GLG News by Physicians (Germany)

The article seems to be very relevant as we often see promotion campaigns for abroad medical treatment in inflight magazines or the internet, or national newspapers.  In different countries or even continents, different qualifications of physicians may be a problem.

From our daily practice, we see a lot of patients with herniated lumbar disc. The article underlines that non-operative and surgical therapy seem to have near equal chances in the therapy of the condition.  The study design and methods appear to be appropriate to this orthopedic surgeon, and...

Calcium must always be seen in conjunction with an individiual's vitamin D -and magnesium status.

"There was no difference in lipid response when MK-0524 with ERN was compared to treatment with ERN alone." However.......

The available data about the effects of dark chocolate, or cacao flavanols, per se, on the cardiovascular system are indeed looking very promising. But it should be dark chocolate, containing more than 70 % cacao.

When Vioxx was shown to have cardiovascular risks, and had to be withdrawn, we returned to the use of diclofenac and omeprazole, the latter for gastric protection.

This week, we had a female patient 76 years of age who suffered from arthritis of her right knee. At the outpatient clinic, she did not report on her allergies to cobalt and nickel, because she never had problems from these allergies, not even from any jewelry which might contain these metals. When...

Important is not the right word for the ACOG article in question. More important is a sound and solid scientific debate about the issue.