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2008-10-20
Water of sufficient quality to serve as drinking water is termed potable water, whether it is used for drinking or not. Although many sources of water are utilized by humans, some contain contaminants or pathogens and can cause long-term health problems if they do not meet certain water quality safety standards. Water is safe if: - does not contain pathogens (germs) - does not contain large... read
2009-01-09
Italy is second in the world in the field of robotic surgery, with as many as 1585 cases treated in 29 hospitals in Italy in 2007. The United States hold the world record with 545 of the 719 installed systems worldwide, against 119 installed in Europe. Italy also exceeds France (18 hospitals with a robot in the operating room), Germany (13) and United Kingdom (9).
The news comes from the... read
2009-01-21
The safety of food is controlled by precise rules based on the principle that the control “from farm to fork” means that foods that are healthy and safe can be obtained only in healthy and safe environments.
Indeed, the most significant food contaminations occur at the level of the primary production, i.e. during breeding, farming, hunting, fishing and gathering wild products.
Dioxins can... read
2009-04-08
The fact that the legislative reorganization delegated to the regions the authority of md, has rekindled the interest of the medical and dental professions on certain issues. Simultaneously, the increasing complexity of medical science, the demand for higher quality / quantity of health services, and the increased pressure on professionals, especially if qualified, has created more difficulties... read
2009-04-08
The term "health" has long been understood in a restrictive meaning:
"The healthy man is the one whose biological parameters are normal compared to an ideal static prototype. In essence, it would be possible to configure a model of an average biologically healthy individual, statistically derived from the population. In particular, the parameters of normality are those in which the structures... read
2009-10-13
The use of psychotropic drugs in children has long been a subject of debate in the medical field, particularly regarding the use of SSRI(Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors) antidepressants, considering that they could increase the risk and suicidal behavior.
The FDA in USA has compiled a study covering all the risks due to the utilization of this class of drugs: despite the wariness,the... read
2010-02-22
The main causes of overcrowding in the Italian emergency departments (ED) are attributable to several factors including: the increasing lack of confidence in the General Practitioners, excessively long waiting times for specialist outpatient services and diagnostic tests, the increase size of the population not included in the National Health Service, the organizational evolution of ED as a... read
2010-05-20
The Advanced Training Course In Management Of Communication and Information in Healthcare, jointly organized by the Faculty of Education of the University Suor Orsola Benincasa in Naples, headed by Lucio d'Alessandro, and by the Training School in Health Management, Department of Preventive Medical Sciences, directed by Maria Triassi, of the Faculty of Medicine of the University Federico II, is... read
2010-07-09
The Institute of Biosciences for Human Health of the Human Health Foundation Onlus of Spoleto (HHF), Foundation for Human Health, based in Spoleto and Terni, opened in Terni, in the Maratta location (via Bartocci 9 / B) on June 7.
Some years ago, two professionals coming from completely different areas of work, met and discussed at length, and afterwards created, a completely innovative project... read
2010-09-01
A month ago Professor Giovan Giacomo Giordano, the distinguished medical pathologist who has devoted over sixty years of his life in the field of cancer research and teaching Anatomic and Pathological Histology at the University of Naples, passed away. Author and coauthor of over three hundred publications, has spent most of his scientific research to study: the interaction between chemical... read
2010-09-23
If there is a clear need to think and work in innovative ways to deliver health services that achieve high quality, it is equally true and that we should develop a better and more appropriate investment model, in order to avoid losing resources in processes that will not give any certainty that the arrangements already in place will change.
We believe that now there is an opportunity for... read
2010-09-29
The European Brain Research Institute (EBRI), founded by Nobel Prize winner Rita Levi Montalcini, that almost closed for lack of funds, will be funded for the next five years by the China Xiamen Biotech LDT for a total about two million Euros. In essence, an agreement that was signed few days ago will place China and Italy to work together on potential applications of the Nerve Growth Factor... read
2010-10-08
On Saturday, October 2, at the Conference Center of Hotel Fior di Castelfrancoveneto, the second day of the seminar entitled: "Integrated diagnostic and therapeutic approach: hepatocellular carcinoma, GIST, renal cancer, neuroendocrine tumors”.
Session I on Hepatocarcinoma was introduced by the President of the Congress, Prof. Paul Manente who, at the start, wished to remember the famous... read
2010-10-11
The President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano, by decree, awarded to Professor Antonio Giordano the honorary distinction of “Commendatore of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic". The award ceremony was held October 1 at 11:00 am at the Prefecture of Naples in the presence of the Prefect, Andrea De Martino, who delivered medals to 50 citizens of Naples and its Province that stood out... read
2010-10-28
Alarm in Naples. The City is re-submerged by trash. Heaps of garbage prevents access to stores and night bonfires are a dramatic spectacle. Naples is burning, and the pictures of this sad and shameful spectacle go again around the world after a little more than a year since the last emergency.
