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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.
Nervous exhaustion: symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
The term 'nervous exhaustion' (neurasthenia or neuroasthenia) was introduced in the 19th century by an American neuropsychiatrist, George Miller Beard, who used it to refer to a pervasive condition characterised by chronic fatigue and…
Lichen Planus: what it is, causes, symptoms, diagnosis and possible treatments
Lichen Planus is a disease that causes inflammation and has the ability to impair the healthy state of the skin as well as the mucous membrane
High cholesterol, foods that lower it
If blood tests have shown cholesterol levels that are too high, what can be done to limit the damage
Conjunctivitis, pink eye prevention
Pink eye is a condition where you suffer inflammation of a thin membrane that coats the surface of your eye and eyelid. It is also referred to as conjunctivitis
Cardiac rhythm restoration procedures: electrical cardioversion
Electrical cardioversion, CVE, is a therapeutic procedure used to restore normal cardiac rhythm in patients suffering from atrial fibrillation, flutter or tachycardia and in whom pharmacological cardioversion has not been effective
Red blood in the faeces: when to worry?
The presence of blood in the stool is an event that alarms us, sometimes even exaggeratedly, because often the first thing that comes to mind is cancer
Symptoms of celiac disease in children: what they are and how to recognize them
Celiac disease is a chronic condition that leads to malnutrition and therefore interferes with the weight and growth of children, selective malabsorption of some minerals and vitamins that can lead to disease conditions, therefore it must…
Arthritis: what it is, what are the symptoms and what are the differences from osteoarthritis
Arthritis is an inflammatory condition that affects one or more joints and can present in an acute or chronic form
Pediatric phimosis: what to do?
Phimosis refers to a narrowing of the preputial ring, which does not allow the foreskin to be retracted downwards and therefore the glans to be uncovered
Heart attack: characteristics, causes and treatment of myocardial infarction
The generic term 'heart attack' or 'heart attack' refers to a condition that is referred to in medical jargon as a 'myocardial infarction'