Health

Generalised anxiety disorder, also known as GAD or DAG, according to the English formula, is a clinical form of anxiety disorders. It predominantly affects women (1.5:1), and a prevalence of 3-5% of the population has been estimated

Cardiomyopathies, our heart is a tireless muscle that never stops working: thanks to its beats, blood is pumped throughout the body, carrying the oxygen and nutrients we need to the brain and all the other organs

Gastro-oesophageal reflux is the rising up of acid juices from the stomach to the oesophagus, due to a malfunction of the lower oesophageal sphincter, i.e. the lower valve of the oesophagus

Difference between epilepsy and syncope. Epilepsy is a neurological condition, usually chronic, in others transient, characterised by recurrent and sudden manifestations with loss of consciousness and - in some cases - violent convulsive…

Pseudocyesis' or 'hysterical pregnancy' in medicine and psychology refers to the appearance of clinical or subclinical symptoms and signs typically associated with pregnancy in individuals who are NOT actually pregnant

What is urinary citrate and why is the test to measure its concentration in urine performed? Citrate (or citric acid) in urine is an important inhibitor of kidney stone formation and, therefore, a low concentration of it implies the risk of…

Pneumococcal infections are contracted by air through contact with respiratory secretions, or people's saliva, present in the air or with healthy carriers of this bacterium, which can nestle in the back of the nose or in the throat

Aphasia is the condition in which one loses the ability to communicate. It can affect both the ability to express oneself and the ability to understand language, spoken or written. It usually appears suddenly after a stroke or head injury,…

The unicompartmental prosthesis is the most suitable solution for treating gonarthrosis, a degenerative and disabling knee disease

Abandonment syndrome (issues): how many times as children did we suffer from missing someone, perhaps our mother leaving home to go to work?