Leczenie bólu w chorobach reumatycznych

W przebiegu chorób reumatycznych wyróżniono bóle: 1) receptorowe, 2) niereceptorowe, w tym bóle neuropatyczne oraz psychogenne. Źródłem bólów jest proces zapalny nie tylko w reumatoidalnym zapaleniu stawów, spondyloart...

Jaskrawe życie. Rozmowa z prof. Krystyną Czechowicz-Janicką

Obesity - multidisciplinary disorder

Obesity becomes a worldwide epidemic. Data from around the world demonstrate a steady increase in the prevalence of overweight and costs of treatment its complications. Obesity is an important risk factor of developing c...

Aldosterone - understimated link in the pathogenesis of arterial hypertension

Lately numerous investigations have denied the thesis that primary aldosteronism (PA) is a rare disease. Now PA is regarded as probably the most common cause of secondary arterial hypertension. Careful investigation of t...

Tourette syndrome

The Tourette’s syndrome was described for the first time in 1885 by Geroges Albert Édouard Brutus Gilles de la Tourette as a nervous system disorder characterised by uncoordinated movements, echolalia and coprolalia. H...