(by Nicola Simonetti) Epilepsy, “sacred evil”, which generates easy shame, creates stigma, induces inequalities of assistance and treatments. The word epilepsy derives from the Greek verb epilambano, which means “to take by surprise”, which, in fact, causes crises. Sudden loss of consciousness with falling to the ground, stiffening of the whole body, stopping of breathing, cyanosis, [...]
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(by Nicola Simonetti) Also based on the "Voices count" survey which highlighted important information gaps reported by patients about the disease, the treatment path and the consequences caused by a blood cancer on the quality of life and responding more effectively to patients' needs is [...]
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(by Nicola Simonetti) The “Salva Vita” law passed in the Chamber of Deputies on 30 July 2019 thanks to the unanimity of the parliamentary votes provides for the free use of the AED in all public places, including schools, without criminal responsibility. The "Life Project" of Piacenza by Prof. Capucci, clinical director of cardiology and rhythmology, polythene university of the Marche - born [...]
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“I took the exams late - said the former cycling champion Mario Cipollini - what a mistake! Certain things should not be neglected ... prevention is everything; people have to understand it ”. (by Nicola Simonetti) Three out of 10 Italians who have already had a heart accident and who do not take the prescribed drugs do not understand [...]
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(by Nicola Simonetti) The sick ask the medical profession: multidisciplinary care with greater listening and support skills and more suited to their needs. key word is engagement Chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are chronic inflammatory bowel diseases characterized in their course by the alternation of phases of exacerbation and remission with [...]
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(by Nicola Simonetti) William G. Kaelin, American 62, Peter J. Ra-tcliffe, English (b. 1954) and Gregg L. Semenza, American (b. 1956), have seen their research on "how cells detect and adapt to the availability of oxygen ”. Oxygen says "I am as you want me" to the cells of the body and they use it [...]
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(by Nicola Simonetti) Constantly raging heat: beware of heat stroke, cause of body temperature increase (39 degrees) and dehydration, potentially deadly. It must be treated urgently as the brain and other vital organs go into severe, immediate crisis. The elderly and small children are more exposed to heat stroke, [...]
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(by Nicola Simonetti) Killer are three irreversible diseases (glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, maculopathies) that a prevention based on annual non-invasive specialist visits could have avoided. So it is not even in Italy where, on the initiative of the International Agency. Prevention of Blindness - Italy onlus, eye screening was carried out among parliamentarians, finding "among those who underwent [...]
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Today over 700 million people worldwide suffer from allergic rhinitis (400 million) and asthma (300 million). Among children aged 6-12, the former affects 14,5% and asthma 9%. (by Nicola Simonetti) Allergy is a spring problem and not only and is the third cause of chronic disease after osteoporosis / arthritis [...]
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(by Nicola Simonetti) Women undergoing fertility treatment should urgently consult their doctor if they have symptoms of heart failure, according to a study presented at the scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (Heart Failure 2019) and based on the study of 111 women who had practiced medically assisted fertilization and presented cardiomyopathy [...]
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(by Nicola Simonetti) "In 1951 - said Filippo Boscia, former professor of Human Reproductive Medicine at the University of Bari and UOC director of obstetrics and gynecology - it was the gynecologist H. Siebke of the University of Bonn who proposed, for first in the world, the term Andrology. Personally, I experienced that period in the early days in [...]
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(by Nicola Simonetti) “Dry eye”, a disorder that affects, in Italy, 9 out of 10 women in menopause and 25% of those over 50 years old. For the World Health Organization, it is "one of the most ignored and underestimated disorders of modern society". In recent days, the free screening campaign promoted by the Italian Center [...]
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(by Nicola Simonetti) “Alcohol is a hedonic substance, but - prof. Carmelina Loguercio and prof. Domenico Alvaro, full professors of gastroenterology respectively of the universities of Naples and La Sapienza of Rome - it, in creating pleasure, can induce addiction and certainly generate damage to various organs and systems. For young people, alcohol represents [...]
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Digital health: in Italy doctor-patient-companies still use e-mails and text messages - reduce the gap with the EU - monitor chronicity (by Nicola Simonetti) It has been shown that digitalization can play, in healthcare, both in the provision of new models of care, as in favor of the sustainability of the Health Service. But Italy denounces backwardness: investments appear to be insufficient [...]
