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Cortisone is a drug with anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive properties that has revolutionised medicine and is a real lifesaver for many patients

Risk factors for thrombosis include pulmonary arterial hypertension and thrombophilia

Pre-hospital scales and their usefulness in ambulances, a study published in Jama starts with this question: what are performance and feasibility rates of prediction scales for large anterior vessel occlusion when validated externally and…

Vaginitis is an infection of the female genital apparatus, not necessarily linked to an inflammatory state

Venous thrombosis is a fairly common occurrence in a blood vessel, and if detected early it can be treated successfully

Tendinitis: shock waves, which are minimally invasive and above all effective, can in many cases be a valid therapeutic strategy, which is arrived at after a thorough diagnosis

Lumbar puncture is a surgical procedure used to extract the cerebrospinal fluid produced by the choroid plexuses, which flows in the spinal canal of the spine, in the subarachnoid spaces and in the ventricles of the brain

Arthritis and arthrosis fall into the broader category of rheumatic diseases, both affect the joints and both are characterised by pain accompanied by stiffness and restricted movement in the affected joints

Ecoendoscopy is an exploratory method of the digestive tract that combines the endoscopic image obtained with flexible probes and the ultrasound vision produced by a miniaturised ultrasound scanner placed at the tip of the instrument

Double vision, or diplopia, is a disorder in which two images are seen when looking at an object. Its basis is a problem in the projection of the image onto the retina, which falls in a different place in one eye than in the other