. A stroke unit almost entirely is devoted...
15.06.2022 - Three clinical studies were conducted about losing weight with a medicinal drug. However, this medicinal drug was not a pill. It is a medicinal drug that must be subcutaneously injected. This medicinal drug was semaglutide. It belongs the class of...
03.05.2022 - Depression (major depressive disorder) is a common and serious medical illness that negatively affects how you feel, the way you think, and how you act. Depression is among the most treatable of illnesses. Almost all patients gain some or a lot of...
18.03.2022 - Heart failure is difficult to treat. However, empagliflozin, a tablet originally intended for patients with type 2 diabetes, also helped patients with heart failure, regardless of whether they had type 2 diabetes or not. Yet, empagliflozin has not...
18.02.2022 - Three clinical studies were carried out in patients with shoulder pain and/or immobility. Simplified, all patients were randomised to an invasive treatment or physiotherapy. The result: Physiotherapy was as effective as any other therapy,...
21.12.2021 - Great vaccines against Covid-19 have been developed at breath-taking speed, and they all are very effective. However, the most effective against the omicron variant seems to be a third shot (a booster shot) of the BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine (I give...
12.12.2021 - The lack of the arts and culture could damage our society for years to come in ways we cannot imagine yet. We could become brutalized (if I may use this word) as a society, as a whole. Please inform all of your friends and relatives who have not...
19.11.2021 - Blood in the urine that is visible only under a microscope is called microscopic haematuria. In an updated guideline, patients with microscopic haematuria are classified into three risk categories for cancer of the urinary tract. The most...
17.09.2021 - Back pain: The effect of physical therapy against back pain is real but marginal. The effect of surgery against back pain is real but we do not know if the effect lasts long-term. Atrial fibrillation: A large clinical study, “EAST-AF,” showed...
15.07.2021 - Each one of us knows physical pain, i.e., pain in the body. When medical doctors are confronted with patients experiencing physical pain, they also face a problem: How to measure pain? Pain is not measurable objectively. Therefore, patients...
