Epigenetic-Based Therapy-A Prospective Chance for Medulloblastoma Patients' Recovery.

Medulloblastoma (MB) is one of the most frequent and malignant brain tumors in children. The prognosis depends on the advancement of the disease and the patient's age. Current therapies, which include surgery, chemotherapy, and irradiation, despite being quite effective, cause significant side effects that influence the central nervous system's function and cause neurocognitive deficits.

[Short- and medium-term outcome of outpatient treatment of alcohol dependent patients. A 6-, 18- and 36-month follow-up].

The aim of this study was to investigate the short- and medium-term outcome of alcohol dependent patients in Germany after a one-year outpatient treatment. For this purpose, a 6-, 18- and 36-month follow-up of 97 socially well adapted alcohol dependent patients treated between 1992 and 1997 at three "psychosocial advice center" run by the Diakonie Württemberg, Germany, was carried out. Based on the time period between treatment and follow-up, all 97 patients could be followed up for 6 months, 71 for 18 months, and 33 for 36 months.

Vapor-permeable membrane therapy for ulcers of osteomyelitis.

Two patients with chronic ulcerations secondary to arterial insufficiency of the distal extremities were found to have concomitant osteomyelitis immediately beneath the ulcers. An adjunctive would care regimen is described in which local excision or debridement of the involved bone with subsequent systemic antibiotic therapy was the initial treatment. The resultant cutaneous defect was then covered with a vapor-permeable membrane and allowed to close by secondary intention.