Metabolic syndrome - time for a critical view

The term metabolic syndrome refers to specific cardiovascular risk factors whose underlying pathophysiology is thought to be related to insulin resistance. Insulin resistance is also found to be a key feature of type 2 d...

Bóle głowy w praktyce podstawowej opieki zdrowotnej

Autor przedstawia obraz kliniczny, patofizjologię, diagnostykę i terapię głównych postaci bólów głowy zarówno pierwotnych (samoistnych), jak i wtórnych (objawowych). Omówiono migrenę, ból typu napięciowego, klasterowy, r...

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...

Embolic and thrombotic disorders in the clinical aspects of nervous system vessel disease - prophylaxis and therapy

Embolic and thrombotic disorders in the clinical aspects of nervous system vessel disease – prophylaxis and therapy. Ischemic cerebral stroke is a serious disease nowadays. The thrombotic etiology is one of its patomech...

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