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    Protective gene variants like APOE3 Christchurch may delay Alzheimer’s onset. What does this mean for clinical practice?

  • Primary ciliary dyskinesia: Poorer lung function due to Pseudomonas?

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  • Can diabetes cause hearing loss? A focus on auditory ossicles

    Studies have shown a link between diabetes and changes in the inner ear. A new study is now investigating whether ossicles in the middle ear also contribute to hearing loss.

  • Heart bypass surgery: Mannitol reduces the risk of postoperative delirium

    A randomized study examined the potential role of mannitol in preventing delirium during heart bypass surgery. But how much is the risk reduced?

  • The cholesterol paradigm: is less really always better?

    New data published in Frontiers of Endocrinology challenges the cholesterol paradigm of ‘less is always better’, especially for older people.

  • What value does the cosmetics industry give to women's health?

    A keratin-based hair straightening treatment led to severe acute kidney injury in young women in Israel. Why did these cases not have far-reaching consequences?

  • Suicide as an occupational hazard: high suicide rates among female doctors

    Doctors have an increased risk of suicide, with women in medicine being particularly at risk.

  • Molecular characterization of Lymphomas in pediatric patients

    Lymphomas in children, adolescents, and young adults represent a unique clinical challenge due to their distinct biological and molecular characteristics.

  • Euromelanoma 2024: advancing skin cancer prevention and public awareness initiatives

    Major advances in skin cancer prevention, early detection and public education were presented at the Euromelanoma Conference 2024.

  • Melanoma in children

    At the 2024 EADV Congress, Dr Riccardo Pampena (Milan, Italy) presented important insights into the rare but serious disease of paediatric melanoma.

  • Melanoma in pregnancy

    At the 2024 EADV Congress, Dr Gabriele Roccuzzo (Turin, Italy) presented an in-depth analysis of pregnancy-associated melanoma (PAM).

  • A gender gap in academic dermatology

    At EADV 2024, Prof. Dedee Murrell gave a lecture on the persistent gender gap and the challenges for women in academic dermatology.

  • Mistletoe extract: improved survival in pancreatic cancer?

    Pancreatic carcinoma is a tumour type associated with poor overall survival, and few treatment options. But could mistletoe extract have positive effects?

  • Vitiligo: treatment and AI monitoring

    There are several treatments for vitiligo. How to best measure individual success of a therapy? Which new active ingredients are available?

  • Tattoo inks often contain harmful chemicals

    According to a recent analysis, common tattoo inks contain unlisted additives that pose health risks in 83 per cent of cases.

  • Can aspirin prevent cancer?

    Long-term daily aspirin intake may help prevent colorectal cancer development and progression but the mechanisms involved are still unclear.

  • COPD: Prediction model identifies smokers at high risk

    A research team developed a risk calculator for former and current smokers to predict chronic obstructive pulmonary disease risk later in life.

  • Instead of the next cigarette...try exercise

    Short exercise sessions can improve the well-being of temporarily abstinent smokers and reduce cigarette cravings and withdrawal symptoms.

  • Reflux in infants does not usually require treatment

    Gastro-oesophageal reflux and regurgitation often cause parental concern, but only few babies have a pathology that requires treatment.

  • Glomerulonephritis: vitamin B2 derivatives alleviate disease course

    Most of these kidney inflammations show a chronic progressive course and can result in terminal renal insufficiency. But scientists improved renal chronic inflammatory processes.

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