Health and Safety

Let's talk about otoliths. One is easily left speechless when considering the sophisticated mechanisms that regulate our balance in the ear Sometimes a 'pebble' is enough to upset them and cause annoying vertigo. This is the case with…

Allergies to stinging insects: in Italy, hymenoptera (wasps, polys, hornets, bees) are the insects potentially responsible for severe and sometimes fatal allergic reactions

Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) is a recent diagnostic test that allows computer reconstruction of scintigraphic images relating to the distribution of a radioactive tracer substance introduced in small doses into the…

Very often, in children with Down syndrome, the symptoms of autism can be confused with possible manifestations of the syndrome itself

Palpitations are caused by an increased frequency of the heartbeat. Almost always due to emotional stress, they can however be due to health-threatening arrhythmias

The tuberculin skin test is considered the primary means of screening for tuberculosis (TB) infection

Microcephaly is a condition characterized by a child's head circumference being smaller than that of his or her peers and can be generated by both genetic and environmental causes

The KRAS test is used to identify the type of KRAS gene and, therefore, the state or form of the KRAS protein, whether normal (also called 'wild type') or 'non-normal' (mutated)

Signs of respiratory distress in children, among the symptoms it usually presents with are irregular or rapid breathing, stridor, coughing, nasal fin flapping and cyanosis

The concept of mental contamination, initially studied in the context of the psychological consequences of sexual abuse (Fairbrother & Rachman, 2004), was rapidly extended to obsessive-compulsive disorder, in particular to the fear of…