Health

The drug gabapentin, currently prescribed to control seizures and reduce nerve pain, may enhance recovery of movement after a stroke by helping neurons on the undamaged side of the brain take up the signaling work of lost cells, new…

In medicine, the term 'overdose' refers to a dose of a substance (e.g. medication such as antidepressants or drugs such as cocaine or heroin) that is excessive in relation to the body's tolerance: such a dosage causes intoxication in the…

Cubital tunnel: when lying down with our arms up - perhaps while holding a smartphone or reading a book - we may experience discomfort and tingling in the last two fingers of our hands

Although it is a rather common refractive defect, we hear little about hypermetropia, which tends to manifest itself with advancing age as the eye is able to focus by compensating for this congenital defect; however, up to a certain power…

The diabetic foot is one of the most dreaded complications of diabetes mellitus, a condition from which more than 1 million people worldwide lose a leg every year

A rib fracture can be very painful because your ribs move when you breathe, cough, and move your upper body

Varicose veins: just the mention of compression stockings immediately brings to mind grandma's flesh-coloured stockings with an open toe, but it is important to know that there are more than just those

World No Tobacco Day, the correlation between smokers and Covid. Covid infection particularly affects the lungs and in severe cases can develop into pneumonia

The importance of volunteering in the italian collective tissue: among the most significant training models are associations such as Federavo, the National Federation of Healthcare Volunteer Associations, Lilt, the Italian League for the…

Ukraine, since the first day of the war, the Ministry of Health has been attracting humanitarian aid from all over the world and weekly reports publicly on the volume and content of humanitarian goods that have arrived at its warehouses