Health

WHO: more than 14 African countries have reported cholera cases since January 2022. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, this acute diarrhoeal disease is endemic in several provinces

It happened: you opened a magazine, read 'seasonal affective disorder' (SAD), also known as meteoropathy, which is the condition of strong mood swings that usually manifest themselves as physical and mental fatigue and depression in the…

Keratoconus is a degenerative disease of the cornea that, over time, can worsen and lead to severe vision impairment

Neuroendocrine tumours account for less than 0.5% of all malignant tumours

Cystitis is an inflammation of the bladder due to bacterial agents. There are different causes, there is a variety called 'honeymoon cystitis' which is a disorder that affects women shortly after the end of sexual intercourse

Carney complex is a rare disease characterised by a set of alterations that can be summarised as follows: skin lesions associated with tumours that may involve both endocrine and non-endocrine organs

BMI or Body Mass Index is a very important value in the assessment of risks related to overweight and obesity: its criteria are provided by the World Health Organisation

Discovered by Steinert in 1909, as a variant of congenital myotonia and later re-evaluated by Batten and Gibb as a disease in its own right, myotonic dystrophy is a multisystem disease (i.e. it affects several of the body's systems)…

Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA) is an interventional cardiology technique first performed in 1977 by a German physician, Dr Andreas Gruentzing

Stress dermatitis: increasingly often moments of apprehension, stress and anxiety can trigger manifestations on the skin with symptoms typical of dermatitis