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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease of adulthood, caused by the loss of spinal, bulbar and cortical motor neurons, which leads to paralysis of voluntary muscles up to and including respiratory…

Rheumatisms, or rheumatic diseases, are pathologies characterized by a local or generalized inflammatory state mainly affecting joints, ligaments, tendons, bones, muscles; rarely, the inflammation can extend and also affect the internal…

Brugada syndrome is a disease that most commonly affects young males in adulthood. The genetic defect is in proteins that control the entry of sodium into the cardiac cell

The once-used term 'sexual perversion' or 'sexual deviation' has been replaced by the scientific term 'paraphilia' from the Greek 'filìa' (attraction) and 'para' (deviation), i.e. attraction to abnormal or bizarre sexual behaviour

Let's talk about diabetic retinopathy: diabetes that is not treated as it should be can, in the long run, trigger consequences in various areas of the body

Tetralogy of Fallot is a congenital cyanogenic heart disease characterised by interventricular septal defect associated with obstruction of blood flow to the lungs

Ewing sarcoma is a rare type of cancer that affects bones or the tissue around bones. It mainly affects children and young people, but is also seen in adults. It's more common in males than females

The Petit manoeuvre (or technique) of cross-palpation is used in medical semeiotics to perform palpation of the kidneys

Rhinitis, also known as 'coriitis' or 'nasal congestion', is an inflammation of the respiratory tract, the symptoms of which can be as diverse as rhinorrhoea to nasal obstruction

Droopy eyelids, also called eyelid ptosis, are a condition that can be congenital or can occur later in life. It consists in the partial or complete lowering of the eyelids