ALS or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease) is a pathology that causes the death of motor neurons. Although ALS is often considered to be a muscular disease, it is actually not. In fact, this is a neurological disease. Only recently scientists began to understand how ALS develops. Since the causes of ALS had been unknown for a long time, ALS treatment was reduced to symptomatic therapy.

Rheumatoid arthritis is a severe incurable disease of an autoimmune origin. It destroys a patient’s joints and leads to disability. Arthritis causes pain and considerably impacts on a person’s life quality. Besides, rheumatoid arthritis decreases one’s life expectancy up to 5-10 years as it increases risks...

High-tech Visualase™ system makes complex neurosurgical procedures much more comfortable for patients. Once a doctor recommends that you undergo brain surgery, you should definitely check to see if this technique is suitable to your medical case.

No operations or chemotherapy needed? Is that possible? The new drug Opdivo will soon make treatment of the advanced stage melanoma available for the patients all over the world! Unfortunately, European countries face this kind of disease more frequently. Statistics leave much to be desired: lung cancer brings great fear...

Endometrial (uterine) cancer is usually diagnosed in women over 55 years old. In 80% of cases, it is endometrioid adenocarcinoma – a severe, resistant to treatment, prognostically unfavorable type of cancer. In the best cancer centers in the world, doctors successfully cope with this malignant tumor. Not only do surgery...

A ground breaking drug with the clinically proven effect has been registered in the European Union. The medicine is free to use to cure any type and stage of Spinal Muscular Atrophy. This remedy was developed by the Ionis Pharmaceuticals and has been being used since 2016 in the USA. Spinal Muscular Atrophy is a group...

Uterine fibroids, or myomas, develop from the muscle layer of the uterus and the surrounding fibrous tissue. The pathology influences women of reproductive age, as its main cause is a high estradiol level. When elaborating the therapeutic regimen, doctors always consider the desire of a woman to have children in the future.

Cervical erosion is quite common condition. Erosion doesn’t cause any symptoms in the majority of cases, though it might result in complications. Just to know, erosion can be true erosion and false one. These are two completely different pathological processes which require different treatment approaches. Let’s have a look at...