Neurostim for depression and addiction: news at St. Camillus
One of the most promising frontiers of modern medicine has arrived in Venice. “Neurostim,” the new state-of-the-art neurostimulation outpatient clinic for depression, addiction, and post-stroke and Parkinson’s rehabilitation, has been born at the San Camillo Hospital on Venice Lido. This is due to the first synergy put in place between Irccs San Camillo, a recognized excellence in neurorehabilitation, and San Raffaele Arcangelo Hospital (former Fatebenefratelli), both facilities now managed by Fondazione Villa Salus. Just the former Fatebenefratelli, where among the many services offered the alcology one is turning 40, was recently acquired by Villa Salus (read here). The new Neurostim outpatient clinic, a unique center for the synergy between research and clinic, was previewed on Wednesday 9 in the San Servolo Hall of the San Raffaele Archangel Hospital, where professionals from both facilities who will care for the outpatient clinic presented its specificities and potential. NeuroStim is an innovative project that brings to Venice the most advanced neuromodulation techniques, including repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS): a noninvasive and painless technology that uses magnetic pulses to stimulate and activate specific brain areas. Depending on the pathology, there are in fact specific brain sites to stimulate, so as to incite deficit motor areas. – explains Dr. Sara Zago, neurophysiopathology technician, researcher and coordinator of the NeuroStim outpatient clinic – A treatment already approved by the FDA for resistant depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder, and now the subject of important scientific evidence for the treatment of addictions such as alcohol, drugs and smoking, chronic pain, Parkinson’s disease and in post-stroke rehabilitation,” she says, pointing out that the Neurostim outpatient clinic is distinguished by itsmultidisciplinary approach and the team’s decades of experience in treating addiction.
St. Raphael Archangel: revitalization of the former Fatebenefratelli started
The operation to revitalization of the hospital San Raffaele Arcangelo (formerly Fatebenefratelli) in Venice., a historic facility acquired on May 30 by Villa Salus Foundation. The hospital thus joins the entities managed by the Villa Salus Foundation owned by the Congregation of the Mantellate Sisters Servants of Mary of Pistoia., who already run the Mestre hospital Villa Salus and also acquired in August 2019 the management of the IRCCS San Camillo Hospital on the Lido of Venice., rehabilitating and revitalizing both health facilities. The idea now is to have all the facilities managed by the Foundation collaborate effectively. Just at St. Camillus, in collaboration with the former Fatebenefratelli, a few days ago the outpatient clinic was born. “Neurostim“, New state-of-the-art neurostimulation clinic for depression, addiction, and post-stroke and Parkinson’s rehabilitation (read here). The one being implemented at Fatebenefratelli will therefore be. a revitalization operation, after years of inaction long denounced by labor organizations, which aims to keep the presence of Catholic health care solid in Venice’s historic center by safeguarding the presence of a hospital with great historical value which plays a strategic role in supporting the local public health network, ensuring continuity of care and facilitating the care pathway for citizens. “We set out to restore and revive this historic Venetian hospital, which is an essential resource for the historic center and for so many citizens,” said Mario Bassano, chief executive officer of Villa Salus Foundation.
Hot weather and oral health risks: tips
Unfortunately, this scorching heat that has been sweeping our country, which, it seems, will last for a long time this year, giving us no respite, also brings risks and inconveniences for both our general and oral health. So much so that, for some years now, even the Ministry of Health has been issuing directions and guidelines to try to avoid problems (info here: https://www.salute.gov.it/new/it/tema/ondate-di-calore/)
But, from a dental point of view, how does heat affect teeth and gums? As was well pointed out a few years ago in an article by Professors Alessandra Majorana and Elena Bardellini, professors at the University of Brescia, the scorching temperatures of these days lead primarily to a dehydration of our body and therefore also of the oral mucous membranes, which is accompanied by a reduction in the flow of saliva and thus to the phenomenon of Xerostomia, that is, dry mouth.
