Smoking bans: let’s be comprehensive and not compromise health!

A comment on a nationwide study assessing the impact on cardiorespiratory hospitalisation and mortality of the implementation of smoking bans in Switzerland published in Swiss Medical Weekly.

Pulmonary hypertension associated with left-sided heart disease

The accurate diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension associated with left-sided heart disease and of the underlying mechanism can be challenging, but is crucial as it is the basis on which to define the appropriate management.

Aging tumour cells to cure cancer: “pro-senescence” therapy for cancer

Senescence (stable cell cycle arrest) limits the development of cancer, raising the possibility that selectively enhanced senescence in cancer cells could be used for the therapy of various tumours.

The conservative and pharmacological management of chronic subdural haematoma

Surgical treatment is considered the gold standard for symptomatic chronic subdural haematomoa, but may become complex because most of the patients are ­advanced in age and/or are being treated with anticoagulants. Thus, nonsurgical treatment may be highly valuable in some situations.

Erratum for: Schulz PJ, et al. Swiss Med Wkly. 2007;137(Suppl 155):132S–137S