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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.
Italy, kidney tumour extending into the heart removed by robot and tumour-suction cannula
A kidney tumour, extending all the way to the heart, was removed using an innovative technique never before tried in the world
Paediatrics, new ablation technique for tachycardia at the Bambino Gesù in Rome
"A new, more precise and safer ablation technique for nodal re-entry tachycardia, the most frequent of the various forms of tachycardia in children"
Who gets tuberculosis? Harvard Medical School study on immune cell deficiency
Tuberculosis, a potentially widespread disease: Nearly a quarter of the world’s population is estimated to be infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb), the pathogen that causes tuberculosis, but less than 15 percent of infected…
Alzheimer's: Fda approves Aduhelm, first drug against the disease after 20 years
Alzheimer's disease, US Fda approves Aduhelm: it consists of one intravenous injection per month that 'may help slow the cognitive decline of patients in the early stages of the neurodegenerative disease'.
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) applied to autism spectrum disorders
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy or DBT is a treatment designed by Marsha Linehan in the 1970s for the treatment of borderline personality disorder
Autism, here are three tests on predictive signs that paediatricians should know about
Autism: there are predictive signs of a better prognosis for autism spectrum disorders that can be identified "by administering very simple and easy-to-perform tests that require neither specific training nor financial effort on the part of…
Infants' syncytial virus, italian paediatricians: 'Gone with Covid, but it will come back'
The syncytial virus in newborns is the main cause of bronchiolitis. Anti-Covid measures have neutralised it, but this absence could trigger a more serious epidemic than previous ones
Kids with sleep apnea into teen years could develop high blood pressure
Children with obstructive sleep apnea who don't outgrow it by adolescence have nearly three times the risk of high blood pressure as teens compared to those without the breathing issue, a new long-term study shows
A baby's gut bacteria may predict future obesity
Gut bacteria predict future obesity: new research into the growing problem of early childhood obesity suggests the bacteria in a baby's gut may indicate weight problems in the years to come
San Martino di Genova and Harvard study finds 'Notch4' protein: aggravates Covid symptoms
Eliminating 'Notch4' may prevent aggravation of all acute viral lung infections