Rome Health News

ROMA - Anche in Italia, come in Norvegia e in altri Paesi nel mondo, è stata rilevata una mutazione del virus A/H1N1. La conferma arriva dal ministero del Welfare, dopo che l'Istituto superiore di sanità si è messo a lavoro...

An Italian researcher says he has successfully treated scores of patients with multiple sclerosis, which has long been thought to be an autoimmune disease. But Dr. Paolo Zamboni, director of the centre for vascular diseases at the University of Ferrara,...

After her doctor told her she had breast cancer and described the treatment — a year of chemotherapy, surgery removing her left breast, then reconstructive surgery — Cano said she felt depressed. "It totally blindsided me," she said. "I just...

This is a man who took the path less traveled in medical school: he attended university in Italy and all his courses were in Italian. He has struggled to create amazingly large sculptures and wonderfully intimate poetry. And now, he...

Read the ingredient label on any energy drink and odds are fairly good that, among other arcane items, you'll come across something called L-carnitine. Also sold in supplement form, L-carnitine is often touted as a miracle molecule that boosts energy...

A pregnant woman carries stem cells that could be used in critical medical treatments for her baby, either in the womb or later in life, a team of Italian scientists has announced. These cells, found in the womb during pregnancy,...

The American Dietetic Association recently performed an "evidence analysis" and determined that aspartame does not "make you more hungry," lead to weight gain or result in "ill effects to health." Where did the ADA get much of its funding for...

As we speed up the mountain on one of Obergurgl's newly built, state-of-the-art chairlifts, conversation turns to the subject of marmot fat. There are lots of marmots up here, close to the border with Italy. In fact, we have been...