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Over the last ten thousand years, humans, as a species, have developed at a rapid pace. But while our lifestyles and life expectancy may have changed fundamentally, our biology has remained largely the same during this rather short evolutionary period. It's because of this, that even today we hardly differ in our biology from our Stone Age ancestors.
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Mrs M has been suffering from an early form of Alzheimer's for two years. A year ago, she lost her husband and is currently living on her own, although her two children live nearby. In addition to her Alzheimer's, the 63 year old widow also suffers from arterial hypertension (high blood pressure), which she regulates with medication. The patient is otherwise in a generally good condition for her age. Her dementia was categorized as early onset Alzheimer's dementia and it was diagnosed by her GP as mild to moderate. The disease has progressed in recent years and the patient is currently treated with donepezil. The most obvious symptoms are loss of memory and some difficulty in finding words;…
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Since the 1990’s, the bioelectric impedance analysis (BIA) was introduced to many areas of inpatient and outpatient care. The BIA method is based on the electrical conduction properties of various tissues and their differences, which enable a precise and non-invasive measurement of a patient's body composition. Because the seca mBCA is versatile in its application with a large range of functions, the tool is used both in the hospital sector and also more often now for outpatient care. Primarily, it is used in – but not limited to: weight management, clinical nutrition, sport medicine and age management medicine.
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A hospital's emergency department is designed to be the frontline for emergency medical care, where patients requiring immediate attention ideally receive their first treatment quickly, before they are transferred to the appropriate departments. But in reality it looks somewhat different; countless patients, long waiting hours and perpetually overworked staff, all characterize the emergency department. As it turns out, it's not merely a specific problem for individual countries, but rather a global issue; and it's getting worse. Over the past few years, a number of studies have focused on this very problem and have tried to identify the underlying causes, in order to develop possible…
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Nelly Kreß is a renowned nutritionist and has been working from her successful office in Berlin since 2015, where she offers extensive nutritional advice. Besides treating patients, she often appears on TV and radio as an expert, and is very active on social media.
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Millions of people worldwide suffer from chronic renal disease, with currently 2.5 million people dependent on regular dialysis treatment due to terminal renal failure. If a donor organ isn’t available at this critical stage or a transplant is contraindicated, dialysis is the only remaining option for effective treatment. While it can be a short-term solution, dialysis can also replace the kidneys’ functions over a long period of time. By using hemodialysis, the blood is cleansed outside the body using a special filter called a dialyzer, before it is reintroduced into the body again. This method is used to regulate hydration and electrolyte balance, as well as to eliminate metabolic…
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From the age of one, infants enter the toddler stage which lasts until their fifth birthday. During this period, they go through comprehensive physical and mental development, which has a lasting impact on them later in life. After a rapid development of weight and size in their first year of life, their growth speed stabilizes. Generally, toddlers grow about 5 to 7 cm as well as 2 to 3 kilograms per year - meaning that by the time they reach their sixth birthday, their weight will have increased sixfold and their body size doubled.
