Health

Claw fingers, or hammer toes, are a particular type of bony deformity that mainly affects the second, third or fourth toe

Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease characterized by high blood glucose levels and due to an alteration in the amount or functioning of insulin

Blood tests are one of the most widely used tests and make it possible, by means of a simple venous sampling, to check the values of the main blood components and thus provide important information on the patient's health and the…

Antipsychotic drugs treat psychosis, a collection of symptoms that affect your ability to tell what is real and what is not

Retinal detachment is one of the most frequent diseases in ophthalmology, and often has a traumatic origin: an injury in the affected area of the face causes this serious medical problem

The inter-atrial defect indicates a congenital cardiac abnormality that allows blood to flow between the right and left atria, which should not normally be the case as the atria are separated by the inter-atrial septum which, only if it is…

Thyroid nodules are solid or fluid-filled lumps that form inside the thyroid gland, a small gland located at the base of the neck, just above the sternum

The chalazion is a rather common disorder that can affect the eyes and appear externally as a kind of furuncle on the upper or lower eyelid

Senile dementia is a neurodegenerative disease of the brain. It predominantly affects the elderly and causes a gradual and irreversible decrease in cognitive faculties

Blood pressure problems, whether pathological or caused by circumstantial situations (pregnancy, for example) are addressed by antihypertensive drugs