Health and Safety

The term 'congenital' means 'existing at birth'. Congenital defects include all those alterations in the structure or function of one or more organs that occurred before birth, at conception or during embryo-fetal life

Functional Dyspepsia comprises different clinical entities, characterised by various gastrointestinal symptoms, localised to the upper abdomen, in the absence of organic pathology

Affective disorders are characterised by an alteration in mood, the sense of euphoria (manic states), or that of sadness (depressive states)

The risk factors most commonly considered in favouring pelvic floor dysfunctions are of a general acquired type such as age, sex, internist pathologies of a chronic nature, conditions accompanied by repeated increases in abdominal pressure…

Ultrasound is extremely important in the field of rheumatology because it is a great support during diagnosis, and especially when it comes to differential diagnostics

A very strong and persistent pain in the knee, leg, or any other part of the body, sometimes accompanied by swelling: these are the initial symptoms of Ewing sarcoma, a bone tumour that affects about 100 people every year in Italy, mostly…

Atrial fibrillation is the most common form of cardiac arrhythmia and is characterised by the presence of disorganised, very rapid and mechanically ineffective atrial electrical activity (the atrium does not contract in a rhythmic and…

Pancreatitis is a disorder that affects many people, manifesting itself in abdominal twinges of varying duration, severity and frequency from case to case

Earthquake and loss of control. Our beautiful country is clearly at constant seismic risk. Civil Defence and rescue workers know this very well

Pulmonary distomatosis (or paragonimiasis) is an infection of the lung system, caused by the parasite Paragonimus westermani, which lives and develops in numerous species (paratenic or definitive hosts)