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WHO complaint on global health expenditure. Citizen satisfaction expires in Italy (by Nicola Simonetti) World Health Organization (WHO) report on global health spending has been published (Xu K, et al. Public Spending on Health: A Closer Look at Global Trends. WHO, 2019 ). According to this report, healthcare spending on a global level is continuously [...]
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A link between atrial fibrillation and dementia? Anticoagulants also cause dementia? (by Nicola Simonetti) When dementia hides behind an atrial fibrillation. The heart and brain seem so far away and instead, when the heart cannot beat regularly and, for example, the two atria (commonly called orecchiette) open and close frequently [...]
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Women - diabetes and heart, a self-maintaining and progressing bond. And not only. (by Nicola Simonetti) The risk of death in diabetic women is five times greater than in non-diabetic women and twice as much as in men with diabetes. Cardiovascular diseases, thanks to immediate help, new therapies and [...]
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(by Nicola Simonetti) Diabetic retino and maculopathy are the most common microvascular complications of diabetes mellitus (DM) and are the first cause of non-traumatic blindness in adults aged between 20 and 74, as well as being the fifth cause of preventable blindness and severe visual impairment. In April 2016 NCD Risk [...]
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(by Nicola Simonetti) Camille Gaubert addresses the topic on Sciences et Avenir (18.01.2019) and interviews Dr. Monique Romon, former president of the Société Française de Nutrition. “A complete and balanced meal that contains - says Ramon - 100% of the recommended nutritional intake is not suspected of causing any deficiency. They are substitutes for [...]
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(by Nicola Simonetti) Investigations not to be overlooked during any medical examination and, in particular when dealing with a patient with chronic, degenerative, neurological, metabolic diseases, immunosuppressed subjects. Obviously, the relief is of greater importance and pre-eminence for hospital doctors and hospitalizations for the chronic, the elderly, hospices, etc. During medical examinations, generally, [...]
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(by Nicola Simonetti) "Do not eat meat on Friday", the disused precept of the pre-conciliar Catholic "Doctrine", has been changed, by a group of researchers from the French CNRS (national research council), into "do not eat meat nor fish on Mondays throughout 2019 ". A campaign that is already being celebrated in around 40 countries dating [...]
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(by Nicola Simonetti) Some American and Australian research schools have greeted, with scientific interest, the return of the leotard as a daily garment for women and men. Although it is mainly identified as female, models are also on the market for men, who can thus take advantage of its comfort advantages. The body has a protective role [...]
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Nine out of 10 seniors are healthy and about 1 out of 2 is autonomous up to the age of 80 (Nicola Simonetti) This is documented by an international survey ("Generazione 55 special") - promoted by Amplifon and conducted by Ipsos on 6 thousand over 55s in Italy , Australia, France, Germany and the USA - which highlights a new generation: [...]
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Being born before the canonical nine months of intrauterine life have ended is not a privilege. Instead, it is to be born small and fragile: premature, preterm. (by Nicola Simonetti) In Italy, about 7% of newborns are born premature, that is 35.000 a year: children who start their life uphill because they need more care, support and [...]
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(by Nicola Simonetti) Having a high level of cholesterol in the blood (hypercholesterolemia) means strongly risking atherosclerosis, an open door to the entry of one or more serious cardiovascular events. It is essential to identify hypercholesterolemics and treat them immediately, to prevent the consequences deriving from that unwelcome excess guest. "There is a considerable share of Italians exposed to a [...]
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(by Nicola Simonetti) Seasonal flu at the gates: let's close them to avoid that it (expected "of medium intensity" but, not for this reason, forgiving and not fearful) affects the expected 5 million Italians. The best way to escape it is to build a protective barrier, a line of defense represented by vaccination which - let's clarify it now - is effective [...]
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(by Nicola Simonetti) GlaxoSmithKline (Gsk), an English multinational, has invested 30 million euros in the San Paolo di Torrile plants in Parma, building a modern 1.500 square meter plant destined for production for the production of a new anti-HIV drug (the virus responsible for AIDS), by ViiV Healthcare, (majority company GlaxoSmithKline, with participation [...]
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(by Nicola Simonetti) COPD or chronic obstructive bronchopathy, progressive lung disease, easily worsening, not completely reversible, characterized by chronic obstruction of the respiratory tract. It negatively interferes with normal breathing and affects over 384 million people in the world (3 million in Italy) and is responsible for 55% of deaths from diseases [...]
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