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"Stroke is not only an adult's prerogative, but also affects children from a perinatal age": Vita Antonella Di Stefano, director of the paediatrics and paediatric emergency department at the Cannizzaro Hospital in Catania and national…

Respiratory syncytial virus (VRS), a virus that seemed to have disappeared last year, thanks to the anti-Covid measures, and now, instead, is back to circulating strongly throughout Italy

Psoriasis is a skin disorder caused by an exaggerated and abnormal growth of the epidermis, the outermost layer of the skin

Tinnitus is a particularly common disorder affecting 10-15% of adults; it is characterised by a constant or intermittent noise in the ear

Carpal tunnel syndrome predominantly affects women between the ages of 40 and 60. The causes of this disease are manifold

Coronary angiography is a method that allows direct visualisation of the coronary arteries that distribute blood to the tissues that make up the heart: the images provided by the coronarography are recorded and stored so that they can be…

Intubation in the paediatric emergency department is scary stuff. For critically ill children who require intubation, it is rarely practised outside of the critical care unit. With the centralisation of services there are reduced…

Rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (RR-TB): TB-PRACTECAL, a clinical trial led by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has found that a new, all-oral, six-month treatment regimen is safer and more effective at treating rifampicin-resistant…

Ghb is a substance that was initially used to combat addiction. It is not classified as a drug

Pediatric acute-onset childhood neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS) describes the clinical presentation of a subcategory of childhood obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). PANS syndrome may also be a subcategory of avoidant/restrictive eating…