Our digestive system is much more complex than we can imagine. It is composed, in fact, of an articulated set of organs which, starting with the intestine, work in splendid harmony not limiting themselves to the simple transformation of food but becoming, in fact, the physiological center of our well-being. In particular, our intestine plays […]
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Doctors’ strike: two days without visits
Two days of doctors’ strike: 1st and 2nd March. The protest was initiated by the Italian medical unions (Smi) and by the Italian local doctors’ union (Simet). Family doctors, medical guards, doctors of the territorial health emergency and medical doctors of the adhering services stop. They could skip visits and appointments. Only emergencies are guaranteed. […]
Rare Diseases, steps forward thanks to European diagnosis and treatment networks
It occurs on February 28 the World Rare Disease Dayor Rare Disease Day, established in 2008 to raise awareness of this type of pathology and for improve access to care for patients who suffer from it. According to the Orphanet Italia network, in ours village the rare sufferers are about 2 million, in 70% of […]
Food identity card: the tool to enjoy a meal out without worries
With the COVID-19 had suffered a major setback, but now this habit is back: eating out it is a custom rooted in the Italian population, however need – at noon many people choose to eat out – or for conviviality – we Italians are world famous for our savoir vivre at the table. Often, especially […]
Cannabis, the importance of therapeutic use, when to use it and everything you need to know
Medical cannabis: what is the situation in our country? Starting since 2006according to what is read on the website of the Ministry of Health, doctors “can prescribe masterful preparationsfrom set up by the pharmacist in the pharmacyusing a plant substance based on cannabisderived from the inflorescences of cultivated cannabis’, which can be taken in the […]
Mental health: when and why it may be important to go to a psychologist
A long time to go by psychologist it was considered a taboo, today things have changed. However, when it comes to mental health, i There are still many false myths to dispel. So many of these erroneous beliefs are likely to hinder an important choice such as taking care of one’s psychological well-being. Not only […]
Novavax vaccine in Italy, here is who can receive it
The trade name is Nuvaxovidthe US company produces it Novavax and a circular from the Ministry of Health signed by the Director of Prevention Gianni Rezza specified how it can be used in the vaccination campaign. There are still millions of Italians who have not even received the first dose and the authorities hope that […]
Pelvic congestion syndrome: what it is, what symptoms it has, how to treat it
Pelvic congestion syndrome in women: a pathology of which little is said but which is of interest in Italy nearly 250 thousand women of childbearing agewith 10,000 new cases diagnosed every year. Characterized by the presence of varicose veins in the pelvis around the uterus and ovaries, pelvic venous congestion or insufficiency is indeed considered […]
Walter Ricciardi: “Probable fourth anti-Covid dose for everyone in the autumn”
The AIFA CTS has given the green light to the fourth dose of the anti-Covid vaccine for severely immunosuppressed patients who have obviously completed the primary course of immunization, for this category consisting of three doses but closer together. In fact, for these people the fourth dose would be equivalent to the booster dose offered […]
5 things that compromised the mental health of teens in a pandemic
Adolescents and mental health: an increasingly topical issue. An extensive meta-analysis that included 29 studies conducted on over 80,000 young people and recently published in JAMA Pediatricshas shown in fact that one in four adolescents today has the clinical symptoms of depression And one in five signs of an anxiety disorder. Cases that would have […]
