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Gastric banding is a mechanical restrictive intervention that forcibly reduces the introduction of food

Pericarditis is an inflammation of the pericardium, the membrane that protects and lines the heart, which is more common in men than women

Dislocation of the shoulder occurs when the spherical head of the humerus protrudes from its rounded cavity in the scapula

Thrombosis is an old word that everyone probably knows, but few know what it really is

Ultrasound scanning: a fetus of a few millimetres in its mother's womb, the hip of a newborn baby, the shoulder of a young athlete, the liver of an adult, the bladder of an elderly person... all seemingly unrelated things

Toxoplasmosis is less annoying than the flu if you don't have any particular health problems, but it can become a danger in people with reduced immune defences and especially during pregnancy

Enteral nutrition: artificially feeding those who cannot be adequately fed by physiological means

It is a common condition in sportsmen and women or in workers who put a lot of stress on the joint between the scapula and the humerus: shoulder tendinitis

Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome is the protagonist of some manifestations of our cardiac system, and it is therefore good to know about it: in order to deal with it better, to better relate to a patient who is frightened or disoriented by…

It's not talked about too much, but deafness or hearing loss is a widespread phenomenon. Many people are affected by the problem (even the great Beethoven, pictured), and no age group is exempt