Health and Safety

Ankle arthrosis is a condition that affects older people in particular: the cartilage degenerates with advancing age

The normal heart is positioned on the centre/left side of the chest and has the apex (i.e. the tip) pointing to the left

C Reactive Protein (CRP), so called because of its reactivity with the Pneumococcus C polysaccharide molecule, is a protein synthesised by the liver whose concentration increases in the blood following an inflammatory process caused by an…

Bronchiectasis is a chronic respiratory disease characterised by an abnormal and irreversible dilatation of certain portions of the bronchial tree with a consequent loss of proper mucociliary clearance function

Onychophagia, many children and adolescents engage in this behaviour. To encourage them to stop, psychologists advise parents to explain the risks to them

Essential blepharospasm is an involuntary contraction that causes intermittent and often complete closure of the eyelids

About blood cell: your body produces white blood cells (leukocytes), which help fight bacterial infections, viruses and fungi

A gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) is a type of cancer that begins in the digestive system. GISTs happen most often in the stomach and small intestine

A large number of people complain of neck pain (cervicalgia). Much of this pain is caused by incorrect posture while working, sleeping, driving, or is the result of accidents that have altered the delicate structure of the spinal column

Among the causes of the upward trend in suicide attempts is the impact of the pandemic on the mental health of minors: cases of anxiety and depression have doubled