Milan, 18 Jan. (Adnkronos Salute) — The first living lung transplant in Italy has been performed in Bergamo. The protagonist of the operation, carried out yesterday, January 17 at the Papa Giovanni XXIII hospital, is a 5-year-old boy from another region, who received the organ from his father. After giving his son the marrow to […]
Cagliari, 15 Feb. (Adnkronos Salute) — On 24 and 25 February the Sardinian section of Anmco (National Association of Hospital Cardiologists) organized the regional congress entitled «Where the heart takes us». This year the scientific direction of the Congress is entrusted to the Regional President of Anmco, Gianfranco Delogu, head of the Cardiology department of […]
Florence, 9 Jan. (Adnkronos Salute) — Over 10 million euros arrive in Tuscany, as part of the funds of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), intended to finance research projects in health. In fact, the Public Notice issued by the Ministry of Health last April has closed and 11 projects presented by the Tuscany […]
AIFA Italian Drug Agency Hepatitis C update of the on enrolled patients The Italian Medicines Agency makes available the weekly update of the data relating to treatments with the new second-generation direct antiviral drugs (DAAs) for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C, collected by the AIFA Monitoring Registers. Published on: — All rights reserved and […]
The American College of Cardiology (ACC) guidelines in the 2023 update translated the available scientific evidence into recommendations for clinicians to improve cardiovascular health in patients with AF (2).Particular emphasis has been given to the rhythm control strategy rather than attempting a frequency control strategy, in line with what has already been expressed by the […]
Rome, 2 mar. (Adnkronos Salute) — The ASL 3 of Nuoro communicates the new methods of access to patients in Oral Anticoagulant Therapy (Tao), starting from the Social Health Districts of Sorgono and Macomer. The director of the Analysis Laboratory of the San Francesco Hospital in Nuoro, Maria Cristina Garau, in agreement with the director […]
Milan, 25 Jan. (Adnkronos Salute) — An MRI unique in Italy and a CT scan capable of capturing images of the heart in the time of a beat. They are the new hi-tech entries in the fleet of the IRCCS San Raffaele in Rome, which announces a diagnostic revolution driven by the belief that «technology […]
Milan, 13 Jan. (Adnkronos Health) — Gene editing, the ‘cut and sew’ of DNA awarded with the Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2020, can represent «a permanent and advanced strategy for the treatment of heart disease, the first cause of disease and death in the world, and even to repair the data suffered by the heart […]
Context Various epidemiological studies suggest a link between cardiovascular disease (CVD) and the development of lung cancers, but have methodological flaws. Conclusions A new, more rigorous study indicates that CVDs are associated with a 67% higher risk of lung cancer and a 95% higher risk of lung cancer death.The study is a nationally paired cohort […]
Laut A recent study published in the journal Nutrition found lower muscle mass in cancer survivors associated with a higher risk of all-cause mortality and specific cardiovascular mortality. The authors explained that cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide and that cancer survivors have a higher nbsp compared to people without cancer; […]