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Health and Safety
Safety is the first pillar of a good life for emergency professionals, rescuers and Fire Fighters. We are operating in a complex and hard environment. Risk prevention and improving working conditions are fundamental for better health and life.
Coeliac disease: what it is, symptoms, tests, treatment
Coeliac disease is an immune reaction to the consumption of gluten, a protein found in some commonly used cereals, such as wheat, barley and rye
Liver cirrhosis: symptoms, causes and treatment
Cirrhosis of the liver refers to the advanced stage of fibrosis (scarring) of the liver, which can be caused by many other diseases, such as hepatitis and chronic alcoholism
Osteogenesis imperfecta: definition, symptoms, nursing and medical treatment
Osteogenesis imperfecta is a disorder of bone fragility chiefly caused by mutations is the COL1A1 and COL1A2 that encode type I procollagen
Blurred vision, distorted images and sensitivity to light: it could be keratoconus
We often hear about the cornea, but perhaps without really knowing what it is and what it is used for, this very thin membrane about half a millimetre thick
Generalised anxiety disorder and panic attacks: diagnosis and treatment
Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD) and Panic Disorder (PD) are among the most common mental disorders and can have a negative impact on a person's quality of life and interrupt important activities of daily living
What is cholecystitis? Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
Several disorders affect the biliary system and interfere with normal drainage of bile into the duodenum. Cholecystitis is the acute or chronic inflammation of the gallbladder
Rectal cancer: the treatment pathway
Rectal cancers account for about 30% of all new cases of large bowel cancer (23% in women and 32% in men)
In Italy, cancers (carcinomas) of the large intestine are among the most frequent (13% of new cancers diagnosed per year in both…
Diseases of the valves of the heart: aortic stenosis
Aortic stenosis is a very common valve disease in Western countries; men between 60 and 70 years of age are most affected
Ankylosing spondylitis, what are the symptoms?
Ankylosing spondylitis is a chronic inflammatory disease that predominantly affects the spine at the dorso-lumbar and cervical levels and the sacroiliac joints
Schema Therapy applied to autism spectrum disorders
Autism spectrum disorders: Schema Therapy (Young, 1990; Young et al., 2003) constitutes an integrated therapeutic approach, which bases its foundation on the concept of the person's emotional needs