Obesity - is fat the culprit?
The fight against obesity and overweight often begins with the elimination of selected products or ingredients from the diet. In order to lose weight, many people choose to reduce the calorie content...
Obesity - a pandemic of the 21st century
Obesity is a disease that affects not only the elderly or the sick but also children. Interestingly, it has been noted that newborn babies are increasingly being born with a higher birth weight....
Cystic Fibrosis Concomitant Diabetes (CFRD)
Cystic fibrosis (cystic fibrosis) is classified as an autosomal recessive inherited disease and is most common in Caucasians. It affects patients of all ages. In most cases, it leads to death. We are...
Celiac disease, when gluten becomes the enemy!
Celiacdisease is a visceral disorder characterised by intolerance to gluten. It is more common in women than in men. It usually manifests itself in childhood, although there are cases of its...
10 symptoms of gluten intolerance
With celiac disease, the body reacts badly to gluten - its consumption is very harmful. Celiac disease destroys the intestinal villi and thus leads to many deficiencies. The disease manifests itself...
Unusual urine odour and various diseases
Already in ancient times, different types of illnesses were diagnosed by the smell, e.g. from the mouth. The smell of urine should not be perceptible by us. Of course, our diet, hormonal disorders,...
Attention ! Scientists have proved that there are new types of diabetes
For a long time, everyone was convinced that everything had been said about diabetes. There were so-called two phenotypes of diabetes - type I and type II. In recent years, scientists have started to...
Hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism and the dangerous effects on health
Both hyper- and hypothyroidism can cause dramatic changes in the functioning of the body. The thyroid gland, a seemingly small and inconspicuous endocrine gland, produces the important hormones...
How to prepare properly for a blood test?
Regular blood tests are an important part of taking care of everyone's health. Thanks to preventive control of the basic blood parameters, we are able to diagnose any deviations from the norm, which...
Celiac disease a cause of anaemia?
Anaemia - anaemia, is the presence of insufficient haemoglobin and/or red blood cells in the blood. This results in weakness, pallor and fainting, among other things. However, few people know that...
Liver repair mechanisms - hybrid hepatocytes and the AAV virus
The liver is classified as a multifunctional gland and is present in all vertebrates. It is part of the digestive tract. It has four lobes: the right, left, quadrilateral and caudal lobes, which can...
First aid after wasp, bee stings
During spring and summer we are more vulnerable to insect bites. There are medical measures that can protect us from them, but they are not always effective. It is therefore worth knowing how to...
Is air conditioning harmful?
Hot, steamy summers are conducive to installing air conditioning in our homes. When driving in the car, we all like to turn on a blast of fresh air to make a long journey more pleasant, or to relax...
Let's supplement macronutrients with legumes!
Nowadays, hardly anyone eats a healthy diet and provides their body with the necessary nutrients. Macronutrient deficiencies of all kinds are the result of a poor diet. Most of us turn to dietary...
Corneal cone - a new opportunity for patients?
Corneal cone is an extremely rare defect that leads to significant damage to vision, sometimes ending in blindness.
'Liquid biopsy' a way to diagnose lung cancer
Rapidly diagnosing cancer in most cases involves a number of different tests. Recent scientific reports show that human saliva, as a diagnostic material, can have a very wide range of applications....
Early spring - beautiful but treacherous
The proverbs about spring weather are not exaggerated one bit. For many people, spring is the most beautiful month of the year. But don't let the first rays of sunshine fool you! Here are some tips...
Plant sterols and stanols - do they really fight cholesterol?
Advertisements bombard us with information about the beneficial effects of plant sterols and stanols in lowering cholesterol. But do these types of compounds really reduce cholesterol to such an...
Why not drink coffee with your medication?
Do you sometimes sip your medication with tea or coffee on the run? Perhaps you consume your medication "on an empty stomach"? Researchers warn that one in three patients underestimate the...
Do 'healthy, eco plants' actually produce healthy food?
Eco, bio, super healthy - such advertisements often hit us in the eyes in shops. The prices of organic products are often twice as high as their "normal" counterparts. Do actually healthy plants,...
