Health and Safety

It can happen that you go to the cardiologist for a check-up and are told that 'there is a heart murmur'. Panic. Here come the worst thoughts, the worst conjectures and you find yourself looking for news about this infamous heart murmur

Let's talk about throat plaques: the first cold weather arrives and with it also what are called seasonal maladies

The breath test or breath test is a diagnostic test that is carried out by analyzing samples of exhaled air. The glucose breath test is useful for diagnosing bacterial overgrowth in the small intestine

Helicobacter pylori infection is now well known, as are its consequences and the benefits of eradication, since it was first identified in the early 1980s

Cystitis, a mainly female problem: about 40% of Italian women have had a urinary tract infection at least once in their life

Kidney stones, what trouble! A sharp twinge, a dull, intense pain in the back or side, immediately makes us think of a colic

The term arthralgia refers to any type of joint pain and, therefore, pain that affects a joint and the tissue surrounding it

Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a group of eye problems that affect the retina. This condition changes the way the retina responds to light, making vision difficult

Acute abdomen is a clinical condition, of rapid onset, characterised by abdominal pain, more or less localised, which may lead, considering its severity, to surgical intervention, even on an emergency basis

Cardiac asthma is a symptom of a dysfunction of the heart, i.e. cardiac insufficiency, a condition in which the heart muscle can no longer provide the blood flow needed by the body