Health and Safety

Gardnerella is a bacterium, mainly transmitted through sexual intercourse, that causes profuse and foul-smelling vaginal discharge. How is it treated and what are the tips to prevent infection?

The medical term 'intestinal infarction' refers to the necrosis (death) of a section of intestinal tissue caused by prolonged 'intestinal ischaemia', which in turn is caused by insufficient blood perfusion (e.g. by occlusion of a blood…

About food poisoning: the consumption of food contaminated with viruses, bacteria or toxins can lead to food poisoning. Some cases resolve without medication, but others can lead to complications or death without proper treatment or…

Patients wishing to have access to transplantation undergo a standardised check-up by specialists, for a general evaluation of organs and systems

Horton's arteritis is a form of vasculitis: inflammation of the blood vessels, most common in older people with a calculated incidence in the most affected countries of Northern Europe of 17-18 cases per 100,000 over 50

Let's talk about cardiac amyloidosis: when we talk about heart disease, we are referring to a type of heart disease that affects the heart muscle, impairing its function

Virchow's triad (pronounced: 'virciu') in medicine describes the three broad categories of risk factors that are believed to contribute synergistically to thrombosis

The term 'dementia' refers to a range of symptoms normally found in people with brain diseases that lead to alterations and loss of brain cells

Candida is a fungus, the most common species of which, albicans, usually lives in small concentrations in the oral cavity, in the intestines, on the skin, in the genital mucous membranes, without causing any disturbance, in constant…

Faecal calprotectin: this is a very important test for diagnosing and following numerous inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative rectocolitis