Emergency Room, Emergency and Acceptance Department, Red Room: let's clarify
The Emergency Room (sometimes Emergency Department or Emergency Room, hence the acronyms ED and ER) is an operating…
Slow metabolism: can it depend on the thyroid?
Let's talk about metabolism. Our body receives, stores and uses a certain number of nutrients depending on the…
What is meant by malabsorption and what treatments it involves
Malabsorption syndrome refers to a set of symptoms and signs caused by insufficient absorption of nutrients by the…
Varicose veins in high impact sports: why they occur
Varicose veins and sport: everyone will have noticed, especially in the legs of some sportsmen and women, the…
Flip, the new test for oesophageal motility disorders
FLIP represents an innovation in the evaluation of upper digestive tract disorders such as dysphagia
Symptoms of hyperthyroidism: what they are and how to treat them
Increased heart rate, insomnia, nervousness: these are some of the ways in which hyperthyroidism manifests itself,…
High cholesterol: what to do in case of hypercholesterolaemia
Cholesterol is a molecule belonging to the lipid class, present in the blood, partly self-produced by the liver and…
Actinic keratosis, an overview of this pre-cancerous condition
Also known as solar keratosis, actinic keratosis is counted among the pre-cancerous conditions. It is in fact a…
Cysts: what they are, when to worry and when to intervene
What is defined as a cyst is a cavity or sac, normal or pathological, enclosed by a membrane that contains liquid…
Earthquake: the difference between magnitude and intensity
Every time an earthquake occurs, two data that are provided to indicate its magnitude are the magnitude and the…