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Ascites is an accumulation of fluid in the abdomen. It can be caused by a variety of conditions, from liver disease to kidney failure, cancer and heart failure

Better known as Stendhal's syndrome because Stendhal was personally affected by it and described it in his book of accounts of a trip to Italy in 1817: 'I had reached that level of emotion where the celestial sensations given by the arts…

Plasminogen activators are substances belonging to the group of fibrinolytic drugs

An increase in transaminases is a symptom that may indicate inflammation or damage to liver cells. When damaged, liver cells can release higher than normal amounts of transaminases (enzymes) into the bloodstream

Why is there so much talk about the meningococcal vaccine? Meningococcus (Neisseria meningitis) is a bacterium of which 13 types are known, but only five are responsible for disease (A, B, C, Y, W135). In our country and in Europe,…

External electrical cardioversion is a procedure that can interrupt cardiac arrhythmias by performing a kind of "reset" of the heart's electrical system. It can be performed as a scheduled procedure or in an emergency/emergency phase

Placebo and nocebo are two sides of the same coin and represent a complex phenomenon, not only neurobiological but also psychological, in which neurophysiological and behavioural changes occur following the administration of a therapy

Stockholm syndrome consists in creating an emotional bond with the aggressor as a possible survival strategy in dangerous situations

Tachypnoea or polypnoea is a medical condition characterised by an increase in the frequency of breaths. In a healthy adult, the number of breaths per minute is generally 16: in the case of tachypnoea, it can reach 40-60 per minute

12 November was World Pneumonia Day, established in 2018, a century after the 1918 influenza pandemic that caused almost 100 million deaths, with the aim of turning the spotlight on this all too often underestimated disease