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Safety is the first pillar of a good life for emergency professionals, rescuers and Fire Fighters. We are operating in a complex and hard environment. Risk prevention and improving working conditions are fundamental for better health and life.
Cyclothymia: symptoms and treatment of cyclothymic disorder
Cyclothymia (or cyclothymic disorder) belongs to the group of bipolar disorders. It is characterised by alternating hypomanic periods and periods of mild depression
Abdominal pain: 'Should I go to the emergency room?
When is abdominal pain severe enough to warrant a trip to the emergency room? Very often patients come to the emergency room complaining of stomach pain
High blood pressure and heart disease in the mountains: how to behave?
Everyone can go to the mountains, if the pressure is well controlled, but those suffering from a heart condition must adopt some more fundamental precautions
Biopsy: what it is and when it is performed
A biopsy consists of taking and analysing a patient's biological tissue and is therefore to be considered a medical test in its own right
Electrocardiography: what it is and how to do it
Electrocardiography, how important is it? Routine checks for our health are really very important
First aid, when is it an emergency? Some information for citizens
Knowing when to treat a medical situation as an emergency can mean the difference between life and death. While the following list is not intended to include every kind of potential medical emergency, it does provide some common issues that…
Bipolar disorder (bipolarism): symptoms and treatment
What is bipolarism? Bipolar disorder (or bipolar depression or bipolarism), although not particularly frequent, is a serious and disabling problem
What is Cholesterol?
Cholesterol is a fat found in the blood. A part is produced by the body, while another is introduced with the diet
Symptoms and causes of patella chondropathy
When we talk about patellar chondropathy, we often refer to the pathology that affects the anterior region of the knee, therefore we are talking about anterior knee pain
Difficulty breathing due to hypertrophy of the turbinates
The nose has the important function of filtering, warming and humidifying the air before it reaches the lower airways, but what happens when you suffer from turbinate hypertrophy?