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Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disease affecting the cerebral cortex. It is characterised by the repetition of epileptic seizures over time: a single seizure, e.g. caused by a very high fever, is not sufficient to diagnose the disease

Body Integrity Identity Disorder (BIID): the abyss of human feelings is often inscrutable and surprising

Bell's palsy, an overview: the facial (or 'facial') nerve is the seventh cranial nerve and comprises two distinct nerves: the facial nerve proper, which contains somatic motor fibres for the innervation of the mimic muscles and other…

Under normal conditions, the colour of stools varies from light to dark brown. This characteristic pigmentation is imparted by bile residues that have escaped intestinal reabsorption and are metabolised by the local flora (bile is produced…

Faecaloid vomiting is a particular type of vomiting, characterised by the emission of dark, usually brown, foul-smelling, faecal-like material typical of intestinal obstruction

Juvenile gastrointestinal polyposis is a rare disease characterised by juvenile hamartomatous polyps in the gastrointestinal tract

Commonly referred to as 'cot death' but its more accurate name is 'sudden infant death syndrome' also known as 'sudden infant death syndrome' or 'unexpected infant death' (SIDS) is a phenomenon that has yet to be precisely explained by…

Snoring: in recent years, medical research has increasingly dealt with an apparently minor topic, even though it is widespread at all ages, often the cause of good-natured teasing by those who sleep next to those who suffer from it

Femoral-acetabular conflict is a bone abnormality in the hip joint that, over time, can lead to the development of arthrosis and, therefore, a particularly severe degenerative process

To fully understand the differences between type 1 and type 2 respiratory failure, we must first start with some simple basics of human physiology