News
28 сентября, 2022

6 months of oral regimen is enough to cure tuberculosis

Key message The BPaLM regimen (bedaquiline, pretomanide, linezolide, moxifloxacin) lasting 24 weeks is not inferior to the standard treatment of 9-20 months for the treatment of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis. A study funded by Médecins Sans Frontières shows that the BPaLM regimen (bedaquiline, pretomanide, linezolide, moxifloxacin) is not inferior to standard treatment for rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis.Data published in […]

Otolaryngology
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 […]

Hematology
21 сентября, 2022

Important Information Note on Caprelsa (vandetanib)

AIFA Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco Important Information Note on Caprelsa (vandetanib) Deficiency of Caprelsa (vandetanib) 100 mg and 300 mg film-coated tablets. Summary: There is currently a temporary shortage of Caprelsa (vandetanib) 100 mg and 300 mg film-coated tablets in Italy. The availability of the medicine is limited and at the moment its supply takes […]

Cardiology
13 сентября, 2022

Science, gene editing hope against heart disease and heart attack damage

Milan, 13 Jan. (Adnkronos Health) – Gene editing, the ‘cut and sew’ of DNA awarded with the Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2020, can represent “a permanent and advanced strategy for the treatment of heart disease, the first cause of disease and death in the world, and even to repair the data suffered by the heart […]

Cardiology
12 сентября, 2022

Cardiovascular disease is linked to a higher risk of lung cancer

Context Various epidemiological studies suggest a link between cardiovascular disease (CVD) and the development of lung cancers, but have methodological flaws. Conclusions A new, more rigorous study indicates that CVDs are associated with a 67% higher risk of lung cancer and a 95% higher risk of lung cancer death.The study is a nationally paired cohort […]

Otolaryngology
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”, […]

News
10 сентября, 2022

A contraceptive pill for men?

A pill Non-hormonal contraceptives for men could soon be a reality. A US study on mice recently showed that a prototype male pill can block sperm for a few hours. While men are increasingly willing to share the burden of contraception with their partners, male contraception is currently limited to condom use and the ability […]

News
9 сентября, 2022

Multiple sclerosis, the national week of legacies is back

Rome, 20 Jan. (Adnkronos Health) – In a few years after being diagnosed with progressive multiple sclerosis, one of the most serious forms of the neurodegenerative disease, Catherine could no longer speak, swallow or walk. It is thanks to scientific research funded by the Italian Multiple Sclerosis Association (AISM) and its Foundation (Fism), also through […]

Hematology
7 сентября, 2022

Hemoglobin stool screening is not only useful for the prevention of colorectal carcinomas

A large Danish prospective cohort study found that increasing levels of fecal hemoglobin (f-Hb) are associated with an increase of 30 %–250 % of deaths from non-colorectal cancer (CRC), respiratory disease and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Why this matters The results of one of the largest studies of their kind suggest that f-Hb screening could be useful beyond […]

Gastroenterology
2 сентября, 2022

Amiodarone toxicity

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 […]