To combat climate change and improve health we know what and how to do, now we must act. An international team of recreaters who has just published reminds us of this, listing the causes, effects and solutions of the climate issue a surgery on Frontiers in Science. This is the main article of a collection of interventions (also in simplified […]
Climate change: a dollar spent today to fight it saves 3 in health costs in the future
Italian oncologists ready to collaborate with the new drug agency
The Ministry of Health’s proposal to appoint Robert Giovanni Nisticò as president of the Italian Medicines Agency (Aifa) received the approval of the Regions and was ratified by the State-Regions Conference. The psychiatrist and professor of Pharmacology, appointed after the resignation of Giorgio Palù, is therefore the new President of the Agency. “We wish good luck to the new Italian […]
Photophobia and vision changes: how to understand if it is dry eye syndrome
‘Dry eye’ occurs when the eyes are unable to produce adequate tears for lubrication or when their quality is not sufficient to keep the eye moist. This can be due to various factors, such as aging, prolonged use of digital screens, certain types of medications, arid environmental conditions, and problems with the meibonia glands that produce part of the tear […]
Recurring dreams: what they are, why they happen and how to deal with them
From training to techniques for controlling them, recurring dreams tell us a lot about how the brain processes our experiences and what happens when our internal conflicts are not resolved
Respiratory viruses, the experts: “600 thousand cases expected at Easter”. How to heal yourself
Spring has arrived, Easter is coming, but the climate doesn’t help turn respiratory diseases into a memory. Precisely coinciding with the Easter holidays and the cold weather that is affecting a good half of Italy (North and Centre), the warning from infectious disease specialists also arrives. The professor launches it Massimo Andreoniscientific director of Simit (Italian Society of Infectious and […]
Eating disorders, +30%. And cases already at 8 years old
On the occasion of National Lilac Bow Day on 15 March, experts explain how to pick up the alarm bells to intervene as soon as possible
SOS depression, even the intonation of the voice can be a signal
Psychiatrist Yechiel Levkovitch: artificial intelligence helps to discover it and virtual reality to fight it. The goal is to regain lost normality
Good sexuality? It is built by kids
The idea of dedicated health homes, from adolescence to the menopause phase. Going through vaccinations, fertility preservation, pregnancy. With the hope that we will start thinking about introducing body awareness into school
“Portraits of women”: cancer patients become living sculptures
Tailored clothes made with hospital bed sheets. It is with these symbolic garments that 15 cancer patients will parade this afternoon, on the occasion of International Women’s Day, at the Almo Collegio Borromeo in Pavia. And sculptures will be projected onto their white silhouettes, so as to become works of art themselves. This is the thought behind “Portraits of women”, […]
Hepatitis A booster: what to do if more than a year has passed since the first dose?
Dear Reader, Vaccination forhepatitis A it is done regularly with two doses, with a booster 6-12 months after the first inoculation. The first dose already confers reasonable immunity and with the second dose the protection becomes long-lasting, for at least 10 years. Having said that, in the event that a person does not carry out the booster on time, up […]