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Health and Safety
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.
Syncope: symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
Syncope consists of a transient loss of consciousness, often related to conditions of no concern. It is essential to diagnose syncopes of cardiac origin which, if left untreated, can lead to sudden death
Epilepsy surgery: routes to remove or isolate brain areas responsible for seizures
Surgical therapy can help in epilepsy to remove or isolate brain areas responsible for seizures
Nickel allergy: what objects and foods to avoid?
Symptoms of nickel allergy: nickel is an almost ubiquitous heavy metal because it is present, albeit to varying degrees, in so many everyday objects and common foods
Soft tissue tumours: leiomyosarcoma
Leiomyosarcoma is a soft tissue tumour that mainly affects women and rarely children. Resistant to chemotherapy, surgery is the only treatment
Rare genetic diseases: Long QT Syndrome
Long QT syndrome is a rare genetic disorder that can cause malignant arrhythmias. Treatment is based on the use of beta-blocker drugs
Firecrackers and New Year's Eve bangers: how to protect your hands
Unfortunately, as every year, as the holidays and especially New Year's Eve approach, accidents to the fingers and hands due to the bursting of firecrackers and bangers increase, especially among children and adolescents
Pediatric malignancies: medulloblastoma
Medulloblastoma is a pediatric malignant tumor involving the central nervous system. It is one of the most curable through chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and surgery
Electrocardiogram (ECG): what it is for, when it is needed
The electrocardiogram or ECG is a diagnostic test designed to record the electrical activity of the heart in order to assess its health status and detect various cardiac abnormalities, pathologies or arrhythmias
Relationship OCD: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder on partner relationship
What is relationship OCD (R Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder)? We can all experience thinking about whether our partner is the right one
Surgery: neuronavigation and monitoring of brain function
Neuronavigation is a tool that makes it possible to reconstruct and represent in real time the area of the brain affected by surgery