‘Turtle’ cells antechamber of type 2 diabetes. This is what, in summary, researchers from the Polyclinic Gemelli Irccs Foundation – Catholic University have discovered who have closely followed the trajectory of type…
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AstraZeneca, Sileri: “I would open vaccinations to men under 60”
“In February-March, I would not have put the restriction at 60, but I would have put it lower”
Covid vaccine, how to behave after doses?
Covid vaccine and doses administered in Italy, how to behave after inoculation? As the population of vaccinated people increases, the doubts and questions of those who – thanks to the shield injection…
Covid Milan, Blasi: “Fewer sick people arrive in the emergency room”
“At the Milan Polyclinic we have begun to close Covid beds, we have reached more or less half of the semi-intensive respiratory beds. This means that there are fewer severe patients and…
World Fibromyalgia Day: five young illustrators put a face to the pathology
Art at the service of fibromyalgia, a chronic disease that affects 2 million Italians, especially women, characterized by musculoskeletal pain, chronic fatigue, sleep disorders, neurocognitive alterations that have consequences on the patient’s…
Covid variants, Clerici: “There are also good ones, virus changes at random”
The Covid variants? “Each virus mutates at random to try to escape the antibody response. And, by changing at random, sometimes the mutations it makes could give it an advantage, as has…
Hearing experts compared for the 50th anniversary of the Amplifon study center
The Amplifon Research and Studies Center (Crs Amplifon) celebrates its 50th year of activity and talks about itself in a national conference, between objectives achieved and new challenges for the future. At…
Vaccini Italia, Rasi: “From June I think about open day”
Formulas such as the vaccine open days, during which to offer the anti-Covid ‘shield’ with different schemes than those followed so far in Italy, and with particular attention paid to adolescents. Imagine…
Vaccine Covid Lazio, from May 17 recall Pfizer at 35 days
“Starting from Monday May 17, the Pfizer vaccine boosters will be extended to 5 weeks, or 35 days”. This was announced by the Covid crisis unit of the Lazio Region. “All interested…
Drugs, Gsk: EU Commission approves active lupus nephritis for adults
GlaxoSmithKline plc (Gsk) announced today that the European Commission has approved the extended use of intravenous and subcutaneous Benlysta * (belimumab) in combination with basic immunosuppressive therapies for the treatment of adult…
Curfew at 24, Galli: “So no more attention”
Curfew at 24 in Italy, Massimo Galli preaches “attention”. “Let’s look at the numbers, for me the signal must be attention. If we really open everything, there will be no more attention…
Italy curfew, Bassetti: “Bring it to midnight and take it off in June”
Abolish curfew now? “I’d be more to do it, but enforce it. Bringing it to midnight perhaps for this May period, until we have a significant reduction” in the numbers of Covid-19,…
Italy curfew, Clementi: “Virus doesn’t run at night”
“It’s a political problem”, the director of the Laboratory of Microbiology and Virology of the San Raffaele hospital in Milan and professor at the Vita-Salute University told Adnkronos Salute
Curfew, Signorelli: “It’s not more time to change the epidemic”
The curfew issue “has become a political debate and the scientific world, faced with political debates, takes a step back”. Having made the premise clear, however, “in my opinion it is not…
‘Revolution’ drug for patients with beta-thalassemia
They are forced to undergo blood transfusions every 2-3 weeks throughout their life. And every day they have to take therapy to limit the accumulation of iron in vital organs such as…
Covid vaccine, WHO green light for emergency use by Sinopharm
The emergency use of Sinopharm’s Chinese vaccine has been approved by the World Health Organization (WHO), becoming the sixth vaccine to receive WHO validation for safety, efficacy and quality. “The addition of…
The oncologist: “Discovery causes lung cancer resistance to immunotherapy”
In Italy there are about 41 thousand new diagnoses of lung cancer every year. In recent years, however, immunotherapy has revolutionized the treatment of tumors, achieving surprising clinical results, even in lung…
AstraZeneca, Ema evaluates Guillain-Barré syndrome cases after dose
It is an immune system disorder that causes inflammation of the nerves and can cause pain, numbness, muscle weakness and difficulty walking. (Gbs) reported after administration of the anti-Covid vaccine Vaxzevria. This…
Myocarditis after mRna vaccines, Ema evaluation
“Case reports of myocarditis” after mRna anti-Covid vaccines under evaluation by the Prac, the Pharmacovigilance Committee of the European Medicines Agency Ema. This is what emerges from the report on the latest…
Covid, vaccine for children: when and why?
Covid vaccines for children, when and why? What data do we have regarding efficacy and safety in children? Is it really useful to vaccinate children and adolescents, since the disease is rarely…
Covid Italy, Rt index rises to 0.89
The slight increase in the Rt index continues, rising to 0.89 while last week it was 0.85. This is what Adnkronos Health learns from the meeting of the Iss-Ministry of Health control…
Melanoma and brain metastasis study, 41% patients alive at 5 years
The pandemic does not stop the scientific research against cancer promoted by the Nibit Foundation, which in the last 12 months has developed 6 clinical studies, all coordinated by the Immuno-Oncology Center…
Shingles for 1 in 3 people in life, new more effective vaccine
Herpes zoster, the so-called ‘shingles’, affects about 150 thousand Italians a year. And in some cases it gives rise to a disabling complication, post-herpetic neuralgia, which reduces the quality of life of…
Covid, Fimmg. ‘Already 2,000 family doctors use algorithm for vaccine priority’
“Family medicine has tried to optimize the identification times of patients to be vaccinated first against Covid, within the age range indicated by the vaccination plan. We have thus created an algorithm…
Covid, “1 in 6 hospitalized dead in the first wave”
“Out of the total number of patients hospitalized during the first wave” of Covid, “one in 6 died during hospitalization”. This was reported by Simi (Italian Society of Internal Medicine), communicating the…