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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.
Psoriasis: what it is and what to do
Psoriasis is a skin disease that manifests itself chronically with desquamative erythema. Statistically, it has been shown to be very frequent (affecting 2-5% of the population), particularly in Western countries
Symptoms and causes of umbilical hernia pain
Umbilical hernia is the leakage from the abdominal cavity, through the umbilicus, of part of the intestine, intestinal fat (omentum) and/or the sac that covers the intestine (hernia sac)
Chemotherapy: what it is and when it is performed
The term 'chemotherapy' literally means treatment with chemical compounds. This term could encompass most medical treatments, but over time the term chemotherapy has become synonymous with cancer chemotherapy and is used with this meaning…
Nocturnal enuresis: causes and treatments for bedwetting in our children
Nocturnal enuresis: many children wet the bed during sleep, but the phenomenon can also affect adults
What is cardiac transplantation? An overview
Cardiac transplantation is the surgical procedure in which a seriously ill heart is replaced with a healthy organ from a deceased donor
Robotic surgery: benefits and risks
Robotic surgery - also called robot-assisted surgery - allows doctors to perform various types of complex procedures with greater precision, flexibility and control
Childbirth and emergency: postpartum complications
The postpartum period runs from birth until six to eight weeks later. It may happen that the rescuer has to intervene either in the childbirth event or in the home of a woman facing an emergency related to it
Symptomatology and therapy for carpal tunnel syndrome
Carpal tunnel syndrome is a pathology characterised by compression suffering of the median nerve as it passes through the carpal canal
Dry eye syndrome: symptoms, causes and remedies
Dry eye is a pathological condition of the ocular surface that can lead to foreign body sensation, burning and other disorders that affect quality of life; the frequency of dry eye increases with age, in the presence of other diseases,…
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS): what are the symptoms and how to treat it
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is characterised by the presence of multiple fluid-filled cysts in one or both ovaries