Rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (RR-TB): TB-PRACTECAL, a clinical trial led by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has found that a new, all-oral, six-month treatment regimen is safer and more effective at treating rifampicin-resistant…
Heart failure and artificial intelligence: a special artificial intelligence (AI)-based computer algorithm created by Mount Sinai researchers was able to learn how to identify subtle changes in electrocardiograms (also known as ECGs or…
Broken heart syndrome, a life-threatening condition whose symptoms mimic a heart attack, is on the upswing, according to new research that shows the sharpest increases among women 50 and older
Diabetes, or diabetes mellitus, is a chronic condition caused by an individual's inability to produce his or her daily requirement of insulin, a hormone from the pancreas that regulates the level of sugar (glucose, which is a kind of fuel…
In Italy, 23% of women over 40 and 14% of men over 60 suffer from osteoporosis; it affects an estimated 5,000,000 Italians, 80% of whom are post-menopausal women
The therapeutic effect of sport on the psychological sphere seems evident: it is fundamental for the harmonious development of the personality, it is an instrument of education, socialisation, balance and therapy, it is fundamental in the…