Health

Cantrell's Pentalogy is an often fatal congenital malformation disorder that involves several birth defects in the chest and abdominal area, with the result that the heart may be found just under a person's skin instead of behind the layers…

Mevalonate kinase deficiency or syndrome with hyper IgD is a rare disease characterised by recurrent episodes of fever and inflammation

Let's talk about X-rays: the full-spine radiography of the spinal column is an examination that makes it possible to check the actual condition and state of health of the spinal column in just 10 minutes and detect any problems

Granuloma is a chronic inflammation affecting the apex of the tooth root, often without symptoms, a sign of dental pulp degeneration

Sudden cardiac death in medicine refers to an unexpected (or 'apparently' unexpected) death from cardiac causes that occurs in often asymptomatic patients, immediately after the onset of symptoms (within an hour) or even without the onset…

There are several specific injuries that can occur in the setting of chest trauma, these commonly occur in combination with other more common injuries and can complicate the presentations of patients

Summer, holidays, hot...pool.... But beware. As relaxing and refreshing as they may be, these places can sometimes leave unpleasant 'reminders', including warts, i.e. unpleasant skin growths caused by one of the HPV (Human Papilloma Virus)…

Haemoglobin electrophoresis is a test used to measure and identify the different types of haemoglobin present in the blood

A rare genetic disease, it affects 1 in 5,000 newborn boys. Duchenne muscular dystrophy causes progressive degeneration of muscles. There is currently no cure

It has probably happened to everyone that their joints creak with small and sometimes disturbing noises that appear suddenly when performing common gestures, such as bending down to pick something up or turning one's head to look away