In the elderly, hearing loss is associated with a higher prevalence of dementia. The prevalence increases with increasing severity of hearing loss, while decreasing with the use of hearing aids. In a representative sample of the U.S. elderly population, with more than half of participants over 80, moderate to severe hearing loss is associated with […]
Women with mental illness, neuropsychiatric disability, or substance abuse are less likely to undergo gynecologic smear testing for cervical cancer and are more than twice the risk of developing the disease. The findings are presented in The Lancet Public Health by researchers at the Karolinska Institutet, who emphasize the importance of proactively approaching these women […]
Spending private for social security and health care continues to grow, and with it social inequalities increase: the worrying figure was confirmed during the recent hearings by the Senate Social Affairs Committee of some ISTAT experts. Cristina Freguja, of the Central Directorate for Social Statistics and Welfare of the Institute of Statistics, points out that […]
Core messages The Oncology Guideline Program has updated its S3 renal cell carcinoma guideline. For the first time, the revised version contains a chapter on diagnosis and therapy of non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma. Treatment recommendations for non-clear cell renal cell carcinomas According to the WHO classification, there are more than 15 different entities in […]
Milan, 23 Feb. (Adnkronos Health) () — Performed in Milan «an innovative and futuristic intervention, which uses augmented reality technology and smart glasses for the positioning of a knee prosthesis». It was completed by Augusto Dagnino, head of Orthopedics I of the Irccs Policlinico San Donato, with his team. «Using the NextAR augmented reality platform, […]
Milan, 15 Feb. (Adnkronos Health) — «The subsidiarity between public and private accredited, confirmed by the recent reform of the regional social-health system with the provision of the equivalence of providers, must be further strengthened with the aim of responding to the needs of patients». This was stated by Dario Beretta, president of the Italian […]
Since 2017, even great white sharks off the South African coast are no longer safe from predators: .»Port»and»Starboard», as the marine mammals are called, are not limited to great white sharks, as an event from the beginning of March-_2023 shows: In the feeding frenzy, the two whales killed at least 17 and perhaps even 19 […]
Sexism It can take different forms, some of which are masked by attitudes of protection and flattery. However, different forms of sexism have negative effects on the way women are perceived and treated by others and on themselves. Reflections and research on ambivalent sexism – which includes both overtly negative attitudes (hostile sexism) and attitudes […]
AIFA Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco Closure of Managed Entry Agreements (MEA) Yescarta Register Users of the monitored Drug Registries are informed that, following the publication in the OJ of Determination No. 878/2022, starting from , the conditional payment methods are no longer applicable for the YESCARTA register for the following therapeutic indication: Treatment of adult […]
Users of monitored Drug Registries are advised that, as of , the procedures for implementing risk-sharing agreements, i.e. Managed Entry Agreements (MEAs), are no longer active for registries for the following therapeutic indications: is indicated in adult patients with: chronic phase myeloid leukemia with Philadelphia chromosome positive (CML) Ph ), accelerated or blastic resistant or […]