Health

Drug-induced liver damage: many drugs (e.g. statins) frequently cause an asymptomatic increase in liver enzymes (alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alkaline phosphatase)

Substance use disorder is a health condition involving compulsive substance use. It develops when substance use interferes with the ability to function day to day. It can occur with prescription or nonprescription drugs

Bone tissue autograft: enables healing of even very large fractures characterised by significant bone loss

Scoliosis is a spinal deformity that can appear during the age of skeletal development, from birth to 18 years of age

OCD or obsessive-compulsive disorder is a mental and behavioral disorder where someone feels compelled to perform specific acts repeatedly, even when it causes considerable complications to the person’s life

The violin spider is small in size and apparently insignificant in appearance, but extremely dangerous. This is the Loxosceles rufescens, also known as the violin spider, due to a characteristic spot on its body that recalls the musical…

Tension in Ukraine is rising, and the whole world of emergency relief is preparing for a dangerous and difficult time

Russia is facing the peak of the third wave of the Covid pandemic. This has affected the recruitment procedures for ambulance doctors: a specialisation in emergency medicine is no longer required, but a medical degree is sufficient

At the 2022 Beijing Olympic Games, Kamila Valieva, a 15-year old Russian gold medal figure skater, tested positive for a banned drug called trimetazidine

Femoroacetabular conflict is a hip disorder caused by a conflict between the two articular heads: the femoral head and the acetabulum