Health

Hypertonia, also called muscular hypertonia or muscle hypertonus, indicates an increase in muscle tone. It can occur both when the muscle is at rest and during physical activity

Arterial hypotension can be defined as a condition in which the arterial blood pressure is lower than normal

The bad weather hasn't loosened its grip: floods and overflowing are hitting Emilia-Romagna hard. The Italian Red Cross has been engaged since the first hours of the emergency in rescue and evacuation operations, working to help the…

The medical term 'hydronephrosis' denotes dilatation of the renal pelvis (or pelvis) - which is often combined with dilatation of the renal calyces - due to chronic stagnation of urine, often caused by an obstruction downstream that does…

Coronary angiography (or Coronarography)is a test used to find out how much narrowing there is in your arteries. Learn what to expect and when you might get a stent

Chlamydia infections can be caused by three different germs that cause various symptoms including conjunctivitis and pneumonia

It is called vitamin D, but we cannot consider it a vitamin in the strict sense. The term vitamin, in fact, identifies organic substances that are indispensable for life and that must necessarily be introduced through the diet as the body…

Included microvilli disease is a rare disease that manifests itself in newborns with abundant watery diarrhoea

Bicuspidia aortica is among the most frequently diagnosed congenital heart diseases; it will cause valve dysfunction, associated with insufficiency and stenosis

Intestinal polyps are protuberances of the tissues of the intestinal wall that protrude into the bowel cavity