medicine

An estimated 300 million people worldwide suffer from asthma, a chronic inflammatory airway disease characterised by obstruction of the bronchial tubes

Intubation drugs: Patients with no pulse and apnoea or severe sensory dulling can (and should) be intubated without pharmacological assistance. Other patients are given sedative and paralysing drugs to minimise discomfort and facilitate…

Burkina Faso, On 21 November 2021, a healthcare centre supported by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Foube, Barsalogho department, in the Centre-North region of Burkina Faso, was burnt down

During the course of a day, it can happen that small accidents are caused by splinters and thorns that get into the skin, causing minor pain in less serious cases or infection in more serious cases

For most of the symptoms that could be alarm bells for heart problems, whether seemingly trivial or potentially more dangerous, the story told by the patient is very important

On the occasion of National Parkinson's Day on 27 November, the Italian Society of Neurology (SIN) analyses the relationship between the disease and Covid 19

Yale researchers have developed an oral medication to treat diabetes that controls insulin levels while simultaneously reversing the inflammatory effects of the disease

The ESR or erythrocyte sedimentation rate is a blood index highlighting the presence or absence of inflammation. Specifically, ESR indicates the speed with which the corpuscular part of a blood sample, rendered incoagulable, sediments to…

With pain and tingling, the hands talk to us. But what do they tell us? They tell us about disorders and pathologies that can affect the hands, an essential tool not only for carrying out different functions on a daily basis, both in a…

Paris syndrome, also known as Notre Dame syndrome, particularly affects Japanese tourists with symptoms similar to those of Stendhal syndrome