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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.
Aetiological classification of hypertension
Hypertension is a constant, non-occasional state in which blood pressure at rest is higher than the physiological standard considered normal
Hypoactive and aversion disorder: Helen Kaplan and sexual desire pathologies
How sexual desire works: with Helen Kaplan the phases of sexual behaviour were recognised in the DEPOR model, which stands for: Desire, Arousal, Plateau, Orgasm, Resolution
Shame and guilt: maladaptive strategies in victims of sexual abuse
A look at victims of sexual abuse: childhood experiences, play a significant role in shaping an individual's sense of self
Microaggressions: what they are, how to deal with them
Microaggressions are verbal expressions, attitudes and behaviours, intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, negative messages, insults and insults towards members of oppressed/marginalised social groups…
Abnormal uterine bleeding: causes and tests to be performed
Abnormal uterine bleeding refers to abnormal bleeding from the uterus, which may occur with intermenstrual bleeding (spotting - metrorrhagia) or with bleeding greater than 80 ml. per cycle (menorrhagia)
Eating disorders: the correlation between stress and obesity
The deleterious effects of stress: obesity may be caused or maintained by increased neurobehavioural reactivity to food-related environmental cues
Cystitis: symptoms, causes and remedies
Cystitis, along with urethritis, is an infection of the lower urinary tract (UTI) that predominantly affects the female sex. Specifically, cystitis is an inflammation of the bladder mucosa
Skin ulcer: what it is and how it should be treated
A skin ulcer is a loss of skin tissue. An ulcer occurs when the re-epithelialisation process is unable, due to various factors, to regenerate the skin. In the human body, ulcers can occur in all skin areas
Diseases of the digestive system: gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs)
Gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs) are rare tumours of the digestive system that originate from the muscular wall of the oesophagus, stomach, intestine and anal canal
Inflammations of the eye: uveitis
Uveitis is an inflammation of the uvea, a thin, highly vascularised membrane located between the cornea and the sclera that consists of three parts called the iris, ciliary body and choroid