Measles in Switzerland – progress made, but communication challenges lie ahead

By learning from CAM physicians, we could improve the quality of our vaccination counselling, and health authorities should be able to avoid unnecessary vaccination mandates in Switzerland.

Measles outbreaks: plea for a regular check of the vaccination booklet

Switzerland is well on the way to achieving the World Health Organization’s measles elimination target. To reach this, however, we need to close the vaccination gaps, particularly among young adults.

Extracellular matrix: a new player in memory maintenance and psychiatric disorders

Significant strides have been made in developing and refining psychotherapeutic treatments. However, there is significant room to improve them, and they may benefit from innovations such as extracellular matrix modification.

Designing artificial senses: steps from physiology to clinical implementation

The goal of this review is to highlight the multiple challenges involved in the development of sensory neuroprostheses, the current state of the technology, and to briefly discuss future clinical and research prospects.

Design and evaluation of a multi-epitope assembly peptide vaccine against Acinetobacter baumannii infection in mice

Multi-epitope assembly peptides, which contain B-cell epitopes, T-cell epitopes or other specific residues, have been proved to be promising vaccine candidates against several pathogens in animal models.

Swiss paediatrician survey on complementary medicine

In Switzerland, complementary medicine is officially recognised within the healthcare system and mainly practised in conjunction with conventional medicine. As in other countries, there is high demand for and use of complementary medicine with children.

Approaching measles elimination in Switzerland: changing epidemiology 2007–2018

Significant efforts have been undertaken in recent years to better protect the public against measles and to combat outbreaks in Switzerland. This has resulted in a decline in incidence of measles to a historically low level and an increase in ­vaccin­ation coverage.

Safety and efficacy of outpatient endovenous laser ablation in patients 75 years and older: a propensity score-matched analysis

Endovenous laser ablation of the great and small saphenous veins has been introduced as minimally invasive technique for treatment of saphenous vein incompetence.

Neurodevelopmental outcome at early school age in a Swiss national cohort of very preterm children

Infants born very preterm are at higher risk of long-term neurodevelopmental problems than children born at term. To date, a Swiss national report on outcomes for infants after 2 years of age is lacking.

Use of day and night urinary iodine excretion to estimate the prevalence of inadequate iodine intakes via the estimated average requirement cut-point method

Segregating 24-hour urine into day and night collections is sufficient to determine the prevalence of iodine inadequacy in the population.