15 марта, 2023

No increase in pathological Alzheimer’s diagnoses despite increased tau deposits

People born in the years 1905 – 1930 who became very old showed little difference in neurodegenerative pathologies at autopsy. An exception was the density of deposits of the tau protein (neurofibrillary tangles), which was significantly greater in the later years of birth. However, the frequency with which Alzheimer’s dementia was pathologically diagnosed remained the […]

10 марта, 2023

Healthcare workers: rarely infected with monkeypox

By Michael van den Heuvel Of the 313 healthcare workers with contact to 55 patients who suffered from monkeypox virus infections, not a single person has been infected – despite inadequate safety measures. This is shown by new US data-_ 12.  For the current study, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) collected […]

18 февраля, 2023

Abruzzo, green light to 300 mln for new structures and modernization

Rome 20&  mar.  (Adnkronos Health) () — The Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Health and the Abruzzo Region was signed today in Rome to follow up on the program agreement recently approved at the State-Regions Conference. «With the signing of the protocol, more than 300 million euros of health construction are released for […]

29 января, 2023

Tomorrow Tuscany celebrates cerebral stroke prevention day

Florence, 27 Oct. (Adnkronos) () — Tuscany celebrates International Cerebral Stroke Day one day in advance. It does so on Friday 28 October in Florence with a meeting open to the public, at 10 am in the Sala Pegaso of the Tuscany Region (Piazza Duomo 10). The theme, moreover, is of great importance: there are […]

29 декабря, 2022

How climate change, UV exposure and skin cancer are linked

By Ute Eppinger Every year, skin cancers in men and women increase by 10%. In Germany, around 260,000 people are diagnosed with black or light skin cancer every year.  At the press conference «Spektrum Dermatologie 2022» it became clear that climate change also leads to an increase in terrestrial UV radiation due to special stratospheric […]

17 октября, 2022

Medicine, Renato Cozzi president endocrinologists Ame

Milan, November 3. (Adnkronos Salute) — Renato Cozzi is the new president of the Association of Endocrinologists (AME), appointed to head the new AME Board of Directors and already operational after the National Congress of the Scientific Society, which took place in Rome. Cozzi, who succeeds Franco Grimaldi, will chair the association for the next […]

6 октября, 2022

A child with ataxia and hydrocephalus

Key messages In children with medulloblastoma, spinal metastases must be screened for even if there is no clinical evidence of myelon compression. How self-evident this must be is shown, among other things, by a  Case history described by a team led by Dr. John Ross Crawford (Pediatrics, University of California Irvine) in the «British Medical […]

26 сентября, 2022

Day of the Lilac Bow, the Asl Sassari on the front line

Rome, 16 Mar. (Adnkronos Salute) — The youngest is twelve years old and the oldest 52, sometimes they eat uncontrollably or refuse food, they come to ask for help after years of suffering and their path lasts years, even five. There are over a hundred patients followed by the Service of Eating and Nutrition Disorders […]

12 сентября, 2022

Asl Centro Toscana among the finalists of the Lean Healthcare Award 2022, Oscar of health

Florence, 28 Oct. (Adnkronos Salute) — There are more than 200 projects presented by over 90 companies throughout Italy to compete for the prestigious «Lean Healthcare Award 2022» to relaunch post-covid healthcare. The Asl Toscana Centro is among the 25 finalist companies with the project «Agendas on Lean: redefinition of patient-flow in radiology in Empoli», […]