Dizziness when getting up in the morning
If you wake up feeling weak, tired or dizzy , you may be suffering from sleep apnoea. Find out what are the other most common causes of morning dizziness and how to manage it?
What can be the causes of excessive drooling?
While the drooling of a baby does not attract much attention, it is definitely not the case with older people - drooling in a teenager or an elderly person is not normal. What is more, if such a...
Catecholamines: what are they and what are their functions?
Catecholamines - which are adrenaline, noradrenaline and dopamine - are compounds that have many important functions in the human body. They act as neurotransmitters, but also as hormones. What...
Spastic paraplegias - what are they?
Spastic paraplegias are both conditions and a group of conditions that manifest themselves as a progressive paresis of the lower limbs, usually resulting in immobilisation of the patient. The causes...
Breakthrough in the diagnosis of brain aneurysm and epilepsy
Both brain aneurysm and epilepsy represent a highly significant and population-threatening medical problem. Making the right diagnosis is crucial for each patient and, as global research shows,...
Driver and medicines - what effect do medicines have on driving ability?
The use of medicines is increasingly part of the lives of more and more people around the world. As well as having a therapeutic effect, their effects have an impact on the whole body - including...
Colour perception is more limited than previously thought
Recent research into the human eye's perception of colour has shown that we see surprisingly little of it and that the brain is largely responsible for creating colour reality.
How to improve memory and concentration?
We all have moments of forgetfulness from time to time, especially when we have a lot of things on our minds. This is a perfectly normal occurrence, but poor memory can be frustrating.
WHO says 'stop' to clinical trials of hydroxychloroquine
Since the beginning of the pandemic, scientists, in collaboration with doctors, have been searching for an effective treatment for the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2. There were many indications that...
Why can sugar be addictive? - Intriguing reports from the field of neuropsychiatry
Neuropsychiatry is one of the most rapidly developing medical fields in recent years. Thanks to the scientists working in this discipline, we are learning all sorts of things about how the nervous...
Glutaric acidosis - what is it and what are its effects?
Glutaric acidosis is an inherited disease that results in problems with the normal functioning of proteins in the body. What can the condition lead to?
Spielmeyer-Vogt-Sjögren syndrome - symptoms, treatment
Spielmeyer-Vogt-Sjögren syndrome, known as Batten disease, is classified as a very rare lysosomal storage disease. How does the disease progress? What are its symptoms?
Breakthrough in the fight against coronavirus!
Good news from the USA - a team of researchers there reported that a new drug formulation called EIDD-2801 successfully inhibited the proliferation of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in mice and in vitro...
Paracetamol versus ibuprofen - recommendations for use during a viral infection
During an infection - whether viral or bacterial - it is not uncommon to develop a fever, which is a physiological state when an elevated body temperature is observed. Is ibuprofen not recommended...
Charcot disease and its consequences
Charcot disease (actually: Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease) is categorised as an inherited motor-sensory neuropathy. What are the symptoms of the disease? Is a complete cure possible?
The murderer's brain: is there anything that distinguishes it from the brain of the average person?
Many scientists have been interested in how the murderer's brain functions - various studies have looked, for example, at whether the nervous system of a person who has killed someone shows any...
Cannabinoids ('medical cannabis') in the treatment of diseases - current status and outlook, part 3
Medical cannabis is a substance that has both supporters and opponents. Its effects on the human body have been known for many centuries and it undoubtedly has an impact on human functioning. Its...
Cannabinoids ('medical cannabis') in the treatment of diseases - current status and outlook, part 2
Medical cannabis is a substance that has both supporters and opponents. Its effects on the human body have been known for many centuries and it undoubtedly has an impact on human functioning. Its...
Cannabinoids ('medical cannabis') in the treatment of diseases - current status and outlook, part 1
Medical cannabis is a substance that has both supporters and opponents. Its effects on the human body have been known for many centuries and it undoubtedly has an impact on human functioning. Its...
What is hypertelorism?
Hypertelorism is a medical condition characterised by an increase in the distance between two paired organs above the average norm. Most cases are described when the distance between the eye sockets...
