During the past decades, prevalence of metabolic disorders increased dramatically in populations all over the world. Both energy excess (e.g. obesity) and deficit (e.g. cachexia, sarcopenia) are important worldwide challenges ...

The annual incidence of acute pancreatitis (AP) ranges from 10 to 100 cases per 100,000 persons 11, showing an increasing tendency throughout the past decades 12. Multiple theories have been proposed to explain the increment: ...

The Internet has revolutionized and changed our lives, communication and procurement practices and strategies. As the access to the Internet is increasing, the use of Internet to seek health information is also expending. ...

Alcohol consumption is among the leading causes of death worldwide and is the third among the causes of diseases, the first being smoking, the second hypertension. Harmful use of alcohol is a pattern of psychoactive ...

Raynaud’s phenomenon, acrocyanosis and erythromelalgia are functional vascular diseases that differ with respect to clinical signs, prevalence, pathogenesis, therapy and prognosis. The most common form is Raynaud phenomenon. ...

Coeliac disease (CeD) is an immune-mediated disease, which develops upon gluten ingestion in genetically predisposed individuals. CeD patients are at a higher risk of acute arterial and venous thrombotic events. In this ...