A small amount of alcohol could be harmless, but how do you distinguish when your drinking is a problem? Drinking alcohol is a problem when it negatively affects your daily activities and social and professional life. If you think you have an alcohol use disorder, the first step is to meet your GP. Alcohol affects and depresses the nervous system and puts a drinker in immediate physical danger. The complications are also related to the devastating effects of alcohol on different organs of our body.

Anesthesia is a medical procedure that puts you into a sleeping state and makes sure that you're not feeling pain during surgery. There are 3 main anesthesia types: general anesthesia, regional anesthesia and local anesthesia. Indications for anesthesia are diverse for different procedures and anesthesia types. Though anesthesia safety has grown dramatically during the last decades, there is still a small percent of severe anesthesia complications.

Atherosclerosis is a medical term to describe a condition when fatty deposits build up inside the arteries. This process leads to the narrowing of the arterial lumen and reduction of blood flow. Atherosclerosis is the most common vascular disease worldwide. Symptoms are diverse, depending on which vessels are affected.

Celiac disease is an immune-mediated inflammatory disease of the small intestines. The immune system attacks gluten molecules (food protein that is found mainly in wheat, barley, and rye) and damages the cells of the small intestines. This leads to malabsorption—the condition when small intestines are not able to properly absorb essential nutrients. Celiac disease is treated by complete elimination of gluten from your diet.