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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.
Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo or canalithiasis: what it is and what causes it
Canalithiasis or paroxysmal positional vertigo is one of the most common causes of vertigo in the general population, due to an alteration in the function of the balance organ located in the inner ear
Diabetes: causes, symptoms and complications
Diabetes is a chronic disease characterised by an increase in glycaemia, i.e. the concentration of sugar in the blood that the body is unable to maintain within normal limits
Paranoid personality disorder: general framework
Paranoid personality disorder affects 0.5-2.5 per cent of the population, is more frequent in boys and may first manifest in childhood and adolescence with a tendency towards loneliness, poor relationships with peers, social anxiety,…
Dermatology, what is vitiligo?
Vitiligo causes the development of hypotrophic or achromic skin spots and is an acquired pigmentation disorder
Diagnostic and operative hysteroscopy: preparation and importance of gynaecological examinations
Hysteroscopy is a mini-invasive endoscopic technique that allows us to see inside the uterine cavity without having to use a scalpel, through a thin instrument called a hysteroscope, either directly or through a monitor connected to a…
Craving: desire and imagination
Craving is a term that refers to the compulsive desire for a psychoactive substance/behaviour (e.g. gambling), is among the diagnostic criteria for substance use disorder (DSM V) and is a central factor in the maintenance of addiction
Organ complications of hypertension
Hypertension-related vascular injuries: Most vascular injuries in hypertensive patients are directly dependent on the severity of hypertension
The stages of childbirth, from labour to birth
Childbirth is defined as the progressive dilation of the cervix associated with rhythmic contractions of the uterus itself, leading to the expulsion of the foetus and its adnexa
Muscle injuries: the differences between contracture, strain, muscle tear
What are muscle injuries? Muscle injuries are frequent and occur during all sports activities
Generalised Anxiety Disorder: what it is and how to recognise it
Generalised Anxiety Disorder: in literature and in clinical practice there is a taxonomy (classification, nomenclature) of anxiety disorders that is sometimes careless because of possible co-morbidity with other disorders and because of the…