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Pediatrics / Covid-19: after infection, children more protected than adults
Covid-19 in children: a study conducted in Italy by the University of Padua and the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie with the Hospital of Padua, Penta and Bambino Gesù, shows that children with mild forms of the disease…
Parkinson's disease: alterations in brain structures associated with worsening of the disease…
Parkinson's disease: on Movement Disorders, an international study of the ENIGMA consortium, in which the State University of Milan participates
Pancreatic cancer, a new pharmacological approach to reduce its progression
Pancreatic cancer: research published in Gastroenterology, involving researchers from the Departments of Experimental Medicine and Medicinal Chemistry and Technologies at La Sapienza University of Rome, together with other universities and…
Respiratory or food allergies: what is the Prick Test and what is it for?
Prick tests are performed to diagnose respiratory or food allergies using purified allergen extracts in vials. Each vial contains a solution with a single allergen
ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: What is a STEMI?
ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) is a very serious type of heart attack during which one of the heart’s major arteries (one of the arteries that supplies oxygen and nutrient-rich blood to the heart muscle) is blocked. ST-segment…
Head Up Tilt Test, how the test that investigates the causes of vagal syncope works
The Head Up Tilt Test is an examination that completes the diagnostic process to identify the causes of an episode of syncope, i.e. loss of consciousness due to a temporary drop in the flow of blood to the brain
Heart failure: causes, symptoms, tests for diagnosis and treatment
Heart failure is one of the most common cardiopathies in the over-65s. It is characterised by the inability of the heart to perform its pump function, resulting in insufficient blood supply to the rest of the body and "stagnation" of blood…
US study / Exoskeletons have a problem: they can strain the brain
Exoskeletons – wearable devices used by workers on assembly lines or in warehouses to alleviate stress on their lower backs – may compete with valuable resources in the brain while people work, canceling out the physical benefits of wearing…
Pan-resistance, Candida auris in US hospitals: warning from CDC Atlanta
Pan-resistance in the USA: The CDC in Atlanta has issued a weekly report sounding the alarm for the USA because it has recently detected pan-resistance in two independent groups of Candida auris (C. auris) in health facilities in Texas and…
WHO urges those who are pregnant or breastfeeding to get COVID-19 vaccine
There is "no reason" that someone who is pregnant or breastfeeding shouldn't get vaccinated, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), in the latest push to get more people jabbed