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Canker sores are small lesions of the skin, which, if they form inside the mouth (palate, cheeks, tongue) or at the base of the gums, are called oral canker sores (or aphthous stomatitis or aphthous ulcer)

Psoriatic arthritis (PA) is a chronic inflammatory joint disease (characterized by pain, swelling, heat, joint stiffness, and sometimes redness) associated with the presence of skin psoriasis or familiarity with psoriasis, first described…

Beatings and sexual violence on psychiatric patients: these are nurses, social and health workers, professional educators and auxiliary workers. Carabinieri also searched their homes

Osler nodes and Janeway lesions are two rare but well-known skin manifestations of bacterial endocarditis. They have also rarely been described in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), gonococcaemia (gonorrhoea), haemolytic anaemia and…

Gaslighting was the most searched word on the web in 2022, but what does this term mean and how can we tell if we are in this situation?

Sinus tachycardia is the most common heart rhythm disturbance found in clinical practice

Intranasal Esketamine: treatment-resistant depression (TRD) is, unfortunately, a widespread clinical problem that is difficult to solve and which, in addition to causing suffering, reducing quality of life and potentially increasing suicide…

Most common causes of shoulder pain: shoulder movements are among the most frequent in a person's life and, therefore, it is much easier than for other joints for a series of events to occur that lead to shoulder pain

According to the DSM-IV-TR (APA, 2000), Post Traumatic Stress Disorder develops following exposure to a stressful and traumatic event that the person experienced directly, or witnessed, and that involved death, or threats of death, or…

Abdominoplasty is a plastic or cosmetic surgery procedure to strengthen the muscles in case of abnormalities such as diastasis or to improve the appearance of the abdomen by removing excess skin and fat in the abdominal area