Heart health: what are the cardiovascular risk factors?
Cardiovascular risk factors are generally related to cardiovascular diseases. These factors are divided into…
Spondylolisthesis: what is it?
The medical term spondylolisthesis refers to a pathological condition characterised by a slow but progressive and…
Germany, from 2024 electric vertical take-off aircraft (eVTOL) to improve…
Significant collaboration between ADAC Luftrettung and Volocopter for the development of electric vertical take-off…
Lumbar stenosis: definition, causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
Lumbar stenosis is a narrowing of the vertebral canal in the lumbosacral spine. This disorder can lead to changes…
Haemospermia or haematospermia: what does it mean if you find blood in your sperm?
Haemospermia or haematospermia - the presence of blood in semen - is an event that occurs as a result of the…
Injury to the brain or spinal cord: what is meant by spasticity?
From the Greek spasmos ('cramp'), the word 'spasticity' indicates a disproportionate increase in muscle tone, and…
Systemic sclerosis: definition, causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
Diffuse fibrosis and vascular abnormalities in the skin, joints and internal organs are some of the consequences of…
Cardiac arrhythmias: long QT cardiac syndrome
Long QT syndrome is a cardiac pathology, attributable to the family of heart arrhythmias
When the patient has a…
Eye diseases: retinitis pigmentosa
Retinitis pigmentosa is a disease that affects the retina. The retina is the structure responsible for receiving…
Rearfoot valgus: an overview of the prone foot
Hindfoot valgus, sometimes also called prone foot or foot valgism, is a malformation that affects a high percentage…