Health

Heart failure occurs when the heart is no longer able to perform its contractile pumping function, thus failing to provide an adequate blood supply to the entire body

Vocal cord injuries are more common than you might expect. It seems obvious to be able to speak, but alternating phonation, i.e. voice modulation and breathing, in the right way is not at all

Many people will have experienced a "heart murmur", and this expression is often accompanied by a reassuring tone from the doctor who heard it

Musculo-skeletal pain: pain in the bones, affecting the joints but also tendons and ligaments, or muscles. Pain in the neck, the muscles of the spine and back, the knees, to name but a few

Arthrosis is a disease mainly due to wear and ageing of the joints; it is defined by the World Health Organization as a "chronic, degenerative, idiopathic disorder characterised by the progressive loss of articular cartilage" and is one of…

The liver can also be affected by the formation of one or more cysts: small sacs or cavities filled with fluid. Generally, their presence is linked to a benign condition that rarely jeopardises the function of the organ. Only in some…

Myopia is a very common eyesight defect. It is the most common refractive defect in the world. In Italy it affects 1 in 4 people. We are talking about myopia, a problem that prevents objects from being seen well at a distance

In Congo it is difficult to detect Covid, not least because life expectancy is 48 years. Covid is present in Africa in the metropolises, but "it is not seen in the countryside"

Presbyopia: over the age of 45, everyone begins to have difficulty seeing the words and images on their smartphone screen, or feels the need to move the book or newspaper they are reading away from them in order to focus on the text

ALS: an international study published in 'Nature Genetics', with the contribution of the Statale University, marks a significant step forward in understanding the disease