Health and Safety

Many authors agree that postpartum psychosis is the most serious form of puerperal depression. Postpartum psychosis occurs in less than 2 cases per 1000 deliveries

Let's start by emphasising that the terms 'psychosis' and 'psychopathy' indicate two different disorders and, therefore, should not be confused with each other

Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV): Midulla, head of the paediatric emergency department at the Umberto I polyclinic in Rome and president of the Italian Society for Childhood Respiratory Diseases (Simri): 'The younger the child, the more…

Gestational diabetes is a type of diabetes brought on by pregnancy. If you’re at risk — and especially if you’ve been diagnosed — it’s important to understand how gestational diabetes can affect you and your baby

More and more often, we hear about people with thyroid problems, who are on thyroid hormone replacement therapy, or who may have nodules that need to be monitored over time or a pronounced goiter 1. What is the thyroid gland and what is it…

A lipoma looks like a 'ball of fat' under the skin, which is soft and easy to move with light finger pressure. In most cases it gives no or mild symptoms. Sometimes, however, particularly if it forms in certain areas of the body, it can…

Shingles, better known as shingles, can lead to serious complications, such as severe pain that is not responsive to conventional pain-relieving drugs and lasts for months

Extrasystoles are a very common form of arrhythmia and generally not dangerous: only in a small percentage of heart patients may extrasystoles reserve some surprises

Tubercolosis (TB): The World Health Organization (WHO) recently released new rapid guidance recommending that children of all ages with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) have access to all-oral treatment using the drugs bedaquiline and/or…

Cerebral haemorrhage, a rare event but one that needs to be recognised: the brain is usually very well protected, but it is still one of the most delicate parts of the body