Diabetes, more properly called "diabetes mellitus" is a metabolic disease whose manifestation is related to insulin, the hormone that controls blood sugar and which is produced by the pancreas
Coxarthrosis is the medical term to indicate that particular type of arthrosis that affects the hip district, leading to a lesion and possible consequent inflammation of the joint or a specific part of it
Gastroscopy is a diagnostic test in which a flexible tube with a video camera at the end is inserted through the esophagus, stomach and first part of the small intestine
Retinal fluorangiography: this is a useful test for diagnosing vascular diseases of the eye, including retinopathy, senile degeneration of the macula, vascular occlusions
The World Health Organisation (WHO) describes pathological dependence as a 'psychic condition, sometimes also physical, resulting from the interaction between an organism and a substance, characterised by behavioural and other responses…
Floods often occur suddenly and can cause much damage and loss of life
In a historical phase characterised by climate change, not being normally affected by these phenomena does not imply that they will not occur.