The issue involves the health of citizens and cannot be hushed up. For several decades there has been a... read
2010-11-02
On October 15 and 16, 2010, the VII "Wine and Health" Conference was held in Montalcino at the Theatre of the Astrusi
The event, sponsored by the Wine and Health Association in collaboration with the Municipality of Montalcino and the Consorzio del Vino Brunello, addressed this important and timely issue: the wine and its health effects. The Mayor of Montalcino Maurizio Buffi, the President of... read
2010-11-04
Last Saturday, October 30, 2010, a few days after the visit of former President Bill Clinton, the current President of the United States, Barack Obama, visited Temple University in Philadelphia to support the candidates of his party, ahead of midterm elections.
In his speech he pep rallied the United States to return to be leaders, not only in the world of enterprise, but also in technology... read
2010-11-10
We call "Patient" a person who is suffering. We often encounter some difficulty to select a physician who can provide help for a specific health problem.
At times, at the onset of a symptom, such as itching in an adult, methodological errors are the prevalent reason why the possibility of identifying a correct diagnostic and therapeutic route is reduced.
Even at present time, instead... read
2010-11-12
To begin with, it must be made clear that upon Bill 81/08 coming into force, the physician in charge of drafting the healthcare protocol can no longer hide behind the Document of Risk Assessment provided to him by the employer, if the protocol is insufficient to monitor the health of workers exposed to various occupational hazards. In fact, paragraph 1, subparagraph a, of Article 25 of the same... read
2010-12-01
One hundred and sixty five thousand children under age 5 die every year worldwide due to passive smoking. This is the sad statistical data reported by a recent study published in the journal Lancet, which should lead us to think about the dangers to which, sometimes quite unconsciously, adults expose children. Cigarette smoke is inhaled directly by smokers and partly exhaled.
Between a "drag"... read
2010-12-09
Information can contribute to changing all around organization by favoring new cognitive and adaptative routines and behaviors that conduct to a new culture and managerial vision.
Changing center is human being , which is the essential core in every organization, in different social level and communication context.
Information to trans formation is a circular dynamic. Engagement is consistent... read
2010-12-10
Dr. Franklin Garcia, Chancellor 0f the Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo, which is one of the biggest Universities of the Americas for its size, history and curriculum, presented to Professor Antonio Giordano, director of the Sbarro Institute in Philadelphia, the title of Professor Emeritus. The following is the translation of the Chancellor’s speech:
"The delivery of the title of... read
2010-12-27
Introduced in 2006, the 5x1000 tax rule has provided the opportunity for the taxpayer to allocate 5x1000 of their personal income tax (PIT) in support of a number of targeted beneficiaries.
Currently, the Finance Act of 2010 has placed in the targeted beneficiary categories voluntary organizations, the ONLUSs (not-for-profit associations for social avail), foundations for social promotion,... read
2011-02-09
European Community college graduates citizens born after January 1, 1969 returning to work in Italy will benefit from a tax reduction of 20% for female workers, and 30% for male workers, until December 31, 2013.
The benefits will lapse if the worker decides not to stay in Italy for at least 5 years.
In this case, the state will proceed with the recovery of the benefits received, with penalties... read
2011-02-18
Saturday, January 15 at 11:00 am at the Bottiglieri Hall of the Province of Salerno, the "New Tumor Registry of Salerno" was presented in the presence of: the oncologist Dr. Frank Romeo; the managing directors of the hospitals of the province; the directors of the healthcare district; the directors of ASL
Salerno Unica; prof. Giulio Tarro; the Municipal Councillors for healthcare policies;... read
2011-02-28
(February 24) – PHILADELPHIA -- Despite innumerable studies on lung cancer, many aspects of the disease have yet to be understood, including the role played by the retinoblastoma-related protein Rb2/p130 in the evolution of the disease. In a new study, researchers from the Sbarro Health Research Organization Center for Biotechnology Research (SHRO), a cancer, cardiovascular and diabetes... read
2011-03-30
Seven prestigious Italian-Americans, who have excelled in the fields of communication, business and medicine, were elected to the Board of Directors of the National Italian American Foundation's (NIAF) last March 11, 2011, during a meeting at the Wigwam Golf Resort & Spa in Litchfield Park, Arizona.
The new NIAF "Board of Directors" elected members are: Maria Bartiromo, the CNBC network... read
2011-04-11
In Campania breast cancers were up twenty percent in women under age 40, according to the data presented by Professor Antonio Giordano, president of the Scientific Board of Crom Mercogliano, who has been conducting this study in collaboration with the Human Health Foundation of Spoleto, but especially with the United States.
In Campania the monitoring was made possible through collaboration with... read
2011-04-15
Help cancer and cardiovascular diseases research, and work with us to brin our brains back from foreign countries.
Please, give your 5x1000 to Human Health Foundation Onlus.
