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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.
Inflammations of the heart: myocarditis
Myocarditis is an inflammation of the heart muscle that affects the middle layer of the heart wall, the muscular tonaca called the myocardium
Multiple Sclerosis: Definition, Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Multiple sclerosis is a neurodegenerative disease that affects the central nervous system and can cause disruption of signals between the brain, spinal cord and optic nerves, leading to a wide range of symptoms
Guyon's canal syndrome, an overview of irritation of the ulnar or cubital nerve of the wrist
Guyon's syndrome is a pathology characterized by irritation of the ulnar or cubital nerve at the wrist, in the area between the pisiform bone and the unciform process
Eye diseases: overview of pinguecula
A pinguecula is a non-cancerous degenerative formation that forms on the conjunctiva (protective mucous membrane lining the eyeball and the inside of the eyelids)
Scleroderma: definition, causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
Scleroderma sees its peak onset in patients between the ages of 45 and 65 and, as is often the case with autoimmune diseases, it is women who are more affected, with a clear disproportion of 3-5:1
Diagnosis of mitral stenosis? Here's what's happening
Mitral stenosis is a narrowing (stenosis) of the mitral valve of the heart, which impairs the regular blood flow through the orifice located between the left atrium and the left ventricle
Cardiac syncope, an overview
Syncope is a temporary loss of consciousness that can affect anyone irrespective of age and health status; it is likely that one will experience a syncopal episode during a lifetime
Eye disorders: strabismus
Of the most common eye disorders with the main characteristic of deviation of the visual axes, strabismus is the main one
Sinusitis: symptoms, causes, diagnosis and treatment
Sinusitis is an inflammatory process that affects one or more paranasal sinuses. These are small air-filled cavities located behind the cheeks and forehead
Osteoporosis, you are not alone: your allies are calcium, vitamin D and physical activity
A female disease, but not to be neglected for 'him' too: osteoporosis