Key messages In countries with well-structured and well-funded health systems, the life expectancy of people living with HIV has almost converged with that of the general population. However, differences in lifetime in good health remain: already in the early 50s People with HIV have twice as many comorbidities as non-infected people and these differences persist […]
Rome, 27 Oct. (Adnkronos Health) — To beat health inequality, one of the tools to be adopted is «to focus on national, supra-regional, assistance networks that allow professionals to be available in all areas of the country. And thus reduce the mobility of citizens who are forced to move because centres of excellence are not […]
Milan, November 2. (Adnkronos Salute) — «One wonders if the reinstatement of the no-vax doctors was of such urgency as to have to commit the Government to its first meeting and to be published in the Official Gazette so quickly on a public holiday. Certainly the impact on public health, contrary to what has been […]
Prato, 24 Mar. — (Adnkronos) — The project «Cura, ut valeas — Prenditi cura di te», proposed by Fondazione Sandro Pitigliani, Associazione Aurora Donna, Asl Toscana Centro, together with the professionals in aesthetics of Confartigianato Imprese Prato and the tutors of Cna Toscana Centro, was presented in the harpsichord room of the Santo Stefano hospital […]
According to Data from World Health Organization (WHO) of 2021, it is estimated that every year about 374 million people contract one of the following diseases: chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis and trichomonas infection. In addition, more than 500 million people are carriers of Herpes Simplex viris (HSV) in a population aged 15 to 49 years.As Cristina […]
The acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding (SGIA) is one of the most common reasons for hospitalization, both in Europe and the United States (1). The incidence of SGIA is approximately 20-30 cases per 100,000 person-years and accounts for 20% of gastrointestinal bleeding. It is an event that requires hospitalization in almost all cases and has a […]
Key messages Simple household measures such as attaching handrails, non-slip strips to the carpets or tidying up reduce the risk of falls in the elderly by 26%. In the group of people with a high risk of falling, these effects are even more pronounced with a risk reduction of 38%. This is the result of […]
Patients Obese and overweight with locally advanced rectal cancer are as likely to respond to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT) as normal weight patients. To say it is a study by the University of Padua that found no association between body mass index (BMI) or body fat composition and survival. However, excess weight affects the complications of […]
Erythritol, A sweetener widely used as an alternative to common sugar, it would not be entirely safe for health. According to the results of a study published in Nature Medicine, erythritol is associated with the risk of adverse cardiovascular events independently of traditional risk factors.Not only that: a high plasma level seems to favor the […]
La pandemia lo ha mostrato in maniera esplicita: la salute non è solo fatta di medicina personalizzata, ma anche, e tanto, di salute pubblica. E per le scelte di salute pubblica il ruolo della politica è fondamentale. Non solo in termini di quantità di denaro investito, ma anche e soprattutto nel modo in cui questi […]