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Each stimulus whose intensity and / or duration is greater than the one to which we are accustomed represents a stress. This leads to a response of the entire body in general and of the parts involved in particular. The overall resulting effects are defined as supercompensation. The body, placed in a crisis by certain requests, adjusts developing tissues and systems, to take precautions in... read

There is a vague sense of frustration that you punctually feel when you resume practicing physical activity after a prolonged interruption. This feeling is proportioned to the efforts before the holidays and the duration thereof. As we all know, the body seems to relatively quickly forget what it learned with training. At the time of resumption the same commitments require more effort, not only... read

THE HUMAN BEING IS A CULTURAL ANIMAL Suffice it to say that our genetic heritage is equal to that of chimpanzees for more than 98%. Culture, defined as the ability to accumulate information, has certainly been a huge evolutionary advantage. Our brain is designed to learn, more so than that of other animals. In particular, it seems that the expansion of the cerebral cortex has been the cause... read

Sleep is a very complex, a diverse amalgam of behavioral and physiological phenomena which are repeated cyclically with a homeostatic and a circadian regulation. During sleep, disorders can occur in the brain electrical activity and in the somatic and autonomic nervous system. For a long time sleep was considered a passive phenomenon, necessary for the proper functioning of the central nervous... read

Summary In recent years, studies with stress cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (cardiac stress MRI) reported good feasibility and accuracy in the characterization of patients with known, or suspected, coronary artery disease. This article presents an overview of the important data for the application of the techniques of stress-MRI in the diagnostic and prognostic evaluation of ischemic heart... read

The constant demand for novelty, which is often identified in revolutionary or futuristic laser, or surgical techniques, not always finds satisfaction in reality. Aesthetic plastic surgery has, in fact, reached a level that allows for technical innovations that even in international meetings of the highest minds in the field, often are just details, or minor changes in techniques. Even in... read

To be beautiful at all costs has become increasingly imperative. Beauty has become an obsession. But, what does to be beautiful mean? We spoke to Prof. Pier Antonio Bacci, Professor of Aesthetic Surgery and President of the Italian Academy of Beauty. “Foscolo stated, beauty is" that happy harmony that pervades our hearts “Beauty is indeed harmony, balance, and respect of certain essential... read

A request for intervention, be it cosmetic, esthetic, or medical, not always corresponds to a real body dysmorphic disorder that leads to its request. Variable esthetic rules have followed and chased themselves in art and fashion, some becoming no longer acceptable, other unsustainable, others just a little out of fashion. The Junoesque forms celebrated in classical culture were filtered through... read

A few days ago, the FDA (Food and Drug Administration, the American institution that controls food and drug safety) approved the use of Ipilimumab, a drug based on a monoclonal antibody, which has yielded encouraging results in the fight against melanoma. During the testing phase of this antibody, the survival of patients has increased significantly: it has almost doubled at one year, rising... read