Health and Safety

Opisthorchiasis is the infection with Opisthorchis viverrini (or Southeast Asian liver fluke) or O. felineus (feline liver fluke), which is acquired by eating infected raw or undercooked fish that contain infectious metacercariae (in the…

Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome (WPW) is a disease characterised by abnormal conduction of the cardiac electrical impulse and caused by the presence of one or more accessory atrio-ventricular bundles, which may give rise to episodes of…

Female alopecia: hair loss is a physiological condition that occurs all year round, although it can become more intense during the changing seasons

Radicular pathologies, or radiculopathies, result in predictable segmental root deficits (e.g. pain or paresthesias with a dermatomeric distribution, weakness of muscles innervated by the root)

Insomnia is characterized by an inability to obtain a sufficient amount of sleep to feel rested. It can be due to either difficulty falling or staying asleep. It may also result in waking earlier than desired

In medicine and psychology, the term "death phobia" (pronounced "tanatophobia", with the accent on the "i") indicates the phobia of dying

Chickenpox is a highly infectious disease common in children. It can result in itchy rashes with blister formations all over the body that may last for weeks

Muscle fasciculations are involuntary subcutaneous contractions of muscle fibres, often of a benign type

Pain in the right or left hip is a clinical symptom that can be caused by a variety of medical conditions, some more significant, some much less so

First aid is the emergency care a sick or injured person gets. In some cases, it may be the only care someone needs, while in others, it may help them until paramedics arrive or they are taken to the hospital