Antidepressant drugs do not represent a danger for people with heart disease – for whom the incidence of depression reaches 30% compared to 5-7% of the general population – nor for those who have had a myocardial infarction, nor for those suffering from functional chest pain and neither for those suffering from coronary heart disease. For these patients, pharmacological treatment […]

Living with beta-thalassemia takes days off the calendar. It always happens when you live with an illness, but now for thalassemia patients there are very specific numbers that show everyone the harsh truth: transfusions and visits on average take up 3 days a month, 36 in a year. There are many, especially for young people who feel robbed of the […]

“Mens sana in corpore sano” Latin phrase taken from the Satires of Juvenal, which contains a sacrosanct truth: to have a healthy mind you need to have a healthy body. It’s the motto of Serena Autieri, tireless actress, voice actress, TV presenter, mother and wife. But what is the secret to her dazzling shape? “I really care about eating healthy […]

What should you do when faced with an epileptic seizure? Stay calm, protect the affected person and alert emergency services. The teachers of a school in Biccari, in the province of Foggia, experienced this dramatic experience first-hand, managing to save the life of a 6-year-old girl who was left unconscious while she was at school. She complained of stomach ache, […]

For the first time, a monkey clone, a rhesus macaque, was born healthy and lived for over two years after the embryo was provided with a healthy placenta. The result, obtained in China, promises to make primate cloning more effective, thus opening the way to the possibility of obtaining reserves of stem cells to obtain miniature organs (organoids) with which […]

My eleven-year-old son tested positive for Covid on December 21st (he had a bit of fever, cough and cold), and then tested negative on December 27th 2023. It would be better to wait some time to be able to give him a vaccine as scheduled (such as for example tetravalent or meningococcal recalls) or not? Dear reader, viral infections, especially […]

The European Medicines Agency EMA announces the launch of a review into the safety of anti-cancer CAR-Ts, personalized immunotherapies based on the patient’s T lymphocytes which are taken, reprogrammed to attack the tumor and then reinfused. The EMA’s PRAC Pharmacovigilance Committee, meeting from 8 to 11 January, decided to review the 6 Car-T products approved in the European Union, for […]

An overview of anxiety disorders. Psychiatrist Giampaolo Perna explains how to manage our fears and recognize excessive and pathological reactions

What if, while everyone is making good resolutions to become a little better, we decide to become a little more selfish? What if it was the right time, this beginning of the year, to learn to say no a little more? The question sounds paradoxical, or even provocative (Christmas has just passed, imagine that). But it isn’t. Because the selfishness […]

Alcohol (in any dose) is toxic to the body and its consumption has been shown to also increase the risk of developing tumors. But does eliminating or limiting it reduce the chances of getting sick? The answer seems obvious, but concrete evidence is needed. And that’s what a new one tries to provide reports of the International Agency for Research […]