Brain damage: what is an ischaemic stroke?
An ischaemic stroke happens when a blockage cuts off the blood supply to part of your brain, killing brain cells.…
Rheumatic Fever: All You Need to Know
Rheumatic fever is a condition that can inflame or make the heart, joints, brain, and skin swell. Rheumatic fever…
Hypertension and kidney disease: what is the link between kidney and blood…
There is a strong link between blood pressure and the kidney, which travels in both directions: it is good to know…
Fires, smoke inhalation and burns: goals of therapy and treatment
Fires are a major cause of injury, death and economic damage. Every year, between 15 and 25 million fires occur in…
Bad weather Emilia Romagna and Marche (Italy), the commitment of the firefighters…
Italy / Rescue operations have been going on for forty-eight hours following the wave of bad weather affecting…
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): the consequences of a traumatic event
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a condition that can occur as a consequence of exposure to a traumatic…
Bad weather in Italy: landslides, evacuations and flooding still in Romagna:…
Over 250 landslides identified, at the moment the provisional toll of the umpteenth wave of bad weather that hit…
Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF): causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a rare autoinflammatory disease that is genetically transmitted and manifests…
Infections: risk in oncohaematological children. What is Neutropenia?
Oncohaematological children and infections: in paediatric patients with oncohaematological diseases the immune…
Cardiac arrest: overview of shockable and non-shockable rhythms
The rhythms associated with cardiac arrest are divided into defibrillatable and non-defibrillatable: in the case of…