A new drug is available in Italy, pitolisant (Ozawade *), indicated to improve wakefulness and reduce excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) in adult patients with obstructive sleep apnea (Osa) in whom EDS has been unsatisfactorily treated by primary therapy for sleep apnea, such as continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) or in which such therapy has not … Read more
New clinical results presented at the 30th International Congress on Drug Therapy in HIV Infection, Glasgow, highlight Bic / Ftc / Taf (bictegravir 50 mg / emtricitabine 200 mg / tenofoviralafenamide 25 mg tablets, B / F / Taf) as a generally well tolerated and effective in people with HIV, regardless of previous treatment and … Read more
(Adnkronos) – Apollo’s endoscopic vertical gastroplasty also approved by the Fda
(Adnkronos) – “To improve the quality of life of people with primary immune thrombocytopenia, it is essential to monitor them by the specialist, and the ITP App is a valid help in this.
Always have data, documents and useful advice at hand to manage primary immune thrombocytopenia (Itp). Thanks to a new digital tool, patients suffering from a rare autoimmune disorder characterized by a reduced number of platelets in the blood can keep track, day after day, of the symptoms of the disease, check the trend of the … Read more
(Adnkronos) – Lovrencic (Aipit Aps), The ITP profoundly affects the quality of life, the results of Novartis’ I-WISh research. It is important to know each other and have a good relationship with your hematologist. ITP App helps with this
(Adnkronos) – “It serves as a container of useful information for the patient and a diary for collecting data on illness to be sent to the doctor also via e-mail. Novartis has always been committed to supporting rare diseases with various activities of which the ITP App is an important example “
“Communication is one of Ailar’s main missions”, the Italian Laryngectomy Association. President Paolo Pisani underlines this, on the sidelines of the presentation of Merck’s ‘La Mia Voce’ App at the Genoa Science Festival. The application, which can be downloaded for free from the Apple Store and Google Play in several languages, is one of the … Read more
People with head and neck cancer find themselves voiceless or with difficulty speaking. For Lisa Licitra, associate professor, Department of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology of the University of Milan, “it is very important to be able to take advantage of the technology we have available today to provide tools that facilitate communication”. Among these tools, the … Read more
The Merck ‘My Voice’ App, presented in its updated version at the Genoa Science Festival, offers patients “the opportunity to take advantage of a series of tools aimed at encouraging dialogue also with caregivers and general practitioners” . This is how Fabrizio Bocchetti, Director of the Merck Oncology Business Unit, describes the potential of the … Read more
In three years, from 2019 to today, the online sites of pharmacies and parapharmacies authorized for sale have registered an increase of 59%, but if “they represent an important saving opportunity”, there are still “critical issues regarding the application of the rules”. This is what emerges from a survey conducted by Altroconsumo, according to which … Read more
While the San Raffaele University of Milan has recently announced the opening date for enrollment in the admission tests to Medicine, scheduled for October 25, inaugurating the formula of the ‘double test’ introduced by the reform, the experts continue to remain skeptical. The Consulcesi experts, who have been involved in offering assistance to aspiring doctors … Read more
According to Aifa data, about 3 thousand medicines are missing including paracetamol, antidepressants and antibiotics Federfarma raises the alarm on the shortage of drugs throughout the national territory. According to AIFA data, about 3 thousand medicines are missing including paracetamol, antidepressants and antibiotics. There is a strong shortage of ibuprofen, especially from 600 and 800, … Read more
An assisted communication tool designed for those who, suffering from head and neck cancer, find themselves voiceless or with difficulty speaking. It is the ‘My Voice’ App, launched in 2013 by Merck and now available in a completely new version. The new version of the application was presented this morning at the Genoa Science Festival, … Read more
(Adnkronos) – Boškoski (Gemini), With the release of the US study Merit Fda recognizes the effectiveness of this minimally invasive procedure on first and second degree obesity on people awaiting transplant, over 65 with comorbidities, patients with tumors to improve therapy, and in women of childbearing age who are unable to get pregnant due to … Read more
(Adnkronos) – Perretta (Strasbourg University): bariatric surgery has a major impact on the quality of life of those who undergo it. These non-surgical procedures also give an excellent quality of life.
Bulajic (Mater Olbia hospital): “We must first of all talk to the patient and intervene on diet and lifestyles, increasing physical activity and drug therapy. If the body mass index is between 30 and 40 kilograms per square meter, possible endoscopic intervention, also personalized “
After the recent authorization by the American drug agency Fda for the marketing of Apollo Esg * in the treatment of obesity, comes the publication of the Merit study (Multi-center Esg Randomized Interventional Trial), a reference work for the efficacy and safety of the ESG procedure of endoscopic vertical gastroplasty. This was announced by Apollo … Read more
Almost half (48%) of patients with myelodysplastic syndromes presenting with ring sideroblasts treated with a new therapy (luspatercept) are free from blood transfusions for at least 8 weeks. A very important result for people forced to go to transfusion centers frequently, even every week. The advantages, especially for those with severe anemia, are reflected in … Read more
Abolish the daily covid bulletin: what do the experts think? In an interview with Libero, Francesco Vaia, director of the Spallanzani Institute in Rome, said: “Enough with the Covid death bulletin”. The increase in deaths “does not worry me at all. At this moment there are absolutely no elements of alarm, with all due respect … Read more
In Lombardy 700 thousand women suffer from vulvodynia, 600 thousand have disorders related to urinary incontinence, 500 thousand are affected by sclero-atrophic lichen which affects 1.4 million, already in menopause. These are the data of a survey illustrated on the occasion of the ‘Stop Intimate Disorders’ conference, promoted by the director of Studio Egeria in … Read more
(Adnkronos) – Columbia University research
“Considering the aging of the population”, the recombinant vaccine against Herpes Zoster “is a model of application of scientific research not only for this disease, but also for other vaccines, because it works by reactivating immunity, which declines over the years “Or due to diseases or treatments.” Unlike others that facilitate the entry of antigen … Read more
Hair follicles grown and grown ‘in test tubes’: an aid to pharmacological research and a hope for new anti-baldness treatments. This is the result announced by a group of Japanese scientists from Yokohama National University, in a study published in ‘Science Advances’. The team managed to obtain in vitro, with an efficiency of almost 100%, … Read more
To the new Minister of Health Orazio Schillaci “go the heartfelt congratulations for the prestigious position and the warmest wishes for a good job from the president and the managing council of Sirm and from the whole Italian radiological community”. Thus the Italian Society of Medical and Interventional Radiology (Sirm) in a note.