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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.
Access to care in Bangladesh: what are the differences between living in Dhaka and living in rural…
Access to care in Bangladesh: access to healthcare facilities is the fundamental need to improve the quality of life.
Stroke, the relevance of telemedicine in US Stroke Units: research from Harvard Medical School on…
Telemedicine has become a priority, not only when it comes to stroke. A source of interest from the scientific community for several years, it has become indispensable since Covid-19 brutally revolutionized patient approach protocols.
Covid, a study of surviving patients confirms: 'Persistent depression in the aftermath of illness'
Covid patients and depression: results of a new study coordinated by Francesco Benedetti, a psychiatrist at IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele
The incidence of Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) in patients with MIDLINE
Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) related to the presence of a venous access has a multicausal aetiology. The MIDLINE is a peripheral venous catheter which is very similar in technology to the PICC (Central Insertion Peripheral Catheter) in both…
South Sudan, the second round of polio vaccination: target to vaccinate 2.8 million children
Polio vaccination in South Sudan: the Ministry of Health and international partners have launched the second round of the polio vaccination campaign targeting more than 2.8 million children in South Sudan.
Cuba: Ministry of Health announces Phase 3 for Abdala (CIGB-66) and Soberana 02, its two COVID-19…
Cuba, the Caribbean island's independently produced vaccines are now in their final definition phase. And there are two of them: Abdala (CIGB-66) and Soberana 02
Early identification of MIS-C/PIMS in paediatric emergency departments: the SIMEUP study
Paediatric Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome (abbreviated as PIMS, or Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children, acronym: MIS-C) is the most significant effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on children.
COVID-19, the mechanism of arterial thrombus formation discovered: the study
Arterial thrombus formation by COVID-19: a group of researchers from the Centro Cardiologico Monzino and the University of Milan, led by Marina Camera, head of the Cardiovascular Cellular and Molecular Biology Research Unit at Monzino and…
Iraq, severe COVID-19 patients in Baghdad hospitals only when 'almost certain to die'
COVID-19 in Iraq, MSF's response. A year ago COVID-19 began to hit the world. Starting perhaps in China, it spread to northern Italy and then to every corner of the globe.
Bambino Gesù Hospital and University of Genoa: study on new stem cells in viral infections
New stem cells in viral infections: a 'shortcut' for the immune system to more rapidly supply the body with the necessary defences (natural killer cells) to fight viruses and other pathogens.