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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.
Venous thrombosis: from symptoms to new drugs
Venous thrombosis is a disease caused by the formation of a blood clot within the venous system
Heart: Brugada syndrome and the risk of arrhythmia
Brugada syndrome is a rare heart disease, a syndrome that can be fatal and is characterised by an alteration of the heart's electrical system
Ankylosing spondylitis: what is it and how is it diagnosed?
Ankylosing spondylitis is an inflammatory rheumatic disease that affects the spine and can manifest itself as chronic back pain even in young people
Seizures, blood lactate levels as a prehospital biomarker in transient loss of consciousness
Epileptic seizures - how to predict and assess them in a transiently unconscious patient? A study in Gothenburg, Sweden, suggests blood lactate levels as an interesting biomarker to look at
Male breast cancer: symptoms and diagnosis
Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women and can also affect men. Although unusual, it is not uncommon, being diagnosed in about one in 100,000 men
Managing and relieving pain: the role of analgesic therapy
Analgesic therapy is a specific branch of anaesthesia whose aim is to reduce pain. But how does so-called pain therapy work?
CT, MRI and PET scans: what are they for?
CT, MRI and PET scans are three widely used diagnostic tests. But how do they differ and when should one or the other be used?
Lima syndrome: when kidnappers remain emotionally attached to their captors
The Lima syndrome in medicine and psychology refers to a particular state of emotional attachment that can occur in perpetrators of hostage-taking or kidnapping, with respect to the kidnapped victims
Lateral knee pain? Could be iliotibial band syndrome
Iliotibial band syndrome: a continuous pain affecting the side of the knee, particularly during (or after) running or brisk walking: this could be iliotibial band syndrome (also known as runner's knee)
Coeliac disease: symptoms and causes
Coeliac disease is a chronic, autoimmune eating disorder that develops when people eat gluten and triggers an immune reaction in those genetically predisposed to it