Health and Safety

Cocaine use is an increasingly widespread phenomenon throughout the world. The apparent and temporary benefits offered by this substance, however, often lead to conditions of dependence and abuse with very serious, sometimes irreversible,…

BMI (Body Mass Index) is a body density indicator useful for understanding if we have an adequate weight for our height: in short, it is a parameter that relates a person's weight to his height

Already in the early years of life it is recommended to have an eye examination. As time goes by, this becomes even more important, as diseases such as cataracts, glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy may occur due to old age, other diseases…

Checking glycosuria and ketonuria can be performed directly by the patient. This is a unique test, as most of the reagent cards used to perform these tests are now able to perform both tests on the same stick

Hysteroscopy is an outpatient endoscopic test that does not require analgo-anesthesia and allows us to investigate inside the uterine cavity using an instrument called a hysteroscope

Only 2.5% of new parent couples decide to donate cord blood: the figure, which is Italian, is unfortunately true in several countries around the world

Meteoropathy (or Seasonal Affective Disorder) manifests itself cyclically with symptoms such as mood swings, drowsiness and fatigue that appear during seasonal changes, particularly in the autumn and winter period, and then improve as…

Pustular psoriasis is a skin disorder that can present in heterogeneous ways and is characterised by sterile pustules

White blood cells (or leucocytes) are spheroidal, nucleated elements that defend the body against infection. White blood cells do not contain haemoglobin and are in a 1:1 ratio with red blood cells

The H2-breath test is a quick and painless test useful for diagnosing the presence of Helicobacter Pylori, the bacterium responsible for many cases of gastritis