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Nurses talk about the drama in Afghanistan. Over the last month, the International Council of Nurses (ICN) has been in contact with the Afghanistan Nurses Association (ANA) at a time when the country is facing a period of intense…

Typhus outbreak in DR Congo: nestled in the hills at the confluence of three rivers, the health zone of Popokabaka, nearly 400 kilometres southeast of Kinshasa, the capital of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has been the centre of an…

UK / An ambulance crew on an emergency call for a patient with a suspected stroke had to pull over after an object was thrown through the vehicle's windscreen

Forest fires in Brazil: according to data from the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) the cause is mostly human, but there is a direct aggravation caused by the drought

Paediatric clinic, Reggiani (Usl Imola) at XXXIII Sipss Congress: "Practical guide with Sicupp-Fimp"

Electromyography is an examination to assess the functionality of nerves and muscles, useful in the diagnosis and evaluation of various neuromuscular pathologies and peripheral nerve compression

The importance of the Pap test (Pap Smear): like other cancers, cervical cancer can be detected at an early stage, when it may still only be present in the form of treatable precancerous lesions

Paediatric osteomyelitis: a guide for paediatricians on appropriate diagnosis and treatment from leading Italian experts, coordinated by Bambino Gesù. Study published in the Italian Journal of Pediatrics

Organised by the Italian Air Force with the support of the Corpo Nazionale Soccorso Alpino e Speleologico (National Alpine and Speleological Rescue Corps), the GRIFONE 21 exercise involved the men and women of the Defence Force and other…

The term eco-anxiety first appeared in the American Psychological Association's latest study Mental Health and our Changing Climate (2017), says Christina Popescu, a social psychologist at the University of Quebec in Montreal

Self-weaning, interview with Ruggiero Francavilla, Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Bari (UniBa) and head of the Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition service at the Bari hospital, during the Congress of the…

Garda Emergenza is at Emergency Expo. The world of voluntary work, an essential element of rescue and of our society! Emergency Expo is proud to give space to these realities and to these people who are so important in the collective…

The goal of the EU-US agreement, signed by von der Leyen and Biden, is to achieve a 70% global vaccination rate by the UN General Assembly in 2022

CT scan of the chest in smokers: the lung and cardiovascular diseases that are most frequent in patients at high risk due to persistent exposure to cigarette smoke require early diagnosis and careful follow-up

Babcock the aerospace, defence and security company is now the only operator in Spain with permission to fly commercial drones, weighing more than 25kg, beyond line of sight

About 15% of the adult male population (one in every 8 men) suffers from varicocele, one of the most frequent diseases of the male reproductive system

When we talk about hives (urticaria), we are actually talking about a group of diseases, all of which present with the same signs and symptoms, but which can have very different causes, allergic but not only

PET (Positron Emission Tomography) is a diagnostic method in Nuclear Medicine that, in response to a precise clinical question, can provide extremely precise information on pathologies of organs or tissues of the body

A herniated disc is an often disabling condition. A solution may come from percutaneous discectomy, a minimally invasive procedure

There is a spectre hovering over our increasingly curved and dull society: the name is Alzheimer's, and it is hard to forget for anyone except the sufferers

MRI, Magnetic resonance imaging of the heart: what is it? Magnetic resonance imaging is a minimally invasive diagnostic method based on the application of a high-intensity magnetic field to the area of interest

Transvaginal ultrasound is a very common non-invasive gynaecological diagnostic test. It can be two- or three-dimensional, is usually associated with a gynaecological examination and enables the internal reproductive organs and surrounding…

Hepatitis, a chronic inflammation: hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver cells that develops from an immune attack by lymphocytes on the liver

Pfizer announces results of tests on children. If the drug is approved by the FDA, it will be administered to US children as early as the end of October

Let's talk about HEMS rescue: although it is often thought that helicopter rescue uses a single helicopter model, this is not always the case for all regions and situations in which HEMS, SAR, AA services are required

UK, leading firefighters' union organises new training course to combat fire cancer threat

The new campaign kicks off today in Italy: the third dose with Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. It starts with immunocompromised people, then it will be the turn of the elderly and health personnel

Nomophobia has not been officially recognised as a disorder by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5, A proposal for including nomophobia in the new DSM-V, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, and Giovanni Del Puente, published…

Telehealth for Mental Health Care: what once seemed futuristic—receiving health care through a screen—has not only become common place, but preferable for certain medical visits, including mental health

COVID-19 vaccine and immunosuppressants: COVID-19 vaccination elicited antibody responses in nearly nine out of 10 people with weakened immune systems, although their responses were only about one-third as strong as those mounted by healthy…

Mental disorders in Italy, what are ASO and TSO? Very often the two acronyms ASO and TSO are used without really knowing what they are and how they work. Respectively they stand for Compulsory Sanitary Assessment and Compulsory Sanitary…

Chronic coronary syndrome, the 7 key points of care: the French National Health Authority (HAS), in co-pilotage with the French National Health Insurance (Assurance Maladie), carried out work to optimise the care pathway for people with…

