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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.
Thyroid and Pregnancy: an overview
Thyroid and pregnancy: the hormone glands produce quantities of hormones appropriate to the body's demands at that particular time. In this context, pregnancy is the best known condition as far as the thyroid gland is concerned
Twenty-four-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring: what does it consist of?
Twenty-four-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring: with the patient's cooperation, the available equipment enables a 24-hour recording of systolic and diastolic blood pressure values to be organised
Polysomnography, the test to diagnose sleep disorders
Polysomnography, also called sleep study, is a test used to diagnose sleep disorders, which records brain waves, blood oxygen level and heart rate
Hip dysplasia: the first ultrasound scan after 40 days of life
After birth all newborns are examined for hip dysplasia
This is a routine examination for an abnormality (2/1000 births) that develops when the joint has not formed normally and the femoral head is not stable properly in the joint…
What is magnetic resonance angiography (MRA)?
Magnetic resonance angiography (MR angiography) is a non-invasive method that can make use of several techniques
Skin cancers: prevention and care
The skin is a body organ like any other, such as the liver, kidney, lung, heart. However, it has a special characteristic that makes it unique, it is visible
Sterility, varicocele among the first warning signs
Varicocele is a fairly common pathology that affects about 20% of males between the ages of 15 and 45
Rheumatic Diseases: The Role of Total Body MRI in Diagnosis
Particularly for inflammatory joint diseases (rheumatic diseases), total-body MRI has become the diagnostic method of reference to the extent that it has entered all diagnostic guidelines
HPV (Human papillomavirus): symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of the papilloma virus
It is estimated that about 80% of sexually active women come into contact with the HPV virus during their lifetime, with a prevalence of 25-35 years. Therefore, knowing the infection well can help prevent it
Blood pressure: what it is and how to measure it
Blood pressure is the pressure that blood exerts on the walls of the arteries of the cardiovascular system. It depends on both the amount of blood pumped by the heart and the resistance to blood flow