After Alzheimer's, frontotemporal dementia is the second leading cause of cognitive impairment before age 65. An Italian study shows a new technique for 'reading' the genetic forms of the disease. Published in 'Alzheimer Research and Therapy', the work conducted by the Neurodegenerative Diseases Unit, Centro Dino Ferrari of the Irccs Policlinico State University of Milan, directed by Elio Scarpini, […]
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Drinking little increases histamine production, thus promoting allergic reactions. Dr. Alessandro Zanasi of the Sanpellegrino Observatory explains the reason for this "hidden link" Spring, with its continuous temperature changes and the transition from cold winter to hot summer, brings with it allergic phenomena that affect everyone indiscriminately, from children [...]
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Mission of quality as an ideal showcase for enjoying your holidays in splendid shape. A great appointment at Malpensa Fiere from 27 to 30 September 2018 The synthesis of the complementary warnings of Pope Francis to “use sport also as a tool to communicate values that promote the good of the person and contribute to building a society [...]
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The President of the Lazio Region, Nicola Zingaretti, the President of the National Institute of Social Security (INPS), Tito Boeri, and the President of the Hospitaller Physiotherapy Institutes (IFO), Francesco Ripa di Meana, today presented an experimental protocol of understanding for the protection of disability from oncological pathologies. The agreement will allow the timely activation of the invalidity practice at INPS made [...]
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The non-profit association "Semper più in alto", which is dedicated to supporting parents of children suffering from neuro-development disorders, has obtained the certification of "Center for the family" from the Central Welfare and Educational Services Department of the Municipality of Naples . In this way, the social utility of his help, educational counseling and [...]
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On the occasion of the Immunization Week, the Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA) makes available on the institutional portal the list of monocomponent and multicomponent (or partially combined) vaccines authorized and available in Italy for the vaccinations provided for in Law 119/2017 and the list of vaccines authorized and on the market in Italy for vaccinations not included in Law 119/2017. I [...]
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(Admiral Giuseppe De Giorgi) The contamination by microplastics has now reached incalculable levels in the oceans. Research on the impact of pollution on the marine ecosystem is increasingly numerous and does not seem to leave much room for hope. The latest is the one published in Frontiers in Marine Science: three out of four fish that live deep in the Northwest Atlantic are [...]
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Spring has arrived, the days are getting longer and the desire to enjoy life in the open air is growing. The perfect season for sportsmen or for those who for months have been putting off the time to start exercising. For those who do not want to join the gym or are tired of [...]
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It was thought that the 'cradle' of schizophrenia was in the most evolved part of the brain, i.e. the frontal cortex that controls more complex activities such as language and the ability to plan actions, while the motor that triggers hallucinations is instead found in very different areas and far from this. The result, obtained in [...]
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“Biosimilar medicines are an important therapeutic resource and an opportunity to help ensure more and more the response to the emerging health need. In synergy with biological drugs, they can provide answers to the problem of undertreatment for numerous pathologies, guaranteeing access to therapies to an increasing number of patients "declared the General Manager [...]
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Eight out of ten Italian men do not go to the urologist even once in their life, risking to discover tumors such as testicular cancer or penile cancer too late which, if diagnosed and treated at an early stage, are treated well and can heal. To raise the alarm in view of Father's Day on March 19 [...]
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An American study shows that most US infants are weaned too early. Experts from the Sanpellegrino Observatory explain when is the right time to start giving water to babies and what are the signs of poor hydration The first word, the first steps, the first tooth are fundamental steps [...]
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The president of the PNA, the National Association of Deans, Antonello Giannelli, after the Miur-Salute circular which set yesterday, March 10, the deadline for the presentation of documents, reported in a press release that tomorrow there could be problems at nursery and elementary schools to allow children without documentation proving the history [...]
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The Inter-American Court for Human Rights (LDH) has opened a case against Guatemala for inattention to AIDS. According to the Mexican newspaper "El universal", the lawsuit refers to the case of 49 Guatemalans, with limited resources, diagnosed with AIDS between 1993 and 2003, and who received inadequate treatment, causing [...]
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The number of people who have died from the cholera epidemic that has hit Malawi rises to six. According to the authorities, since last November, registered cases have reached 434 in the southern African country. The outbreak was first reported in the border district of Karonga, which was [...]
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The hunt by the young researchers of the Irccs Fatebenefratelli of Brescia of proteins as potential pharmacological targets to treat Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease continues. This time it is the LRRK2 protein that is being analyzed. The study will try to understand if and how it can be associated with neuroinflammation, a characteristic present in both diseases [...]