EMA has recommended granting an extension of indication to Nucala (mepolizumab) as an add-on treatment for patients aged 6 years and older with relapsing-remitting or refractory eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA), a rare…

Afghanistan, the president of the Red Cross explained that in the coming days a representative of the organisation will go to Kabul to meet the new government authorities

Floating-Harbor syndrome: a team of researchers from Sapienza University and Istituto Pasteur Italia - Cenci Bolognetti Foundation has used a multidisciplinary approach of reverse genetics, cell biology and biochemistry to study the…

A curious but beautiful episode happened in Magadan, Russia: a baby orca was stranded in Gertner Bay, on the closest side of Russia to Japan, and was about to die

The Juan Manuel Márquez Children's Hospital in the capital received this Wednesday a donation from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) consisting of tablets and vials of the drug dexamethasone to support the country's response to…

Earthquake in Haiti. A KC-767A transport aircraft from the 14th Air Force Wing took off on the morning of Sunday 12 September from the military airport of Pratica di Mare (RM) for Port-au-Prince (Haiti), to provide support to the population…

Founded in 1903, the Associação Humanitária de Bombeiros Voluntários de Torres Vedras, a city located north of the capital Lisbon, has more than a century of history dedicated to the protection of the community in which it operates

Empyema is defined as a collection of pus in the pleural space and is a form of purulent (infected), pleural effusion. Pleural effusion refers to the build-up of excess fluid between the layers of the pleura outside the lungs

Impetigo is a fairly common skin infection that mainly affects children, particularly in the summer months when, following an insect bite for example, they tend to scratch themselves with their dirty nails. It belongs to the group of…

About bladder cancer: the bladder is the organ that collects urine after it has been filtered through the kidneys

Lymphoma is the sixth most frequent neoplasm in Italy and in many countries of the world, and the most common cancerous disease of the blood. Despite these figures, many people still do not know what it is

GIANT Health has officially launched the Digital Therapeutics conference track, co-curated by Research2Guidance, a leading global management consultancy specializing in the digital health market, as part of the GIANT Health Event 2021 held…

High ocular pressure can impair optic nerve function, threatening vision. Here are the normal values and symptoms

Finger Twitching: when we wake up in the morning with a finger stuck in flexion, or when we experience the unpleasant sensation of a finger snapping in flexion-extension when we do manual activities, we may be suffering from Notta's…

Gastroesophageal reflux disease? They may depend on a hiatal hernia, which is often difficult to diagnose

Administering the amino acid L-arginine in the treatment of COVID-19 infection reduces respiratory assistance. The Federico II is also part of the all-Italian research team that has obtained encouraging results through the use of an amino…

Long Covid: people between 30 and 50 years of age most affected

In Italy, the third dose of the vaccine will start on 20 September. This was announced by the Commissioner for the Covid-19 emergency, General Francesco Paolo Figliuolo

HEMS and MEDEVAC: the objective is the same, but it is the risk and the emergency scenario that is somewhat different. This is, in very direct terms, the difference between HEMS and MEDEVAC

Germany, The Rheine-Palatinate Feuerwehrmuseum / Part 2: with the support of the Minister of the Interior and the President of the State Fire Brigade Association of Rhineland-Palatinate, work began to create a new and more sophisticated…

Many studies and researches carried out in recent years on the monitoring of various mental disorders have found anxiety to be a persistent disorder in the world population in general and in Italy in particular

Breastfeeding and vaccine: "A vaccinated mother protects her baby thanks to the passage of her antibodies in the milk after about two weeks from the second dose administered"

Anxiety or panic attack? It is essential to understand what a panic attack is and how it differs from an episode of acute anxiety, thus being able to take the appropriate measures to manage it The DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual…

On the twentieth anniversary of September 11, 2001, several commemorations will recall the moments that shook the world. Nearly three thousand people died in the attacks orchestrated by 19 al Qaeda bombers

In Botswana, drones are providing access to essential and emergency medical supplies to even the most remote and hard-to-reach areas

Dementia: Erica Balboni's project shows a close relationship between particulate matter and a reduction in the volume of the hippocampus, a brain structure crucial to memory

Body cam are now used by many different bodies and for many different reasons: for personal safety, for legal protection, for remote assistance and for communication with operational centres, for example

Fibromyalgia is not easy to recognise and can be confused with rheumatological diseases. It is a widespread but also underestimated condition: between 5 and 8% of the female population aged between 30 and 40 suffer from it

A wrist fracture is a common occurrence, both in the work of a rescuer and in the daily life of an ordinary citizen, so recognising it is essential

Let's talk about inflammation of the heart: the heart, the nucleus of the circulatory system, begins to beat around 16 days after conception, and from that moment on its continuous motion of contraction and release accompanies us for the…

Tasmania's Health Minister has announced a change in the role of ambulances in the country. Their areas of responsibility will be greatly expanded, going far beyond simple transport, emergency or otherwise

Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations, which oversees the body that in other countries corresponds to the Civil Defence, has organised a maxi-exercise involving around 6,000 people in the Arctic

Many authors agree that postpartum psychosis is the most serious form of puerperal depression. Postpartum psychosis occurs in less than 2 cases per 1000 deliveries

