2 Cents on Medicine
Digitalisierung im Gesundheitswesen
Wir leben im Zeitalter der digitalen Revolution. Was heißt das eigentlich? Die Entwicklung der Menschheit hat 3 industrielle Revolutionen durchlaufen. Geprägt waren diese durch die unaufhaltsame disruptive Entwicklung und permanente Optimierung der Effizienz von Produktionsmaschinen
Old drugs, new tricks
Unexpected discoveries in the various stages of drug development are still rather the norm than the exception. Unexpected drug effects are not limited to only adverse drug reactions. Some effects turn out to be beneficial, or even to be an unexpected breakthrough in the treatment of another disease.
Listen to your eye
The eye is not only our window to the world. Reversing perspectives, it also serves as a valuable access point to examine the human body inside out. Indeed, a look through the pupil provides insight into a patient’s overall health status!
Why breakthrough in Alzheimer’s disease is still far away
We have a target and we have a spreading pattern – so why don’t we have a therapy yet? And why are we consciously ignoring the few reliable findings from preclinical and translational studies?
Game changer for the fight against cancer?
Although not yet brought into daily clinical routine, new screening methods and individualized pharmacological treatment concepts are under evaluation and show promising first results. Three recent findings describe the advances in research for breast, prostate and pancreatic cancer.