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Emmanuel Besnier, CEO of "Lactalis", in an interview with the Journal du Imanche, breaking the silence promised to compensate "all the families who have suffered damage" for salmonella infection after consuming products from the French milk giant . Besnier, explained that he puts all the consequences of [...]
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After the departure of Merck Serono, also the US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc has decided to forgo investments in the research of new drugs for the treatment of degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. The investments made were not sufficient to obtain noteworthy results against the disease. This is why the pharmaceutical company [...]
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Paracetamol, a drug widely used in the flu season, may not be indicated during pregnancy. According to the research, which analyzes some studies conducted only on animals, taking paracetamol during pregnancy could compromise the future fertility of female offspring. The work is published in 'Endocrine Connections'. The article examines three distinct rodent studies that [...]
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The Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies announces that in 2017, thanks to the operations of the control bodies connected to the Mipaaf - Inspectorate for the repression of fraud (ICQRF), the Carabinieri of the Forestry, Environmental and Agri-food Protection Unit Command and the Anti-Fraud Nuclei (NAC), and the Port Authority of Porto - Coast Guard - 170 thousand checks were carried out in the [...]
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The Italian Medicines Agency has published today on the institutional portal the Report on the Postmarketing Surveillance of Vaccines in Italy 2016, which describes the overall results of the analyzes conducted by type of vaccine on the reports entered in the National Pharmacovigilance Network during 2016. "Also from the 2016 Report - says the General Manager, Mario Melazzini [...]
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At the CNR they developed a method to measure the concentration of chlorine in nerve cells, a chemical element that regulates the inhibitory and excitatory mechanisms of the brain, from whose balance derive cognitive deficits and important pathologies such as autism and epilepsy. A result has been achieved that neurobiology has been pursuing for some time: a non-invasive method for [...]
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2030 is the dead line in Italy: one in two patients will be over 65. These numbers are not surprising if you consider that one in three of those affected by this cancer is already over 65. A trend that mixes with the aging of the Italian population, which already today about [...]
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A small molecule with great analgesic and anticancer potential is the result of the multidisciplinary work of three departments of the University of Florence, recently published in the “Journal of Medicinal Chemistry”. The research was coordinated by Cristina Nativi (Department of Chemistry) in synergy with Claudiu Supuran (Neurofarba) and Marco Fragai (CERM, Department of Chemistry) and involved [...]
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In the presence of the Italian Prime Minister, Paolo Gentiloni, the CEO of Eni, Claudio Descalzi, and the CEO of FCA, Sergio Marchionne, signed a Memorandum of Understanding at Palazzo Chigi for the joint development of research projects and technological applications for the reduction of CO2 emissions in road transport. The two […]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) A black year for Italy in all senses: no football world cup and no Ema, the European drug agency. In one thing, however, we can be satisfied: we managed to make the National Anthem official after only 71 years. France, on the other hand, had the EBA, the European banking agency. Today, therefore, in Brussels there was [...]
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Pancreatic cancer, given the continuously growing incidence trend, is destined to become the second cause of death in the West over the years. It affects about 13 thousand people every year in Italy, in the last 15 years it has recorded almost a 60% increase in cases. Unfortunately pancreatic cancer is one of the [...]
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The Food and Drug Administration intends to accelerate the introduction of treatments involving human cells and tissues, including gene therapy. But the US drug regulating agency is also committed to thwarting clinics that offer dangerous, unproven versions of those treatments. This is what can be seen from the new FDA guidelines, [...]
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A medical transport from Alghero to Genoa has recently been completed in favor of a three-month-old girl in imminent danger of life. The young patient was transported to the Ligurian capital by a Falcon 50 of the 31 ° Stormo of the Air Force to be admitted to the Gaslini Hospital. The request for support was received from [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Nowadays antibiotics are used like aspirins, we are used to taking them at every sign of illness to be immediately active and in shape. The immune system needs to strengthen itself by fighting bacteria and viruses. After days of illness and after the organism has fought alone and is not [...]
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In Tuscany, innovative technologies for the continuous monitoring of blood sugar. On the occasion of the 2017 World Diabetes Day, the Region announces that it will make them available to patients who will be eligible, among the more than 172.000 people with diabetes present in Tuscany. Glycemic self-control - experts say - is essential for the management of diabetes [...]
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The PediaTotem is a requirement born of the Balduzzi law, with reference to the creation of territorial functional associations (Aft), in which it is envisaged that "every pediatrician can be connected in a virtual way to other pediatricians". It is both an innovative system, which allows family pediatricians to facilitate the management of outpatient activities and the connection of [...]
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