Obesity, as a common risk factor for numerous diseases became in the last decades a major epidemiological and general healthcare challenge in Western countries. While middle-aged populations tend to become obese, old age ...

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. ...

Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is multifactorial and characterized by chronic inflammation of the sinonasal mucosa and its exact ethiology is still unclear. The limitations of earlier assumptions about CRS that it is an ...

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: ...