One in 4 families foregoes medical visits and medications, medical costs are too high

Una famiglia su 4 rinuncia a visite mediche e farmaci, le spese mediche sono troppo alte
Public funding for Italian healthcare has reached 139.4 billion euros, but this does not translate into less pressure on citizens. ...

Doctors working up to the age of 72, the new healthcare rule in the Milleproroghe

Medici al lavoro fino a 72 anni, la nuova norma sulla Sanità nel Milleproroghe
The Government has proposed an amendment to the Milleproroghe decree which, in fact, extends the possibility for doctors to continue ...

Depression, the positive (and unexpected) effect of drugs against obesity and diabetes on mental health

Depressione, l’effetto positivo (e inatteso) dei farmaci contro obesità e diabete sulla salute mentale
In hindsight, considering how much stigma and psyche impact people dealing with obesity and type 2 diabetes, this positive side ...

Pancreatic cancer, new hope for a cure from Spain thanks to a hat-trick of drugs

Tumore al pancreas, dalla Spagna una nuova speranza per la cura grazie a una tripletta di farmaci
Let’s start with some good news. In Italy, the number of people alive after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, one ...

Heart disease, the risk decreases if you live in greenery, but if there are trees (lawns are not enough)

Malattie cardiache, il rischio diminuisce se si vive nel verde, ma se ci sono gli alberi (i prati non bastano)
They’ve told us this many times. Even the place where you live matters in terms of the well-being of the ...

the regions most at risk

Ospedali italiani troppo lontani, 60 minuti per raggiungerli: le regioni più a rischio
Are schools and hospitals close enough to people? This question was also asked by Eurostat, which published a new version ...

World Cancer Day, the challenges to be overcome and the value of prevention

Giornata Mondiale contro il Cancro, le sfide da vincere e il valore della prevenzione
On the occasion of World Cancer Day, the first signs of a trend reversal in the trend of cancer in ...

how contagious is the infection that has affected Finnish athletes

Norovirus alle Olimpiadi: quanto è contagiosa l’infezione che ha colpito le atlete finlandesi
No training. And not even commitments with journalists. All this, with the isolation of both the four infected Finnish athletes ...

Winter Olympics, sport as a metaphor for scientific research to challenge obesity

Olimpiadi invernali, sport e scienza uniti nella sfida all’obesità con The Impossible Gym–Winter Edition
Science and sport go hand in hand. And not only in the preparation of the athletes who, in the various ...

the vision of Maria Cristina Leone

Tumori, la grande sfida della salute globale: la visione di Maria Cristina Leone
Prevention, early diagnosis and better access to treatment. These are the strategies to limit new cancer cases, which across the ...