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Sign up for the support of non-profit Social Organizations and support our Institute of Biosciences for Human Health of Terni.Together we can do a lot.
To better know us go to:... read
2011-04-18
It is customary to say: "we are in the era of the internet". It is undeniable that the desire to communicate is a feature of human beings, and that it is even truer that today communication has become “social networking”, or “communi-care”. The proliferation of social networks and blogs are the more visible result. The public administration has long agreed to use the web to communicate... read
2011-05-06
It has long been known that many vegetables in the Mediterranean diet may have a beneficial effect on our health. Recognition of the importance of food for our welfare has led to the birth of a new scientific discipline for the purpose of studying the combined nutritional and pharmaceutical properties of food: the nutraceutical.
The Human Health Foundation Onlus (HHF www.hhfonlus.org), promotes... read
2011-05-10
Shared care has been defined as the integration of primary care and specialist care. It includes a number of activities, such as health education, formulation of guidelines, appropriateness ratings, trading systems and information portals.
Managed care and the so-called Disease Management, are applied in the European hospital systems especially with regard to diseases with various components,... read
2011-05-17
The analysis of the needs of family members and patients with mental disabilities has indicated that paths for home care and specific integration are necessary. HOME Medicine Society, a company specializing in healthcare and home care, sets up packages of care for the mentally disabled. These packages require the integration of psychosocial rehabilitation and psychological support with material... read
2011-06-06
The "Human Health Foundation Onlus" which is based in Spoleto, is a non-profit Foundation for Basic and Translational Scientific Research; scientific personalities from different countries, both European and International, are members of the Foundation.
The Foundation is purely a not-for-profit research organization, regardless of its legal status or funding source, whose principal statutory... read
2011-06-13
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
2011-07-26
The Summer School: Statistics and Epidemiology for Clinical Trials, a project aimed at creating intensive courses on "public health", useful for both, clinicians and researchers, will be held in Brindisi between July 25 and August 5, 2011. This practice is very popular in the United States (Harvard, Yale, UCLA, etc...), and is especially necessary for the acquisition of epidemiological and... read
2011-08-22
Professor Giovan Giacomo Giordano passed on July 29 last year.
A year after his death we remember the distinguished medical pathologist who has devoted over sixty years of his life to the field of cancer research and to the teaching of Anatomy and Histologic Pathology at the University of Naples.
Giovan Giacomo Giordano author and coauthor of over three hundred scientific publications, from... read
2011-09-29
In 1993, Antonio Giordano, M.D., Ph.D., founded the Sbarro Institute with a $1 million donation from Mario Sbarro, the Founder of the Sbarro restaurant chain, following Dr. Giordano’s discovery of the tumor suppressor gene pRb2. Initially named the Sbarro Institute, the research center was located at Thomas Jefferson University, where Dr. Giordano was a professor.
When Dr. Giordano moved to... read
2012-01-11
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has awarded Temple University a five-year, $8.34 million grant to create a Comprehensive NeuroAIDS Core Center (CNAC) at the School of Medicine.
The new center, one of only nine funded by NIMH, will enable researchers to study basic science and clinical aspects of HIV-induced neurological diseases and neurocognitive disorders. Kamel Khalili,... read
2012-01-25
Gary Stein, graduate of the University of Vermont is returning home as co-Director of the Vermont Cancer Center and Chair of the Department of Biochemistry. Following graduate training at UVM in physiology and biology and post-graduate training in pathology, Gary joined the faculty at the University Of Florida College Of Medicine where he became Vice-Chair of the Department of Biochemistry. In... read
2012-01-27
When President Obama invited 150 doctors to discuss proposed health care reforms in 2009, two of the physicians in attendance offered radically different views of the proposed legislation. They were Dr. Hershey Garner, an oncologist from NW Arkansas and Dr. Donald Palmisano. Garner is a member of Doctors for America, which backs the legislation. Palmisano represents the Coalition to Protect... read
2012-03-23
A healthy diet, which is rich in fruits and vegetables, whole grains and legumes and contains limited red meat, preserved meats and sugared beverages, protects against tumor development and recurrences.
The right diet can be one “protective” factor against cancer, but lifestyle must always be considered as well. Indeed, it is important to engage in physical activity and avoid alcohol and... read
2012-04-27
Inactivation of the retinoblastoma tumor suppressor protein (pRb) by phosphorylation triggers uncontrolled cell proliferation. Accordingly, activation of cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK)/cyclin complexes or downregulation of CDK inhibitors appears as a common event in human cancer.
Now, a new study from the Sbarro Health Research Organization shows that Pin1 (protein interacting with NIMA (never... read
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2012-05-19 - 2012-05-19
Ordine dei Medici Chirurghi e degli Odontoiatri di Bologna
International Academy of Cardiology, 17th World Congress on Heart Disease
2012-07-27 - 2012-07-30
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2012-10-11 - 2012-10-14
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