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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.
What is congenital torticollis?
Torticollis is a pathological condition characterized by a lateral or rotational deviation of the head. Although many people suffer from this pathology, especially as they get older, perhaps few will know that it can also be congenital
Bicuspid aortic valve: associated pathologies and treatment
Among the congenital heart malformations, the bicuspid aortic valve is one of the most frequent. This type of condition is characterized by the absence of a cusp, therefore, in this case the aortic valve has two valve leaflets instead of…
Heart murmur: definition, causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
The term 'heart murmur' is generically defined as a clinical sign related to alterations in blood flow within the cardiac chambers
Frozen shoulder: what it is and what causes it
Frozen shoulder is a term commonly used to indicate adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder: it is a very painful inflammatory pathology that progressively restricts the movement of this joint, up to total immobility
Skin cancer: definition, causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
When we talk about skin cancer, we must distinguish its type and severity in the vast panorama of all tumors that can affect the skin and cells of the dermis
What is schizotypal personality disorder
Although the essential characteristic of Schizotypal Personality Disorder is a picture characterised by social isolation and unusual and bizarre behaviour, the most relevant aspects are the oddities of thought
Synovitis: definition, causes, symptoms and diagnosis of synovial membrane inflammation
synovitis is the inflammation, acute or chronic, involving the synovial membrane, the portion of tissue that lines the inside of joints
Wolff - Parkinson - White syndrome WPW: what is it and what is it caused by?
Wolff - Parkinson - White syndrome - henceforth referred to as WPW syndrome for short - is a particular form of supraventricular tachycardia in which, in addition to the normal conduction circuit of the heart rhythm, an accessory conduction…
Schizoid personality disorder: management and patient care
The essential characteristics of Schizoid Personality Disorder are an intrinsic difficulty in establishing social relationships and, above all, an absence of the desire to establish them, which differentiates it from avoidant personality…
Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Syphilis
The World Health Organisation (WHO) states that syphilis is the third most widespread sexually transmitted disease, after chlamydia and gonorrhoea