Health

The term 'chemotherapy' literally means treatment with chemical compounds. This term could encompass most medical treatments, but over time the term chemotherapy has become synonymous with cancer chemotherapy and is used with this meaning…

Nocturnal enuresis: many children wet the bed during sleep, but the phenomenon can also affect adults

Cardiac transplantation is the surgical procedure in which a seriously ill heart is replaced with a healthy organ from a deceased donor

Robotic surgery - also called robot-assisted surgery - allows doctors to perform various types of complex procedures with greater precision, flexibility and control

The postpartum period runs from birth until six to eight weeks later. It may happen that the rescuer has to intervene either in the childbirth event or in the home of a woman facing an emergency related to it

Carpal tunnel syndrome is a pathology characterised by compression suffering of the median nerve as it passes through the carpal canal

Dry eye is a pathological condition of the ocular surface that can lead to foreign body sensation, burning and other disorders that affect quality of life; the frequency of dry eye increases with age, in the presence of other diseases,…

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is characterised by the presence of multiple fluid-filled cysts in one or both ovaries

Let's talk about high blood pressure. Diuretics, beta-blockers, calcium channel blockers, ACE inhibitors, angiotensin II receptor antagonists, alpha-blockers, drugs that act on the central nervous system: it is up to the doctor to choose…

Salmonellosis is one of a group of infectious diseases caused by bacteria belonging to the salmonella family (excluding Salmonella Typhi, which causes typhoid fever)