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The Future and Prospects of Type 2 Diabetes Therapy: Can We Fully Cure It with Endoscopy or Genetics?
Diabetes mellitus (DM) cannot be cured, but it can be successfully treated... Will we rewrite this textbook fact passed down for years in the future? Will we be able to completely cure type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) one day? The Prague Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine (IKEM) sees endoscopic procedures as one of the promising paths and is preparing to test this groundbreaking method of therapy.
Thyroid Function During COVID-19 Illness and After Recovery
Acute infection with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus has varying impacts on different organ systems of…
Increase in Thyroid Cancer Incidence Due to the Coronavirus Pandemic?
According to available data, COVID-19 disease does not worsen the course of thyroid cancer.…
Sport and Physical Activity Benefit Hemophiliacs
Sport and physical activity are beneficial for individuals with hemophilia. This statement was…
Prenatal Phenotype of Children with Noonan Syndrome
Until recently, the various phenotypes of RASopathies were clinically diagnosed only after birth.…
Biological treatment of psoriatic arthritis in the 1st line – results of the SPIRIT-H2H study after 1 year of follow-up
The SPIRIT-H2H study compared the efficacy of ixekizumab and adalimumab, either as monotherapy or…
Perioperative Thromboprophylaxis in Elderly Patients
Thromboembolic disease (TED) is among the most common causes of death in hospitalized patients and…
Extended Thromboprophylaxis with Enoxaparin After Bariatric Surgery
A recent retrospective study involving 312 patients after bariatric surgery indicated that extended…
Diagnosis of von Willebrand Disease Step by Step
Von Willebrand disease (vWD) is the most common congenital bleeding disorder, with an estimated…
Diabetic Nephropathy and COVID-19: Fatal Connection?
People with diabetes and diabetic kidney disease exhibit higher mortality and risk of severe…