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Meniscal injuries are fairly frequent injuries that affect individuals of any age and can involve the body of the meniscus, the anterior horn and the posterior horn; they are divided into radial, horizontal and vertical

Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (hence the acronym OCPD) is a personality disorder characterised by: preoccupation with order and rules, difficulty in completing tasks, perfectionism, rigidity on matters of ethics and morality,…

Macroangiopathy is an alteration that affects the large arterial vessels, generally through atherosclerosis, i.e. through deposition of fat (plaque) on the surface of the inner lining of these vessels and subsequent fibrous transformation…

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia is the term that, together with adreno-genital syndromes, is commonly used to describe a group of autosomal recessive disorders due to the lack of one of the five enzymes involved in cortisol synthesis in the…

The J-curve hypothesis represents one of the most debated issues in the recent, but also current, treatment of arterial hypertension. I.M. Stewart, in an article published in 1979 in the Lancet, proposed the existence of a relationship…

Impetigo belongs to the large group of pyoderma, pustular infections of the skin caused by pyogenic (i.e. pus-producing) germs

The human papillomavirus (Human Papilloma Virus = HPV) is the most frequent cause of genital infection in women. There are many types of this virus that can infect the skin or mucous membranes and differ in their DNA content

Heart palpitations are a common symptom that can be caused by various health problems. Sometimes, they are the result of a serious heart condition, such as a heart attack or arrhythmia. In other cases, they can be caused by an incorrect…

Isosporiasis is an infection localised in the intestine and caused by Isospora belli (a protozoan coccidium)

Let's talk about breast cancer. Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed neoplasm in women: about 1 malignant tumour in every 3 (30%)