An earthquake measuring 7.1 in Acapulco was felt in the capital, Mexico City. At the moment, no serious damage has been reported

Let's start by emphasising that the terms 'psychosis' and 'psychopathy' indicate two different disorders and, therefore, should not be confused with each other

"If the Mu variant was a bad variant, we should have seen signs of it by now," explains British microbiologist Paul Griffin in 'The Conversation'

Firefighters in Germany: on April 17 1999, the “Feuerpatsche” Hermeskeil fire brigade museum was made official after nearly 5 years of construction work. The road to the official opening took almost 10 years and was not always easy

Nasal spray against covid: a group of researchers is testing an anti-tenia drug whose preclinical results seem encouraging for blocking lung damage caused by the coronavirus

Modernising emergency communications requires a perfect balance between technology and human empathy. As the Next Generation 112 office points out, more and more citizens expect to be supported by emergency services through simple…

Freezing the tumour: cryotherapy has been used for the first time in Italy to treat desmoid fibromatosis

Firefighters: Virtual Reality (VR) technology in training has gained interest in many areas, including firefighter training

Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV): Midulla, head of the paediatric emergency department at the Umberto I polyclinic in Rome and president of the Italian Society for Childhood Respiratory Diseases (Simri): 'The younger the child, the more…

UK, care home staff and ambulance crews must be fully vaccinated (two doses of Covid vaccine) by 11 September or risk their jobs

Gestational diabetes is a type of diabetes brought on by pregnancy. If you’re at risk — and especially if you’ve been diagnosed — it’s important to understand how gestational diabetes can affect you and your baby

Covid, the UN on hospitals in Africa. Where only 2.8% of the population is vaccinated, eight countries on the continent are experiencing a surge in deaths

Rheumatoid arthritis: in mouse study, rewired cells automatically release biologic drug in response to inflammation

UK, Smartphone technology is helping South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) to reach patients virtually within seconds

GIANT Health has officially launched the Innovative Medical Research Programme as part of the GIANT Health Event 2021 held on November 30 - December 1, 2021

The origins of the Paris Sapeurs-Pompiers regiment: the introduction of the Dumouriez hand pumps in Paris in 1699 on the basis of a royal contract laid the foundation for what would later become the Sapeurs-Pompiers Regiment of the French…

Afghanistan, the Taliban reach the Panshir valley: the NGO informs that "at the moment, the hospital's activity has not been interfered with and continues normally"

Liberia / The Head of State, former AC Milan striker: "I am proud and happy, my dream has been realised in record time"

More and more often, we hear about people with thyroid problems, who are on thyroid hormone replacement therapy, or who may have nodules that need to be monitored over time or a pronounced goiter 1. What is the thyroid gland and what is it…

A lipoma looks like a 'ball of fat' under the skin, which is soft and easy to move with light finger pressure. In most cases it gives no or mild symptoms. Sometimes, however, particularly if it forms in certain areas of the body, it can…

Shingles, better known as shingles, can lead to serious complications, such as severe pain that is not responsive to conventional pain-relieving drugs and lasts for months

Extrasystoles are a very common form of arrhythmia and generally not dangerous: only in a small percentage of heart patients may extrasystoles reserve some surprises

The new variant, 'mu', of the coronavirus has been identified for the first time in Colombia

A dengue epidemic broke out in India during the monsoon season: the local authorities sent out a search team and established an anti-mosquito pest control programme

Tubercolosis (TB): The World Health Organization (WHO) recently released new rapid guidance recommending that children of all ages with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) have access to all-oral treatment using the drugs bedaquiline and/or…

The Ambulance Heritage Society is home of UK’s ambulance heritage and archive based in Nottinghamshire. It provides ambulances, equipment and expertise starting from the 1940’s to nowadays

The study on Long Covid symptoms was published in the prestigious journal Neurogastroenterology and Motility. Policlinico di Milano contributed to the study

UN about Afghanistan: the United Nations explains that if the international community does not mobilise the country will enter a food crisis

Cerebral haemorrhage, a rare event but one that needs to be recognised: the brain is usually very well protected, but it is still one of the most delicate parts of the body

“Vaccine passport” in Brazil: in Rio de Janeiro the rules will be even stricter, starting on the 15th

Vaccine and adolescents, Agostiniani (Italian Society of Paediatrics): "The feeling is that there is still a difficulty in making families perceive the opportunity to immunise their children"

Drone ambulance for organ transport: the long-awaited INDOOR project will become a reality in autumn: tests on organ transfer for transplantation promoted by Donfazione D.O.T. will begin in Turin in the coming weeks

Children and migraine: Bambino Gesù researchers have analysed the scientific literature on the relationship between diet and paediatric migraine, debunking some false myths. The research was published in Nutrients

Intraperitoneal insulin infusion in diabetic patients: thanks to a study resulting from the collaboration between the Institute of BioRobotics of the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, the Medical Area Departments of the University of Pisa and the…

Drones and Firefighters: Fotokite announces a partnership with the Spanish Group ITURRI, leader in the manufacturing, bodywork and equipment of emergency and fire fighting vehicles, headquartered in Seville, Spain