Urgency and opportunity in heart failure: High-intensity guideline-based therapy across the entire spectrum of ejection fraction
This Medudy course is a video tutorial for physicians on "Urgency and opportunity in heart failure: High-intensity guideline-based therapy across the ejection fraction spectrum". Heart failure is a growing health problem worldwide, characterized by high hospitalization rates and mortality comparable to cancer. Despite remarkable advances in treatment, the majority of [...]
mHSPC - Metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer
This is a Medudy Master Series on prostate cancer. This module highlights the key aspects of metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC) and is presented by Prof. Dr. Axel Merseburger, Director of the Department of Urology at the Lübeck Campus of the University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein. The course is divided into four parts: The first part deals with the epidemiology and staging [...]
Biosimilars
The Medudy course on biosimilars, presented by Professor Axel Merseburger, Director of the Clinic for Urology at the University of Lübeck, provides practical knowledge on the development, approval and use of biosimilars in everyday clinical practice.Biosimilars are follow-on preparations of biologics which, due to their complex production in biological systems, are not identical copies, but only highly comparable products. [...]
CAR-T cell therapy for myasthenia gravis
CAR-T cell therapy has established itself as an effective treatment option in haematooncology, particularly for B-cell lymphomas. Due to its targeted mechanism of action, it is also increasingly coming into focus for autoimmune diseases - including myasthenia gravis. In this Expert Opinion, Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. Sven G. Meuth explains why patients with myasthenia gravis benefit from targeted [...].
BiTEs in the treatment of myasthenia gravis
Bispecific antibodies or so-called BiTEs are able to connect T cells and B cells as target cells by simultaneously binding two proteins. The T cell is thus activated and leads to a precise depletion of the target cells. In this Expert Opinion, Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. Sven G. Meuth explains why BiTEs represent a promising therapeutic approach [...].
Different skin types in psoriasis treatment
This Medudy course is a video tutorial for physicians on the topic of "Different skin types in psoriasis treatment". The format used here is a so-called "Journal Club Summary", in which we summarize the latest and most clinically relevant studies for you. Limited clinical evidence and the inadequate representation of dark skin types in medical educational materials make it difficult to recognize, [...]
VCAM-1 as a biomarker in HFrEF
This Medudy course is a video tutorial for physicians on the topic of "VCAM-1 as a biomarker in HFrEF". The format used here is a so-called "Journal Club Summary", in which we summarize the latest and most clinically relevant studies for you. Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) and vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) belong to the immunoglobulin superfamily of cell adhesion molecules and are involved in [...]
Organ-specific ageing as a predictor of longevity
This Medudy course is a video tutorial for physicians on the topic of "Organ-specific aging as a predictor of longevity". The format used here is a so-called "Journal Club Summary", in which we summarize the latest and most clinically relevant studies for you. Ageing leads to organ dysfunction, chronic disease and ultimately death. Recent findings [...]
Hormone therapy and its influence on Alzheimer's disease
This Medudy course is a video tutorial for physicians on the topic of "Hormone therapy and its impact on Alzheimer's disease". The format used here is a so-called "Journal Club Summary", in which we summarize the latest and most clinically relevant studies for you. It is predicted that 13.8 million Americans will develop Alzheimer's disease by 2060, with almost [...]
Self-collected vaginal samples for cervical cancer screening
This Medudy course is a video tutorial for physicians on the topic of "Self-collected vaginal samples for cervical cancer screening". The format used here is a so-called "Journal Club Summary", in which we summarize the latest and most clinically relevant studies for you. The test for high-risk types of the human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most sensitive method for [...]