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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.
How to prevent dry eyes during winter: tips
During winter, dry eyes tend to appear more frequently or worsen. Here is why and how to deal with it
Lifestyle, the best ally in preventing obesity
To prevent obesity and counteract weight gain in predisposed people, it has been widely proven that adopting a healthy lifestyle from childhood is the best way, although this strategy is not always adopted, for many reasons
Cardiotocography (CTG): monitoring in pregnancy
Cardiotocography is the pregnancy monitoring test used to assess the health of the unborn child
First aid and medical intervention in epileptic seizures: convulsive emergencies
Epileptic seizures are the eighth most common emergency to which first aid professionals respond, accounting for almost 5% of all emergency calls
Retinoblastoma: symptoms, causes, treatment
What is retinoblastoma? It is a tumour of the eye, which develops from the cells of the retina. The retina is very important in vision because its nerve cells are used to perceive visual signals.
Infections of the bladder mucosa: cystitis
Cystitis is an inflammation of the bladder mucosa, acute or chronic, which affects many people, particularly women
Phobia: definition, symptoms and treatment
A phobia is an extreme, irrational and disproportionate fear of something that poses no real threat and with which others are confronted without particular psychological torment
Gastroscopy: what it is and what it is for
Gastroscopy (or EGDS - Oesophagus-Gastro-Duodenum-Scopy) is a diagnostic procedure that allows direct observation of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum (the initial tract of the small intestine) by introducing a special endoscopic…
Rheumatology tests: arthroscopy and other joint tests
Arthroscopy is one of the rheumatology tests: it allows a joint to be analysed using an arthroscope, a diagnostic instrument consisting of a small tube, lenses and a light source that acts as an endoscope
Iron, ferritin and transferrin: normal values
Iron and sideremia: iron is an essential element for the formation of red blood cell pigment and thus for the transport of oxygen to all tissues in the body