Orbital varices represent the most frequent abnormality of the blood vessels in the orbit of the eye. In most cases they affect one half of the face and are located in the supero-nasal quadrant of the eye

BMI or Body Mass Index is a very important value in the assessment of risks related to overweight and obesity: its criteria are provided by the World Health Organisation

Discovered by Steinert in 1909, as a variant of congenital myotonia and later re-evaluated by Batten and Gibb as a disease in its own right, myotonic dystrophy is a multisystem disease (i.e. it affects several of the body's systems)…

Today, 25 November, is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. It’s a day to raise awareness of gender-based violence, helping to reduce stigma about the subject and showing solidarity with survivors

The deleterious effects of stress: obesity may be caused or maintained by increased neurobehavioural reactivity to food-related environmental cues

Pleural effusion is a clinical condition characterised by excessive accumulation of fluid within the pleural cavity

What are muscle injuries? Muscle injuries are frequent and occur during all sports activities

Let's talk about somnambulism. One of the most important acquisitions of modern neuropsychopathology since its beginnings lies in the distinction between the analysis of form and that of content, observing the apparently abnormal behaviour…

Functional Dyspepsia comprises different clinical entities, characterised by various gastrointestinal symptoms, localised to the upper abdomen, in the absence of organic pathology

Like a door that can no longer close completely: this is what can happen to our stomach in the case of gastro-oesophageal reflux