Knowledge Replacing a modest proportion of time spent sitting with various forms of physical activity (even everyday activities such as walks and gardening) reduced the risk of coronary artery disease (CHD). Why this matters Lack of exercise due to predominant sitting is a measurable and modifiable goal for reducing the risk of CHD. Study design Prospective […]
Key messages Antibiotic use is associated with the risk of chronic inflammatory bowel disease, especially after the age of 40. The risk increases with cumulative exposure to antibiotics and is highest in the first two years after exposure. That the use of antibiotics is a risk factor for chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD, short for […]
ISS Istituto Superiore di Sanita’ Signed the Iss-Enpam agreement for training on telemedicine and digital health The Tech2Doc platform created by Enpam will be used by the Istituto Superiore di Sanità to provide training on telemedicine and digital health. «Our goal was to create a tool usable by all doctors and dentists with an information […]
Palermo, Sep 9. (Adnkronos) — The Provincial Health Authority of Trapani, to deal with the shortage of medical personnel in local hospitals, has started a partnership with the Association of doctors of foreign origin in Italy and the United to Unite Movement (Uxu), which bring together doctors enrolled in the Orders of Italian doctors and […]
Milan, 3 mar. (Adnkronos Health) — Tomorrow, March 4, we celebrate the World Day to fight the human Papillomavirus HPV, the first cause of cervical cancer. On the occasion of the HPV Day, Lilt, the Italian League for the fight against cancer, in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute-Int of Milan, announces the launch of […]
Among 5 different alternatives for dealing with treatment-resistant depression in the elderly, the pragmatic OPTIMUM, sponsored by a patient association, found the greatest improvement and numerically highest rate of remission after 10 weeks with the addition of aripiprazole, reports the New England Journal of Medicine. Background In older adults with treatment-resistant depression, the question arises […]
In our Western diet, milk belongs to coffee, cheese crust to gratin, goulash to rice. But what if you become infected with a new type of pathogen through dairy products and beef as a small child, which can cause cancer or multiple sclerosis after 40 to 70 years? Researchers from the German Cancer Research Center […]
Rome, 17 Mar. (Adnkronos Salute) — The most advanced technology currently available to correct heart defects is the ‘flagship’ of the new Hemodynamics room inaugurated today in the Spellman Pavilion of the Bambino Gesù in Rome. It allows you to increase the quality of X-ray images with less radiological exposure and less physical and psychological […]
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In the multiple star system Kepler-444, there should be no planets at all. A close binary system of two dwarf stars came too close to the orange main star and once scattered the protoplanetary material from which planets could have formed. In fact, however, five companions orbit the 117 Kepler-444 – , light years from Earth, […]