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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.
Mammography: how to do it and when to do it
Mammography is an X-ray test that allows us to examine the breast tissue inside. Like all X-rays, it involves exposing the part under investigation to small doses of ionising radiation, X-rays, capable of detecting pathological changes
Perimetry or Visual Field Test: How It's Done
Perimetry is an eye test that measures the size of the visual space perceived around the eye by observing a fixed point
Mole mapping, when to do it?
Mole mapping is a dermatological test that should be carried out at least once, if not periodically, to monitor the skin and prevent the formation of serious diseases such as melanoma
Umbilical cord: donation and preservation
The umbilical cord, also known as the umbilical cord, is an anatomical formation connecting the foetus to the placenta
Thyroid and Pregnancy: an overview
Thyroid and pregnancy: the hormone glands produce quantities of hormones appropriate to the body's demands at that particular time. In this context, pregnancy is the best known condition as far as the thyroid gland is concerned
Twenty-four-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring: what does it consist of?
Twenty-four-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring: with the patient's cooperation, the available equipment enables a 24-hour recording of systolic and diastolic blood pressure values to be organised
Polysomnography, the test to diagnose sleep disorders
Polysomnography, also called sleep study, is a test used to diagnose sleep disorders, which records brain waves, blood oxygen level and heart rate
Hip dysplasia: the first ultrasound scan after 40 days of life
After birth all newborns are examined for hip dysplasia
This is a routine examination for an abnormality (2/1000 births) that develops when the joint has not formed normally and the femoral head is not stable properly in the joint…
What is magnetic resonance angiography (MRA)?
Magnetic resonance angiography (MR angiography) is a non-invasive method that can make use of several techniques
Skin cancers: prevention and care
The skin is a body organ like any other, such as the liver, kidney, lung, heart. However, it has a special characteristic that makes it unique, it is visible