Health and Safety

The ketogenic diet was developed in the 1920s as a treatment for children suffering from epilepsy by several paediatricians, such as Rollin Woodyatt and Mynie Paterman

Sebaceous adenoma is a benign neoformation that generally appears in patients over 50 years of age. To date, the causes of its occurrence are not clear

Also known as 'sudden cardiac death', cardiac arrest is not so much a disease as a serious emergency situation that can lead to the immediate death of the individual

The term calcium indicates the levels of calcium in the blood. Circulating calcium is largely bound to plasma proteins and only a small part is present in free form Most of the calcium is stored in the bones. Why measure blood calcemia?…

Bronchoscopy is a diagnostic test that is carried out by the doctor thanks to a specific instrument, the bronchoscope, which is introduced through the patient's mouth or nose

Although no one finds it amusing to feel physically ill, the flu or any other condition that causes nausea and potential vomiting (e.g. pregnancy) creates particular difficulties for individuals suffering from so-called 'vomiting phobia' or…

Heparins (unfractionated heparin UFH and low-molecular-weight heparin LMWH) are used for the treatment and prophylaxis of thromboembolic diseases for which additional anticoagulant drugs are available, such as semi-synthetic heparinoids…

Instead, they are designed for use with individual patients injured in the United States due to motor vehicle accidents, falls, penetrating injuries, and other mechanisms of injury.

Mood disorders are psychopathological syndromes characterised by an alteration of the physiological mechanisms of mood oscillation that normally allow the individual to adapt his or her reactions to the conditions of the environment…

“Be careful, that’s hot!”: We’ve all said it to our children at least once, and at least once they didn’t listen.  Burns are just part of life