Varicose disease of the lower limbs has always been considered a pathology of secondary interest: in fact, it does not cause imminent dangers for the life of patients, except in exceptional cases. This is valid today as in the past, despite the diagnostic and therapeutic advances that have been seen in recent years. However, it […]
The concept of herd immunity – the principle by which a high percentage of vaccinates prevents infectious agents from circulating and triggering epidemics – we have written several times. But as often happens, the images are more effective than words: in this animation, the user of Reddit theotheredmund shows, in a matter of seconds, because […]
From hospitals to the kitchen: antibiotic resistance can reach us even where you do not expect it. Between 5,000 and 7,000 deaths a year in hospital, says the SIMIT (Society of Infectious and Tropical Diseases) patients with compromised immune systems who lose their lives not for the pathology for which they were hospitalized, but because […]
