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It is now known that diabetes induces a slowdown in wound healing, making the healing process more difficult than normal

Underlying Somatization Disorder are recurrent and multiple physical complaints, lasting several months or years, which lead those affected to seek medical attention, but which apparently do not appear to have an organic cause

What is an AED defibrillator and how it works: everything you need to know about this life-saving device

EOS is a newly developed X-ray device that allows the spine and lower limbs to be studied in the upright (loaded) position

Glycated hemoglobin is hemoglobin bound to glucose molecules. When the levels of the latter are very high for a long period of time, the hemoglobin present in the red blood cells becomes saturated with it, giving rise to glycated hemoglobin

The electroencephalogram (EEG) is a diagnostic test which, through some electrodes positioned on the scalp, measures the electrical activity of the brain, reproducing it, on a screen, in the form of a series of

The electrocardiogram is an outpatient diagnostic test that allows the electrical activity of myocardial fibres to be recorded and graphically visualised

Let's talk about chronic pain. The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP, 1979) defines pain as an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of

A person will be diagnosed with chest trauma when they have a severe chest injury

Hypoplastic left heart syndrome is among the most complex heart defects occurring in the newborn, and is one of the most frequently diagnosed heart defects during the fetal echocardiogram; this syndrome is the set of malformations in which…