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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.
Hashimoto's thyroiditis: what it is and how to treat it
Hashimoto's thyroiditis or chronic autoimmune thyroiditis is an autoimmune thyroid disease characterised by lymphatic infiltration (T lymphocytes) destroying and replacing the thyroid parenchyma
Vaginitis: what are the main infections of the vagina?
Vaginitis are infections of the vagina caused by bacteria, fungi, protozoa or viruses. They can occur due to a variety of causes: stress, poor or inadequate intimate hygiene or local irritation (due to perfume, synthetic undergarments,…
The vestibular rehabilitation of vertiginous patients
Vestibular rehabilitation: In 1940 an English otolaryngologist, Dr. Cawthorne, noticed that vertiginous patients who moved their heads early improved and healed much faster than those who restricted such movements; he therefore asked a…
Chronic stress, oxygen ozone therapy among the solutions
Against chronic stress and its psycho-physical consequences, a specialist may recommend oxygen ozone therapy sessions, a practice that improves the body's ability to respond to oxidative stresses, resulting in a reduction in the state of…
Life-saving drones, AiRMOUR in Norway started protocol validation procedures
Development of life-saving drone services proceeds with validations - AiRMOUR's first round of flight demonstrations began last week in Norway
What is Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)? Treatment for ASD
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that affects the ability of a person to communicate, interact and behave in social settings
Intestinal volvulus in adults and children: aftercare, nutrition
In medicine, 'volvulus' refers to a rare and serious condition of surgical interest characterised by the torsion of a tubular viscera or a segment thereof
Conscious sedation: what it is, how it is performed and what complications it can lead to
Conscious sedation, also called sedo-analgesia, is an anaesthesiological technique used to induce a state of relaxation, amnesia and pain control during a diagnostic or surgical procedure: the patient - who is administered anxiolytic and…
Flu vaccine for children? Paediatricians: 'Do it now, epidemic already started'
There are no 'cons' but only 'lots of' 'pros' to getting the flu vaccine from 6 months up to 6 years of age
How to eliminate pendulous fibroids
Pendulous fibroids (vulgarly called warts) are benign skin excrescences that can affect as many as 1 in 2 people in a lifetime, regardless of gender, with a slight predominance in women after menopause