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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.
Hepatitis A: what it is and how it is transmitted
Hepatitis A (HAV) is a highly contagious infectious liver disease caused by an RNA virus that attacks liver cells
Hysterosalpingography: preparation and usefulness of the examination
Hysterosalpingography is an X-ray examination of the uterus and salpinges obtained by inserting - via catheter - a liquid (contrast medium) into the uterine cavity, which causes opacification
Eczema: causes and symptoms
Eczema (or dermatitis) is a non-contagious inflammatory skin disease. It is the most common of skin diseases and can affect people at any age, even those with no particular health problems
Neurotoxoplasmosis (NTX): Toxoplasma Encephalitis
Toxoplasma encephalitis, or Neurotoxoplasmosis (NTX), is the opportunistic disease that most frequently affects the central nervous system of AIDS patients
Oxygen-ozone therapy to combat antibiotic resistance
Oxygen-ozone therapy and antibiotic resistance: according to the report Global Research on AntiMicrobial Resistance, published by The Lancet, more than one million people died in 2019 from infections caused by bacteria resistant to multiple…
Paediatric arrhythmias: what they are, how to treat them
Paediatric heart diseases: arrhythmias are changes in the rhythm of the heart and can affect the intensity or duration of the heartbeat
Parasitoses and zoonoses: Echinococcosis and Cystic Hydatidosis
Echinococcosis is a parasitic disease caused by the echinococcus (Echinococcus granulosus), a small flatworm belonging to the tenidae family
Haematuria: the causes of blood in the urine
Haematuria is the presence of blood in the urine. Haematuria is defined as microscopic when it is detected on microscopic examination of the urine sediment, while it is defined as macroscopic when it gives a reddish colour to the urine and…
Ligaments injuries: symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
Ligaments are the fibres that bind bones together. They are made up of very strong fibres, but if subjected to too high a load, they can be injured
Hepatitis B: symptoms and treatment
Hepatitis B (Hbv) is a highly contagious infectious liver disease caused by a DNA virus that is transmitted through infected blood, semen and vaginal secretions, or from mother to child