Press Releases

Anniversary of Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori’s birth, the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine by Elena Nicolai, Professor of Biochemistry in the Degree Course in Biomedical Laboratory Techniques

Gerty Theresa Radnitz, a Czech biochemist, was born on August 15th, 1896 and was the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1947, together with her husband Carl Ferdinand Cori and the Argentine physiologist Bernardo Houssay.Although at the beginning of the century women’s studies were mostly aimed at the care of...
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The important role of Sociology for Health Professions curated by Ugo Giorgio Pacifici Noja, Professor of General Sociology at UniCamillus

Society is constantly evolving, and health professionals must be completely aware of it. There is not  just one sociology, but as many fields of sociology as the fields of social life . Those who work in the healthcare field must be part of the society. This has been long acknowledged by universities of Health Professions...
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Today’s professional figure of the Physiotherapist curated by Alessandra Carlizza, Director of the Degree Course in Physiotherapy at UniCamillus

As specified in the professional profile, the Physiotherapist is a healthcare professional who works both in coordination with the Doctor and the other health professions, and autonomously, by evaluating and treating the disfunctions of the motor areas, higher cortical and visceral functions,  consequent to pathological events of various etiology, both congenital or acquired.  Furthermore, the Physiotherapist develops,...
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The use of artificial feeding in patients with dysphagia by Anna Claudia Romeo, Professor of Clinical Pathology in the Degree Course in Midwifery at UniCamillus

La nutrizione artificiale (NA) è una procedura terapeutica destinata a persone nelle quali l’alimentazione orale o non è praticabile e/o non è sufficiente a soddisfare i fabbisogni calorico – proteici o è controindicata. Artificial feeding (AF) is a therapeutic procedure intended for people in whom oral feeding is not practicable and / or is not...
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Parlare e comprendere l’inglese contemporaneo della medicina e infermieristica, by Alessandro Rotatori Lecturer in Medical English at UniCamillus

“Italian medical professionals are extremely fortunate. At a time when the need to speak and understand English is more pressing than ever, and in a field where poor pronunciation can lead to embarrassment or far worse, they have Alessandro Rotatori as their guide”. This is how Geoff Lindsey, Director of the Summer Course in English...
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The importance of physiology in the stages of deglutition – by Maria Concetta Pellicciari, Professor of Physiology at UniCamillus

Deglutition is a fundamental activity for the human being, representing the physiological basis of nutrition. It consists in the act of carrying food to the digestive tract, starting from the mouth, through the pharynx, along the esophagus, up to the stomach. Specifically, deglutition represents the ability to carry solid, liquid, gaseous or mixed substances from...
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New UniCamillus training course in the field of sterilisation

UniCamillus, in collaboration with the Tuscan Stomatological Institute, has launched the Training Course in “Sterilisation operator” which will start on September 15, 2020 and will be delivered completely in e-learning mode through an platform accessible h24. Learners will have access to didactic materials available online and divided into online work modules. At the end of...
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A rapid antibiogram test capable of indicating the effective antibiotic on a specific patient

Article by Eleonora Nicolai, Professor of Biochemistry in the Degree Course in Biomedical Laboratory Techniques at UniCamillus The problem of antibiotic resistance is of primary importance in the scientific field. The Corriere della Sera of January 18, 2020 publishes an article entitled “700 thousand deaths a year from antibiotic resistance” which reports the estimate of...
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Clinical trial for HIV with a mix of drugs: clarification by Daniele Armenia, Professor of Virology, Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology at UniCamillus

The exhausting effort of the scientific community to try to fight HIV has allowed great improvements in terms of health and life expectancy in people infected with the virus. Today we have powerful, effective and well tolerated antiretroviral drugs available; people living with HIV under antiretroviral treatment today can have a good health, children, a...
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Extension of the registration deadline for the Online Master in Deglutology and Related Disorders

UniCamillus has decided to extend the registration deadline for the 1st level Online Master in Deglutology and Related Disorders to July 27. A choice that aims to meet everyone’s needs, in a still not easy moment due to Coronavirus, in order to make the registration procedures easier. In addition to the extension of the registration...
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