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Autologous platelet-rich plasma (PRP) or autologous conditioned plasma (ACP) is used particularly as a medical treatment in sports and cosmetic medicine. The exact extent of its use is unknown. Th ...

The new European legislation on medical devices was to have come into force on 26 May 2020. This legislation is laid down in the so-called ‘Medical Device Regulation’ (MDR), which was agreed by th ...

Even though it has been known for years that melatonin has limited efficacy for the treatment of primary sleep disorders, this agent is still frequently used for this purpose. Recent randomised st ...

Breast Implant Associated – Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (BIA-ALCL) is currently the only complication of breast implants for which a causal relationship is likely. The risk of BIA-ALCL is about ...

The new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) is raising many questions among care providers, including questions about the use of drugs that could have a negative influence on the clinical course of the COVID ...

Research findings published in 2019 lend support to the view that the risk of hormone therapy for menopausal symptoms in women might be underestimated. There has been ongoing debate for years abou ...

Clopidogrel, which is used as a platelet aggregation inhibitor for the prophylaxis of atherothrombotic complications, is enzymatically activated by the enzyme CYP2C19. Patients whose genetic predi ...

Cytochrome P450 enzymes (CYP enzymes) are involved in the metabolism of many drugs. Since the activity of CYP enzymes can be inhibited or stimulated by other drugs, a large variety of interactions ...