Uno study published on American Journal of Gastroenterology suggests that changes in smoking habits, alcohol consumption, body weight, and physical activity may modify the risk of developing colorectal cancer (CRC). “This is a message that physicians and gastroenterologists can give to patients and CRC screening participants to improve CRC prevention,” write Edoardo Botteri, PhD, Norway […]
It is Is it better to take antihypertensive drugs in the morning or evening? It seems that the right answer is the most unexpected, and that is “when you prefer”. This is suggested by the results of the TIME study (Treatment in Morning Evening) presented a few months ago at the congress of the European […]
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 […]
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 […]
Key messages There are people with incorrectly diagnosed diabetes mellitus all over the world. And in completely extraordinary cases, the diagnosis comes thanks to or because of other problems. An exemplary case was described by the surgeon Gerhard Rümenapf and colleagues of the Upper Rhine Vascular Center at the Diakonissen Foundation Hospital. The patient and […]
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 […]
Findings People previously hospitalized for pneumonia have a um _-53 % higher incidence of cognitive impairment and dementia than the general population, a population-based cohort study in the United Kingdom found. The effect was observed in all age groups, not only in the elderly. The highest risk was within 1 year after hospitalization. Why this matters […]
AIFA Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco Web activation and publication of monitoring cards – Registro Imfinzi (ES SCLC) Users of the Drug Registries subject to Monitoring are informed that, following the publication of the AIFA Determine in the OJ no. 259 of , starting from the it is possible to use, under the NHS reimbursement scheme, […]
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 […]
Milan, 1 Mar. (Adnkronos Salute) – A new life, without more pain and with 15 centimeters gained in height. This is how Linda, an invented name, was reborn, a 16-year-old who underwent back surgery last November at the Rizzoli-Ior Orthopedic Institute in Bologna for a severe combined form of scoliosis and kyphosis (idiopathic kyphoscoliosis) that […]