Infectious Diseases and Contagious Infectious diseases are caused by pathogenic microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses, parasites or fungi. These diseases can spread in the environment or be transmitted from person…
List of Heart Diseases (cardiovascular diseases) Cardiovascular diseases or heart diseases include pathologies that affect the heart and all of the blood vessels, such as atherosclerosis, heart rhythm disturbances, arterial…
Are Rheumatism and Gout the Same Disease? Although Rheumatism and Gout look similar and have the same symptoms, namely making joints painful, red, and swollen, actually rheumatism and gout are…
List of Diseases This list of diseases groups together the main families of diseases. Disease is an alteration in the functions or health of a living organism. We speak as well…
Down Syndrome Downs syndrome is a chromosomal abnormality and it is the number one cause of mental deficit of genetic origin. Its screening and management have evolved a lot. What…
Antibiotics are only effective against bacteria Victims of their own success, antibiotics are too often seen as a remedy that heals everything, right away… but this is not always true!…