Key messages If blue sclera is detected in patients, several possible causes should be considered. The Japanese doctor Dr has one cause. Yasuhiro Kano (Department of General Internal Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center) in a 46-year-old woman. The patient and her story The 46-year-old woman presented because of increasing tiredness and shortness of breath […]
SIF Societa’ Italiana di Farmacologia Lithium-induced nephropathy Edited by Alessandra Russo. Specialist in Medical Toxicology. Messina Clinical case A 66-year-old man with bipolar disorder had been on lithium treatment for 20 years. The patient suffered from hyperlipidemia, hypertension, chronic nephropathy and benign prostatic hyperplasia. In addition to lithium, the man took atorvastatin, bupropion, lisinopril, calcium […]
Smoke of cigarette, alcohol, overweight, lifestyle and viruses. These are just some of the modifiable risk factors that, if avoided, could lead to a sharp reduction in new cases of cancer, which, according to the data reported in volume «The numbers of cancer in Italy» every year in our country are about 390,000. But […]
Piombino (Livorno), 5 Jan. (Adnkronos Salute) — Diabetology strengthens the offer to the citizens of the Val di Cornia thanks to the increase in the days of activity of the service and the opening of new clinics for Doppler ultrasound and diabetic foot care. «Starting from 9 January – explains Graziano Di Cianni, coordinator of […]
Plant seeds are fascinating structures.Some are barely visible to the naked eye, others grow as big as footballs. Some can fly, others have to be eaten to spread. If seeds are kept cool, dark and dry, they often remain germinable for years. This is ensured by growth-inhibiting plant hormones that control the time of germination. […]
Rome, 17 Jan. (Adnkronos Salute) — 2022 was a record year for the San Camillo Forlanini/Inmi Spallanzani Intercompany Transplant Hospital (Poit) in Rome. Between January and December, in fact, 66 liver transplants were performed, with a growing trend compared to previous years. A result never achieved in Lazio, which places the center as the most […]
In patients, undergoing percutaneous intervention (PCI) in complex coronary lesions, intravascular imaging is superior to angiography in reducing the risk of target lesion failure (TLF). This is shown by the results of a randomized trial. Previous studies came to the same conclusion, but this time the benefit was demonstrated in a multicenter, well-powered, randomized trial, […]
Ministry of Health — AIOM Tumors, presented to the Ministry of Health — The numbers of cancer 2022 The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a setback in the fight against cancer, causing in Italy, overall, a sharp slowdown in diagnostic activities in the field of oncology. Never before has it been necessary to offer the best […]
Key messages In patients with moderate Parkinson’s disease, 24 months of treatment with simvastatin did not affect motor deterioration. The results of the STAT study provide no evidence to support the initiation of phase 3 trials of statins as disease-modifying drugs in Parkinson’s disease. The trial of simvastatin as a disease-modifying drug for Parkinson’s disease […]
Naples, 15 Mar. (Adnkronos Health) — Sos prevention for colorectal cancer. In 2022 only 3 out of 10 Italians underwent screening for early diagnosis, offered free of charge from 50 years of age. In 70% of cases the invitation was not accepted, due to laziness, fear or fatalism. «We will have an epidemic of colorectal […]