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Which foods to prefer and which to avoid when one is at risk of calcium oxalate kidney stones? It is difficult to find non-contradictory data on the oxalate content of certain foods, which sometimes also contain a fair amount of calcium…

When to go to the emergency room? Pregnancy can be a joyful and exciting time. But it can also seem overwhelming and even frightening

Mastoiditis is an infection of the mastoid bone caused by acute purulent otitis media. Antibiotic and surgical therapy usually resolve the problem

Conjunctival hyperemia - a medical term for the state of 'redness of the eye' - consists precisely of frequent reddening, affecting one or both eyes, due to vasodilation and a consequent increase in the amount of blood circulating

Many people suffer from various diseases that cause life-threatening problems: BLS and ACLS are treatments adopted by emergency responders

When we speak of pulmonary hypertension, we mean a rare, generally progressive respiratory disease characterised by increased blood pressure within the pulmonary arterial vessels

Let's talk about mammography with contrast medium: the method known as CESM (Contrast Enhanced Spectral Mammography) allows contrastographic assessment of the breast, effectively detecting the presence of neoplasms

Sexual addiction (or sex addiction), also called hypersexuality, comprises a set of psychopathological conditions characterised by intrusive sexual thoughts and fantasies associated with a loss of control over sexual behaviour

Cysts and lateral fistulas of the neck (branchial cyst) are congenital malformations and depend on anomalies in the development of the organs of the fetus from which the head and neck derive

Let's talk about nomophobia: cell phones (or smartphones, if you prefer) have become almost indispensable in our daily lives but unfortunately many of us have now developed a cell phone addiction