Prato, 17 Feb. — (Adnkronos Salute) — The intensive care area of the Santo Stefano hospital in Prato has been strengthened with the opening of eight new beds for the Coronary Unit (Utic). The inauguration took place this morning with the president of the Tuscany Region, Eugenio Giani. The ribbon-cutting ceremony was attended by the […]
Patients with degenerative mitral regurgitation, which requires surgery, may either opt for a standard procedure that requires a sternotomy. As an alternative, patients can safely choose a minimally invasive thoracotomy. This resulted in a randomized comparison of the two techniques. The minimally invasive approach showed some advantages in the study. After 12 weeks, there were […]
AIFA Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco Decentralised clinical trials: the Recommendations of the European Medicines Regulatory Network The European Commission (EC), the Heads of National Agencies (HMA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) have published recommendations («Recommendation paper on decentralised elements in Clinical trials») that aim to facilitate the conduct of decentralised clinical trials (DCTs), safeguarding […]
Ministry of Health Decree — Official Gazette n.305 of Evaluation in terms of quality, safety and appropriateness of the activities provided for accreditation and for contractual agreements with health facilities THE MINISTER OF HEALTH Having regard to Articles 32, 117, paragraph 2, letter r), 117, paragraph 3 and 118 of the Constitution; Having […]
AGENAS National Agency for Regional Health Services The Territorial Operations Centre: from construction to activation AGENAS, in collaboration with the Department of Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering (ABC), Design & Health Lab of the Politecnico di Milano, publishes the Monitor Notebook «The Territorial Operations Centre: from realization to activation». In light of the profound […]
Lucca, 13 Mar. — (Adnkronos Salute) — The conference of mayors of the Piana di Lucca in its session of Friday 10 March shared, giving positive feedback, the reorganization plan of 118, which provides for the presence of a network of rescue vehicles able to guarantee, on 24 hours and 365 days a year, a […]
SIF Societa’ Italiana di Farmacologia Anaphylactic shock induced by exenatide Edited by Alessandra Russo. Specialist in Medical Toxicology. Messina Clinical case A 47-year-old man was hospitalized because he had a high level of blood glucose and proteinuria. In addition, he had a body mass index of 37.8 kg/m2 (height 181 cm; weight 124 kg), was […]
Milan, 28 Feb. (Adnkronos Health) — Lombards consume 9 grams a day, the World Health Organization asks to stay under 5. The Milanese doctors decided: «Let’s take the salt to court». It will be a real trial — with a lot of confrontation between prosecutors and defense lawyers, and sentence pronounced at the end of […]
Milan, March 7. (Adnkronos Health) — «We return to talk about prevention», of its crucial role, «with the launch of toll-free numbers of public utility on the occasion of the four days of public health that are celebrated this month and which concern the 9 the kidney, the 14 the heart, the 22 ophthalmology and […]
AIFA Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco Chiusura Managed Entry Agreements (MEA) Registro Daklinza Si informano gli utenti dei Registri farmaci sottoposti a monitoraggio che, a partire dal , le procedure di applicazione degli accordi di condivisione del rischio, ovvero i Managed Entry Agreements (MEA), non sono più attive per il registro DAKLINZA per la seguente indicazione […]