‘Let’s talk sex’ – health professionals and communication in palliative care settings
Christine Mulligan1 and Sinéad McGilloway2&3 1 PhD scholar, Centre for Mental Health and Community Research, Maynooth University Department of Psychology
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Clinical Features
Chronic Bronchitis and its association with COPD and smoking
By Dr. Maria Benito Chronic bronchitis (CB) is a disease typically characterized by chronic coughing and sputum from the
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Pathogenesis of Osteoporosis and current pharmacological treatments
By Dr. Maria Benito Pathogenesis Osteoporosis is a systemic multifactorial bone disease characterized by progressive loss of bone
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Interstitial Cystitis or Bladder Pain Syndrome: A chronic urological condition
By Dr. Maria Benito Interstitial cystitis (IC) was first described as a specific epithelial damage and ulceration, commonly referred to
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Pathophisiology and therapy of Multiple Myeloma
By Dr. Maria Benito Multiple myeloma (MM) –a malignant disease characterized by the infiltration and proliferation of clonal plasma (B-cell
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Oncology Treatments: From novel Diagnostic Tests to Targeted Therapy and Immune-checkpoint Blockade Therapy
By Dr. Maria Benito Cancer is defined as malignant overgrowth of abnormal cells which tend to proliferate in an uncontrolled
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The Autoimmune component in COPD
By Dr. Maria Benito Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a pathological disorder characterized by deregulated chronic inflammation of the
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Blood clots: Hemostatic and pathologic Pathways
By Dr. Maria Benito The protective system of blood coagulation to prevent excessive blood loss after injury –in normal hemostasis– is based
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Pathogenesis and Differential diagnostic of Axial Spondyloarthritis. “Treatment to Target”.
By Dr. Maria Benito Axial spondylitis (AxSpA) is an umbrella term for non-radiographic AxSpA (Nr-AxSpA) –the earlier form of
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Peculiarities of the different types of Diabetes.
Cellular immunological mechanisms of Type 1 Diabetes Type-1 diabetes (T1D) –or insulin-dependent diabetes– is an autoimmune disorder caused by pancreatic
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