medicine

Electromyography is an examination to assess the functionality of nerves and muscles, useful in the diagnosis and evaluation of various neuromuscular pathologies and peripheral nerve compression

The importance of the Pap test (Pap Smear): like other cancers, cervical cancer can be detected at an early stage, when it may still only be present in the form of treatable precancerous lesions

Paediatric osteomyelitis: a guide for paediatricians on appropriate diagnosis and treatment from leading Italian experts, coordinated by Bambino Gesù. Study published in the Italian Journal of Pediatrics

Self-weaning, interview with Ruggiero Francavilla, Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Bari (UniBa) and head of the Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition service at the Bari hospital, during the Congress of the…

CT scan of the chest in smokers: the lung and cardiovascular diseases that are most frequent in patients at high risk due to persistent exposure to cigarette smoke require early diagnosis and careful follow-up

About 15% of the adult male population (one in every 8 men) suffers from varicocele, one of the most frequent diseases of the male reproductive system

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