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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.
Rare diseases: Bardet Biedl Syndrome
Bardet Biedl syndrome is a rare genetic disorder that causes obesity, vision, kidney, learning, hand or foot deformities
Minimally invasive cardiac surgery: what is meant by MIS (or MICS)
Some cardiac surgery procedures can be performed using a minimally invasive technique. Minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MIS or MICS) aims to perform a procedure which, while maintaining the same quality and safety as a traditional…
Chest pain in children: how to assess it, what causes it
Chest pain usually indicates common complaints such as anxiety and reflux. If it persists for several days, your paediatrician can help you understand whether to worry
Adverse drug reactions: what they are and how to manage adverse effects
Adverse effects: Unwanted drug reactions can be considered a form of toxicity; however, the concept of toxicity is most commonly applied to effects due to overdose (accidental or intentional) or to elevated plasma levels or increased drug…
Mole mapping: more accuracy with videodermatoscopy
Mole mapping with videodermatoscopy: a more accurate technique that captures microstructural changes in moles and compares them over time
Sexually transmitted infections: 5 things to know
If you think you still have some doubts about sexually transmitted infections, here are 5 things that are important to know and that will answer your questionS
Meningitis in children: symptoms, diagnosis and prevention
Meningitis is a very frightening disease, because in severe cases it can even be fatal. And children are among those most at risk
Mediterranean anaemia: diagnosis with a blood test
A malfunction of the red blood cells is at the root of Mediterranean anaemia: let's better understand what it is and how to diagnose it
Moles: knowing them to recognise melanoma
We see moles every day, but we often forget that melanoma, one of the most aggressive skin cancers, can look very similar - at least to the naked eye
Alprenolol: when to use, what side effects it has
Alprenolol is an antihypertensive beta-receptor blocker (also called 'beta-adrenergic blocker' or simply 'beta-blocker')