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What is arthrosis of the hand? The term arthrosis is used to define a chronic, developmental disease affecting the joints, the anatomical basis of which is represented by a degenerative process of the cartilages lining the joint bone heads…

Bronchial asthma is one of the most frequent chronic inflammatory diseases of the bronchi. Several blood cells play an important role in this disease, including mast cells, eosinophils and T lymphocytes

The Sip (Italian Society of Paediatrics) presents the results of a study on children and social networks based on 68 scientific papers conducted over 18 years

Magnetic resonance imaging of the heart, also known as Cine MRI, is a diagnostic examination that allows the heart muscle in motion to be analysed in detail; thanks to a special apparatus, dynamic images can be obtained, which are then…

Cancer of the cervix, also known as cervical cancer or cervical dysplasia, is characterised by the rapid and uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in the cervix

Atherosclerosis is the common denominator behind the most frequent and most serious cardiovascular diseases, such as coronary artery disease, heart failure and arteriopathies of the lower limbs

Ascaridiasis is a widespread parasitic disease that frequently affects children and mainly affects poor and developing countries, where hygiene conditions are mostly poor or otherwise insufficient

Shoulder arthrosis - i.e. scapulohumeral arthrosis - is a disease due to premature wear of the joint heads that does not allow normal function of the upper limb, resulting in considerable pain

Down Syndrome is a genetic condition characterised by the presence of an extra chromosome in the cells: instead of 46 chromosomes in the nucleus of each cell there are 47, i.e. there is an extra Chromosome No. 21; hence also the term…

Respiratory Assessment: one of the most critical scenarios you as a paramedic will respond to is respiratory emergencies