Health and Safety

Let's talk about lymphadenopathy: while the best known circulation is that of the blood, through arteries and veins, the circulation of the lymph is still an unknown and uninteresting subject for many

Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) refers to a set of genetic disorders that result in excessive weakening and laxity of the connective tissue

Widely used today in common parlance but no longer used by specialists, the term 'labyrinthitis' originated in the pre-antibiotic era when otitis media could complicate into otomastoiditis and thus affect the inner ear (or labyrinth) and…

Colonic diverticulosis is a common condition that afflicts about 50 per cent of the Western population, especially in old age

Cardiac arrest is one of the top 15 most common emergencies that EMS professionals respond to, accounting for about 2% of all EMS calls

Leptospirosis is a zoonosis (disease affecting both animals and humans) caused by bacteria of the genus Leptospira

Laryngospasm is a temporary condition that prevents normal breathing for a few seconds, causing choking attacks, and then resolves spontaneously

Macular degeneration, also known as maculopathy, is a disease that generally manifests itself with advancing age (after the age of 50) and involves a progressive loss of vision in the central area

Vertigo syndrome and balance dysfunctions are characterised by symptoms that are difficult to explain, alterations in the body's faculties of perception in space; to add to this, the rehabilitation therapies to treat them are often little…

Cardiovascular diseases affecting the heart and blood vessels are very heterogeneous: high blood pressure, coronary artery disease, decompensation and heart attack are the main cause of death in industrialised countries, including Italy