Eating disorders: the correlation between stress and obesity
The deleterious effects of stress: obesity may be caused or maintained by increased neurobehavioural reactivity to…
Cystitis: symptoms, causes and remedies
Cystitis, along with urethritis, is an infection of the lower urinary tract (UTI) that predominantly affects the…
Skin ulcer: what it is and how it should be treated
A skin ulcer is a loss of skin tissue. An ulcer occurs when the re-epithelialisation process is unable, due to…
Diseases of the digestive system: gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs)
Gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs) are rare tumours of the digestive system that originate from the muscular…
Inflammations of the eye: uveitis
Uveitis is an inflammation of the uvea, a thin, highly vascularised membrane located between the cornea and the…
Helicopter rescue, Europe's proposal for new requirements: HEMS operations…
EU Member States are considering the document issued by EASA in September concerning HEMS operations and helicopter…
Diseases of the male reproductive system: varicocele
Varicocele is one of the most frequent diseases of the male reproductive system. It is an abnormal swelling of the…
In daily life: dealing with the paranoid
At least once in your life you have come across it: it's the paranoid. At work, at the gym, in the supermarket,…
Pleural effusion: what it is, what causes it and how to prevent it
Pleural effusion is a clinical condition characterised by excessive accumulation of fluid within the pleural cavity
Vulvodynia: causes, symptoms and treatment
Vulvodynia is a sexual pain disorder, a painful sensation unrelated to a specific cause (allodynia), characterised…