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Laparoscopic colectomy is a type of minimally invasive surgery: also called minimally invasive colectomy in Anglo-Saxon countries, it involves several small incisions in the abdomen

Palpitations, chest pain: a heart problem or the onset of an anxiety attack? It's the 44th minute of the Juventus - Sporting Lisbon Champions League match and Juventus goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny is asking for a replacement

An overactive thyroid, also known as hyperthyroidism or thyrotoxicosis, is where the thyroid gland produces an excessive amount of thyroid hormones

Claw fingers, or hammer toes, are a particular type of bony deformity that mainly affects the second, third or fourth toe

Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease characterized by high blood glucose levels and due to an alteration in the amount or functioning of insulin

Blood tests are one of the most widely used tests and make it possible, by means of a simple venous sampling, to check the values of the main blood components and thus provide important information on the patient's health and the…

Antipsychotic drugs treat psychosis, a collection of symptoms that affect your ability to tell what is real and what is not

Retinal detachment is one of the most frequent diseases in ophthalmology, and often has a traumatic origin: an injury in the affected area of the face causes this serious medical problem

The inter-atrial defect indicates a congenital cardiac abnormality that allows blood to flow between the right and left atria, which should not normally be the case as the atria are separated by the inter-atrial septum which, only if it is…

Thyroid nodules are solid or fluid-filled lumps that form inside the thyroid gland, a small gland located at the base of the neck, just above the sternum