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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.
Claw fingers (hammer fingers): what are they?
Claw fingers, or hammer toes, are a particular type of bony deformity that mainly affects the second, third or fourth toe
Type 2 diabetes mellitus: symptoms and diet
Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease characterized by high blood glucose levels and due to an alteration in the amount or functioning of insulin
What are blood tests?
Blood tests are one of the most widely used tests and make it possible, by means of a simple venous sampling, to check the values of the main blood components and thus provide important information on the patient's health and the…
Antipsychotic drugs: what they are, how they treat psychosis
Antipsychotic drugs treat psychosis, a collection of symptoms that affect your ability to tell what is real and what is not
Retinal detachment: what is it?
Retinal detachment is one of the most frequent diseases in ophthalmology, and often has a traumatic origin: an injury in the affected area of the face causes this serious medical problem
Cardiac abnormalities: the inter-atrial defect
The inter-atrial defect indicates a congenital cardiac abnormality that allows blood to flow between the right and left atria, which should not normally be the case as the atria are separated by the inter-atrial septum which, only if it is…
Thyroid nodules: when to worry?
Thyroid nodules are solid or fluid-filled lumps that form inside the thyroid gland, a small gland located at the base of the neck, just above the sternum
Chalazion: definition, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
The chalazion is a rather common disorder that can affect the eyes and appear externally as a kind of furuncle on the upper or lower eyelid
Senile dementia: symptoms, treatments and what to do
Senile dementia is a neurodegenerative disease of the brain. It predominantly affects the elderly and causes a gradual and irreversible decrease in cognitive faculties
Blood pressure medication: an overview of antihypertensive agents
Blood pressure problems, whether pathological or caused by circumstantial situations (pregnancy, for example) are addressed by antihypertensive drugs