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Rectal cancers account for about 30% of all new cases of large bowel cancer (23% in women and 32% in men) In Italy, cancers (carcinomas) of the large intestine are among the most frequent (13% of new cancers diagnosed per year in both…

Aortic stenosis is a very common valve disease in Western countries; men between 60 and 70 years of age are most affected

Ankylosing spondylitis is a chronic inflammatory disease that predominantly affects the spine at the dorso-lumbar and cervical levels and the sacroiliac joints

Autism spectrum disorders: Schema Therapy (Young, 1990; Young et al., 2003) constitutes an integrated therapeutic approach, which bases its foundation on the concept of the person's emotional needs

A fall that results in injury can cost lives. Alarming statistics tell us that, globally, an estimated 646,000 fatal falls occur each year, representing the second leading cause of death from unintentional injuries, after road accidents.…

Have you ever felt an almost stinging discomfort in your eyelids and woken up the next morning with a swollen and reddened eye? If you have, it was most likely a stye

Know Before You Go: every wheelchair user is entitled to the freedoms and benefits of travel. Safe wheelchair transportation is essential for completing some activities of daily living (ADLs)

The purpose of coronary artery bypass surgery is to bypass narrowings (stenosis), i.e. occlusions resulting from atherosclerosis, of the coronary arteries, which are the vessels responsible for maintaining a constant blood supply to the…

Pancreatic cysts are abnormal fluid-filled structures that can form in the pancreas. These cysts are generally benign, but their asymptomatic nature often makes diagnosis difficult

Infantile Pompe disease, enzyme replacement therapy can also be administered in utero. In this way, the heart damage typical of the disease can be avoided. A world first reported in the New England Journal of Medicine