By Christoph Renninger In January 1686, a tumor formed on the Sun King’s buttocks. His personal physician Antoine Daquin describes the tumor as a small lump, two finger widths away from the anus, not painful, reddened or pulsating. The lump was probably triggered by an inflamed gland, as this was common in the 17th century. […]
Milan, 8 Feb. (Adnkronos Health) – Anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder. For eating disorders there has been a ‘Covid effect’ that in Lombardy has led to almost tripling cases among the very young: among children and adolescents aged between 6 and 16 years, compared to the pre-pandemic period, there has been an increase in these […]
Rome, 21 Feb. (Adnkronos Health) () – In Italy “bad malnutrition and bad eating habits cost more than 50 billion a year, we are talking about diabetes mellitus, malnutrition and obesity”. So Antonino De Lorenzo, Professor of Food and Human Nutrition at the Tor Vergata University of Rome, today in Rome in his speech at […]
Key messages Prescribing a biologic to patients with Crohn’s disease is a complicated process that takes into account previous therapy, disease severity, cost, and other factors. Until now, however, there has been no ability to accurately predict endoscopic response to a particular biologic in order to facilitate the choice of therapy. New peripheral blood biomarkers […]
Brindisi, Oct. 26. (Adnkronos Health) – Inappropriate, excessive and unjustified use of implantable medical devices (coronary stents and coronary dilator catheters) in the Cardiology department of the ‘Perrino’ hospital in Brindisi. This is what the carabinieri of the anti-adulteration health unit of Taranto have ascertained, assisted by soldiers of the Provincial Commands of the Arma […]
SIF Societa’ Italiana di Farmacologia Amiodarone toxicity Edited by Alessandra Russo. Specialist in Medical Toxicology. Messina Clinical case A 70-year-old man presented to the emergency room with dyspnea, chest pain and non-productive cough, without fever. The patient had chronic heart failure, atrial fibrillation and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease due to smoking. At the time of […]
New Research suggests that drinking tea improves quality of life (QoL) in men with squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus (ESCC) after esophagectomy. This finding could help optimize QoL throughout the rest of patients’ lives. The ESCC has a very poor prognosis and a high mortality rate. While surgery and adjuvant therapy can improve patient […]
Erkenntnis Venous thromboembolism (VTEs) is common in cancer and increases over time. Risk stratification is crucial for weighing the risks and benefits of primary thrombosis prophylaxis. The management of cancer-associated thrombosis (CAT) depends specifically on the different points in time in the course of the cancer. The benefit-risk analysis of anticoagulation must be carried out […]
Elevated levels of these noncardiac immune biomarkers should suggest the need to investigate the presence of myocarditis in cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors. Researchers devised a new biomarker strategy to identify patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) who may develop myocarditis.Some biomarkers were raised up to 30 days before admission for myocarditis and […]
AIFA Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco Web activation and publication of monitoring cards – Registro Minjuvi (R/R DLBCL) Users of the Drug Registries subject to Monitoring are informed that, following the publication of the AIFA Determine in the OJ no. 260 of , starting from it is possible to use, under the NHS reimbursement scheme, MINJUVI […]