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When we talk about hives (urticaria), we are actually talking about a group of diseases, all of which present with the same signs and symptoms, but which can have very different causes, allergic but not only

PET (Positron Emission Tomography) is a diagnostic method in Nuclear Medicine that, in response to a precise clinical question, can provide extremely precise information on pathologies of organs or tissues of the body

A herniated disc is an often disabling condition. A solution may come from percutaneous discectomy, a minimally invasive procedure

There is a spectre hovering over our increasingly curved and dull society: the name is Alzheimer's, and it is hard to forget for anyone except the sufferers

MRI, Magnetic resonance imaging of the heart: what is it? Magnetic resonance imaging is a minimally invasive diagnostic method based on the application of a high-intensity magnetic field to the area of interest

Transvaginal ultrasound is a very common non-invasive gynaecological diagnostic test. It can be two- or three-dimensional, is usually associated with a gynaecological examination and enables the internal reproductive organs and surrounding…

Hepatitis, a chronic inflammation: hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver cells that develops from an immune attack by lymphocytes on the liver

Nomophobia has not been officially recognised as a disorder by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5, A proposal for including nomophobia in the new DSM-V, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, and Giovanni Del Puente, published…

Telehealth for Mental Health Care: what once seemed futuristic—receiving health care through a screen—has not only become common place, but preferable for certain medical visits, including mental health

Mental disorders in Italy, what are ASO and TSO? Very often the two acronyms ASO and TSO are used without really knowing what they are and how they work. Respectively they stand for Compulsory Sanitary Assessment and Compulsory Sanitary…