Health and Safety

Testicular cancer is considered a rare neoplasm, but it is also one of the most frequent in young people, particularly between the ages of 15 and 34: in fact, around 2000 cases are diagnosed in Italy each year

At birth, every child undergoes neonatal screening: this is one of the most important preventive actions carried out by the National Health System, which enables the early detection of rare genetic diseases

When treating a patient after smoke inhalation, be aware that the toxic products of combustion damage the airways and/or cause metabolic effects

Pulmonary interstitial disease is a group of around 300 diseases, which differ in their clinical and radiological manifestations, as well as in their treatment approach

Marfan syndrome is a systemic disease that affects about 1 in every 5,000 people. It is caused by a genetic mutation with repercussions in various systems of the body, from the cardiovascular to the articular system

Horner's syndrome is characterised by ptosis, miosis and anhydrosis due to dysfunction of cervical sympathetic output

Pulmonary embolism diagnosis: according to a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data published online on 14 December in Annals of Internal Medicine, diagnostic strategies for suspected pulmonary embolism (PE) with…

De Quervain's tendonitis (or De Quervain's stenosing tenosynovitis) is an inflammation of two tendons in the wrist that make the thumb move, the long abductor and short extensor of the thumb

Episodes of recurrent fever are typical of autoinflammatory diseases such as PFAPA syndrome and should be suspected when the course is sudden and the temperature high

Echo Doppler is used to diagnose congenital heart disease, narrowing and aneurysms of blood vessels