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A seminogram or semen analysis is a test to measure both the quantity and quality of semen, such as the spermatozoa of a man. This test is one of the key complementary tests in the male factor study, which measures the macroscopic characteristics of semen: volume, color, odor, pH and viscosity.

Sports medicine is a specialty that evaluates the aptitude for sport.

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Syringomyelia is a disorder in which a cyst filled with cerebrospinal fluid (LCE) forms in the interior of the spinal cord, eventually damaging it, as it expands and destroys the center of the spinal cord. The spinal cord connects the brain to the nerves of all extremities, so this damage causes pain, weakness and stiffness in the back, shoulders, arms, or legs. Other symptoms can be headaches and not feeling extreme cold or heat. The causes can be several, due to congenital defects, trauma...

The pilonidal cyst, also known as sacral cyst is a disease caused by the accumulation of hair at the base of the spine or the coccyx area. It mainly affects young men, were white and long hair. Its origin is still unclear, some doctors established it as congenital or acquired other. The problem of cyst occurs when hair follicles become infected developing a pilonidal abscess, a collection of pus. The diagnosis is produced with a physical examination by the specialist, who seek dimples in the...

Facial sagging is the loss of elasticity and youthful skin because of the passage of time. The skin becomes thinner and thinning of the same is observed, losing the smooth aspect and generating a sagging of the different parts of the skin of the face.

The major salivary glands, which generate and empty saliva into the mouth, are three pairs: the submandibular gland, sublingual salivary glands and the parotid glands. Surgery of the parotid gland, also known as parotidectomy, is the operation that handles remove tumors that grow in the gland. It is estimated that over 70% of these tumors are benign (noncancerous) but we must consider any package that is detected. Depending on the type of tumor it is, its size and location, different...

The major salivary glands, which generate and empty saliva into the mouth, are three pairs: the submandibular gland, sublingual salivary glands and the parotid glands. Surgery of the parotid gland, also known as parotidectomy, is the operation that handles remove tumors that grow in the gland. It is estimated that over 70% of these tumors are benign (noncancerous) but we must consider any package that is detected. Depending on the type of tumor it is, its size and location, different...

Sarcoma is a malignant tumor in the bone or soft parts of the bodies. Among the different types of cancer, sarcomas are rare, about 1% of such cancers are diagnosed each year and only 4 or 5 people in a hundred thousand.