What is HPV? We know about 200 different types of human papillomaviruses (HPV) of which about 40 types cause anal and genital diseases and are sexually transmitted, non-regarding the sexual orientation.

What is an insect venom allergy? This is when someone gets bitten or stung by an insect and shows an allergic reaction. The insects whose venoms most often cause allergies are honey bees and wasps. In this article, I will talk about bee sting allergies, their consequences and their treatment.

The world has heard about magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanning as a diagnostic tool for human diseases, but it is also very common in horse veterinarian clinics. When a ‧horse goes lame, or it has other pathologic orthopedic conditions, an MRI is a versatile and efficient method.

What are senses?

A sense is the ability to perceive stimuli from the environment and the own body. Those stimuli are perceived through our sensory organs which are the eyes, the nose, the ears, the tongue as well as the skin and several internal sense organs. The sense organs contain specific cells which...

The terms digitization, digitalization and digital transformation can often be confused due to their similar appearance. Digitization means the transformation of analogue information into digital form. For example, you scan a sheet of paper with information on it, and save this scan on your computer as a PDF.

In health care facilities, risks exist. The employees are the most at risk. Firstly, the risk of infectious pathogens is very high; workers can be exposed to Hepatitis-B- or Hepatitis-C-Viruses, or to HIV. Thus, arrangements to minimize the risk of infection are exceptionally important. Secondly, accidents...

Less than ten years ago, most people were unaware of the critical role the microbiome plays within the body. Only alternative practitioners, healers or patients with unclear disorders were interested in the composition of their feces. Today, many scientists investigate the role of the gut microbiome on...

Welcome to our English MTA Dialog medical crossword in December 2018! With this feature you may test your knowledge after reading MTA Dialog during the year 2018. The terms in the crossword are all words you may know from the issues during this year.

The heart lies in the center of the thoracic cavity, also called the mediastinum. It has four chambers, two atria (singular: atrium) and two ventricles. Blood flows through the heart.

What is ultrasound? Ultrasound is a sound wave with a frequency in the megahertz range (between 1 MHz and 1 GHz) which is completely inaudible to humans. The speed sound waves pass through a medium depends on the density of that medium (high frequency ultrasound – superficial structures, low frequency...