Health

The obligation to wear masks in hospitals and RSA, one of the last anticovid measures still in force, expires in a few days – October 31st. The decisions of the new minister Orazio Schillaci are awaited on this issue. “We are working on it, in respect of the patients,” he said on the expiry of … Read more

“The data regarding the adjuvanted recombinant Herpes Zoster vaccine already showed high efficacy, precisely 97% and 90% in preventing the disease in adults over the age of 50 and 70, respectively, which is maintained over the course of In fact, an overall average efficacy of 89% in the 10 years and an efficacy during the … Read more

Is it true that your breasts will grow more if you massage them daily? Can i take a bath when i have my period? Can I still get pregnant if I don’t orgasm? It is the “‘alien’ questions” about the female body that convinced the gynecologist Monica Calcagni to publish a book that talks about … Read more

“We know that between now and 2030 there will be a doubling of people who will no longer be able to see. This is because the system is no longer open. We are able to identify patients at risk, with the most challenging diseases, but these patients must be assisted, have free access to treatment … Read more

The more time kids spend on social media, the higher the risk of developing depressive symptoms. The new phenomenon is called ‘social depression’ and has exploded especially with the pandemic, which has produced a real boom in the use of the internet, smartphones and social media. Not only. Bombarded with junk food advertisements and overexposed … Read more

The path of Atena Together continues for the prevention and screening in women’s prisons, which is developed on the national territory thanks to the protocol signed by the Head of the Dap and by the president of Atena Donna, Carla Vittoria Maira. During each meeting with restricted women, information is provided on the importance of … Read more

(Adnkronos) – In this issue: In the capital you can paddle against breast cancer with the CardioBreast – Dragon Boat Festival; Colorectal Cancer, Lifeline Invites Screening; Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, a new therapy available in Italy; The rector Brunese, ‘The challenge of the University of Molise is to attract young people from the neighboring territories’; XXII Siommms … Read more

There are 35,043 new Coronavirus infections in Italy today, Wednesday 26 October 2022, according to Covid data and numbers – region by region – of the Civil Protection and Ministry of Health bulletin. There are also 93 other deaths. In total the victims since the beginning of the pandemic have risen to 178,846 and the … Read more

The first fixed combination in eye drops of a quinolone antibiotic (levofloxacin) and a steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (dexamethasone) has also been registered in Mexico and Southeast Asia – Thailand, Singapore, Philippines, Hong Kong – which reduces the time of administration of antibiotic for 14 to 7 days for the prevention of infections and the prevention … Read more

In Italy the ‘one health’ approach is at the center of the NRP, with 500 million destined to the Regions for health and climate emergency, but there is still a lot to do, also from the point of view of information: 8 out of 10 Italians they ignore the definition – according to a Swg-Federchimica … Read more

Every year they come back to talk about them, not for the unmistakable sweet and sour taste, the creaminess, the colors, the many beneficial properties. These days, every year, pumpkins make a comeback, but … desolately empty! And then, perhaps, even carved, decorated and illuminated from the inside to ensure that their large canopy assumes, … Read more

The pandemic is not over yet and a new wave is expected in the coming weeks, led by the new sub-variants of Omicron. To trace the picture is Marco Cavaleri, head of the strategy for health threats and vaccines of the European drug agency EMA, today during the periodic briefing with the media. “Exactly a … Read more

People who undergo a laryngectomy following head and neck cancer experience difficulty speaking. To support these patients, Merck’s “My Voice” app. At the presentation during the Genoa Science Festival, Fabrizio Bocchetti, Director of the Merck Oncology Business Unit, Professor Lisa Licitra of the University of Milan and Doctor Paolo Pisani, President Ailar.

Anti-Covid liberticide strategy, as sentenced in his investiture speech by the Premier? “Liberticide were the center-right regions that first denied the virus and then rowed against the necessary restrictive measures”. So replies Andrea Crisanti, microbiologist, now with a seat in the Senate in the ranks of the Democratic Party. Doesn’t Meloni’s criticism of the anti … Read more

The risk of death from heart attack or heart failure after Sars-Cov-2 infection is very high within the first 30 days of infection, but remains high for some time. This is what emerges from a study published in the magazine ‘Heart’ on the data of the UK Biobank referring to 53,613 people, of whom 17,871 … Read more

Patients suffering from head and neck cancer, who find themselves voiceless or with difficulty speaking, can take advantage of the support of the app “My Voice”, an assisted communication tool launched by Merck in 2013 and presented, in its guise updated, at the Genoa Science Festival. At the presentation also Dr. Paolo Pisani, President of … Read more

People who have had a laryngectomy following head and neck cancer experience difficulty speaking. To support these patients, Merck’s “My Voice” app. The presentation by Fabrizio Bocchetti, Director of the Merck Oncology Business Unit, during the Genoa Science Festival.

(Adnkronos) – Merck’s “My Voice” app, an assisted communication tool designed for those suffering from a tumor of the head and neck, is found voiceless or with difficulty speaking. Also present at the event was Lisa Licitra, Associate Professor, Department of Oncology and Hemato-oncology of the University of Milan.

The therapies available for obstructive apnea (OSA) such as CPAP, the ventilator with continuous air flow at positive pressure, do not always manage to solve the problem of excessive sleepiness and daytime fatigue. “In a study in 7 Italian pulmonology and sleep medicine centers on 2,700 patients we saw that, before treatment with CPAP, excessive … Read more

Excessive daytime sleepiness (Eds) is the main symptom of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (Osa) “an extremely widespread disease. Just think that in the world, it affects almost 1 billion people, about 7 million in Italy where only a little more than 250 thousand are under treatment “. It means that “every general practitioner has at … Read more

Do not surrender to psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, but take back your living spaces and face the disease and the treatment path openly together with specialist doctors. This is the invitation of the ‘Psoriasis I have to do it too’ campaign, addressed to all patients with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, at the start in view … Read more

A new interferon alpha-based immunotherapeutic strategy could prevent liver metastases in patients with colorectal cancer. Hope comes from a study conducted by a team of the Irccs San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, coordinated by Giovanni Sitia, head of the Research Unit in Experimental Hepatology, in collaboration with Luca Guidotti, scientific deputy director of the institute … Read more

(Adnkronos) – This new smartphone application developed by Novartis under the patronage of Aipit Aps Onlus, allows you to always have at your fingertips data, documents and useful advice to manage primary immune thrombocytopenia or Itp

They suffer from often difficult diseases with an uncertain future, and for a chance of cure they are willing to undertake arduous journeys of hope, pursuing the promises of ‘baby cells’. But upon arrival at their destination, patients risk being faced with a ‘scam therapy’ proposed as a cure for miracles. To guide families and … Read more

“Given as a fourth dose, the bivalent mRna vaccine targeting Omicron BA.4 / BA.5 and the ancestral Sars-CoV-2 strain did not induce superior neutralizing antibody responses in humans over the time period tested. compared to the original monovalent Covid vaccine “. This is the conclusion reached by a US study, not yet published and therefore … Read more