Vascular dementia, what it is and how it manifests itself

Vascular dementia refers to acute or chronic cognitive impairment due to diffuse or focal cerebral infarcts that are most often related to cerebrovascular disease. This type of dementia represents global, chronic, and generally irreversible cognitive impairment. Vascular dementia should not be confused with delirium, although cognition is disordered in both.

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Cranberry: an aid against antibiotic resistance?

Antibiotic resistance continues to grow globally, and in Italy, the situation is among the most severe in Europe, with many fearsome bacteria now unassailable by most available antibiotics. According to

The emotional crisis resulting from cardiovascular disease

When the physician or cardiology specialist approaches the person who is having acute myocardial ischemia there is frenzied behavior aimed at the prompt resolution of the ischemia.

The diet for cancer prevention and treatment

It is now proven that too much sugar, meat and refined foods increase our risk of getting sick, while whole grains and vegetables protect us. But what kind of diet

Trigeminal neuralgia: inflammation, symptoms and treatment

Trigeminal neuralgia is a chronic pain syndrome affecting the trigeminal nerve (fifth cranial nerve), one of the largest nerves in the head. It is a disorder that causes painful episodes

Hypertensive emergency: what to do?

Hypertensive emergency is characterized by an acute rise in blood pressure to dangerous values or in patients at risk. The most frequent emergency situations are related to several symptoms: Hypertensive

Next-generation pacemakers may be powered by an unlikely source: the heart

Researchers are studying and developing new technologies to make new battery-free pacemakers. The innovation is based on a piezoelectric system that converts vibrational energy–created within the chest by each heartbeat–into

What is sexual identity?

Sexual identity is a construct that indicates how a person experiences pleasure, feeling, relating to others, and how they act out their sexuality through behavioral choices, and is directly influenced

Ménière’s syndrome: dizziness and other symptoms, causes and treatment

Ménière syndrome, named after the French physician Prosper Ménière first described it in 1861, is an inner ear disorder that affects balance and hearing; it is characterized by the appearance

Acute lumbago: causes and treatment

In acute low back pain (abbreviated: LA), one experiences sharp and sudden pain in the lower back area. Usually the trigger is an innocuous movement performed during exercise or daily

The mechanism of hunger and insulin

When insulin is not absorbed, it means there is resistance to its action, and then glucose levels remain high. This results in the body needing greater amounts of insulin to reduce glycemic levels.

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Tensive headache

Tension headache is a primary form of headache that is characterized by episodes of widespread pain throughout the head, of mild to moderate intensity, that does not worsen with physical

Uncontrolled eating disorder

Uncontrolled eating disorder is an eating behavior disorder that is characterized by an inability to control food intake, resulting in the more or less frequent repetition of binges similar to

Sleep and menopause

Sleep disorders are one of the health problems most often reported by women approaching menopause and in the period after (climacteric). The need for sleep naturally tends to decrease with

Parkinson’s disease

Parkinson’s disease is an aging-related neurodegenerative disorder of the central nervous system, affecting about 2.5% of people over 70 years of age, which is mainly characterized by resting tremor in

Obstructive sleep apnea

Repetitive episodes of upper airway obstruction may occur during sleep, often accompanied by reduced oxygen saturation. Such episodes are accompanied in almost all cases by snoring. Apneas often end with

Postpartum depression

Postpartum depression is a mood disorder characterized by symptoms overlapping with those of major depression and differing from the latter essentially in that it occurs in women a few weeks

Panic attack disorder

Panic attack disorder is a psychiatric disorder characterized by episodes of sudden and intense fear, anguish, and feeling of imminent death or strong fear for one’s safety, which leads those

Ischemic stroke

According to the official definition of the World Health Organization (WHO), stroke corresponds to a “sudden onset of signs and/or symptoms referable to local and/or global deficits in brain function,

Bruxism

Bruxism is a condition in which you grind your teeth: it can happen, unconsciously, in a waking state or, more often, during sleep. People who clench or grind their teeth

Meniere’s Syndrome

Meniere’s syndrome is a balance disorder characterized by recurrent and unpredictable “attacks” involving the onset of intense dizziness, associated with reduced hearing, whistling and buzzing. Each attack is heralded by

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