A faecaloma, also called a coprolite, is a mass of dehydrated, hard faeces that can form in the large intestine or inside a diverticulum due to several causes
Fibromyalgia (also known as fibromyalgia syndrome, FM, or Atlas syndrome; in English 'fibromyalgia') is an idiopathic syndrome characterised by widespread muscle pain associated with fatigue, stiffness, insomnia, memory problems, and mood…
Cystic fibrosis is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disease caused by a mutation in a gene located on chromosome 7, which codes for a protein that functions as a channel for chlorine, called CFTR (Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane conductance…
Hypercapnia, what causes ventilatory insufficiency? In the body, the production of the energy necessary for survival requires a constant supply of oxygen and nutrients to the tissues
In medicine, hypersomnia refers to a group of several neurological sleep disorders characterised by excessive daytime sleepiness, which causes hypersomniacs to be unable to maintain an adequate level of alertness throughout the day and to…
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week approved Skyrizi (risankizumab-rzaa) to treat Crohn’s disease, a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
Mitral insufficiency is a condition characterised by a defect in the closure of the mitral valve (also called 'mitral valve'), which causes part of the blood pumped from the left ventricle to flow back into the left atrium instead of…