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Mitochondrial myopathies or encephalomyopathies are neurological diseases which as well as affecting muscles, also involve alterations in the nervo...
Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are a group of diseases that present as muscle weakness and inflamed muscle tissues in muscle biopsy. Th...
Healthy eating is one of the main tools for preventing and treating chronic diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, heart disease and neurological...
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most common inflammatory disease of the joints. It is characterised by pain and swelling of both the small and lar...
A Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) is a molecular biology technique that seeks to amplify a fragment of genetic material millions of times. The PCR...
Serological tests allow us to find out the immune response against an infectious agent. For this reason, they can be used for diagnostic purposes a...
Antigen tests are immunoassays that are frequently used to rapidly diagnose infectious diseases. They detect the presence of proteins from a specif...
An electrocardiogram, also known as an ECG or EKG, is a non-invasive scan that allows the heart’s electrical activity to be studied at a given time...
The Holter study is a non-invasive scan that allows the frequency and type of heart rhythm to be studied. Unlike the electrocardiogram, which allow...
The objective of the heel prick test is to detect certain serious diseases at birth. Most of these conditions are rare, and genetic in origin. It m...
Kidney transplantation is a surgical treatment in which a healthy kidney obtained from a living or deceased donor is grafted into a patient with en...
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most prevalent hormonal disorder in women of reproductive age (between 6-20% depending on the criteria cons...
The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland located at the base of the neck, just below the Adam's apple. It produces the thyroid hormone that is respo...
The term "goitre" refers to abnormal enlargement of the thyroid gland, due to something causing the thyroid to grow larger than normal. It is impor...
A thyroid nodule is a number of thyroid cells that are grouped together in a cluster, a lump, forming a tumour that may be either malignant or beni...
Graves-Basedow Disease (GBD) is the most common form of autoimmune hyperthyroidism, in which the thyroid is activated by antibodies that stimulate...
Thyroiditis is an inflammation of the thyroid gland caused by an autoimmune disorder or a viral infection. In its first phase, this inflammation le...
Hyperthyroidism is a condition that occurs when the thyroid gland is overactive, in other words, it secretes too much thyroid hormone.
Hypothyroidism is a disease caused by a decrease in the normal function (hypofunction) of the thyroid gland. This means that the thyroid gland is n...
Radiotherapy is a medical oncology treatment that uses high-energy ionizing radiation to eliminate tumor cells or slow their growth. It is a key t...