A survey on hydration and use of plastic water bottles among Italian health sector workers.

Background: Modena's Local Health Authority (AUSL) is a public service with more than 5,000 employees. In its facilities, drinking water is available as tap water. However, disposable plastic bottles are also widely used, thus increasing plastic waste.

Primer extension coupled with fragment analysis for rapid and quantitative evaluation of 5.8S rRNA isoforms.

The ribosomal RNA 5.8S is one of the four rRNAs that constitute ribosomes. In human cells, like in all eukaryotes, it derives from the extensive processing of a long precursor containing the sequence of 18S, 5.

GLP-1 and GIP receptor agonists in the treatment of Parkinson's disease: Translational systematic review and meta-analysis protocol of clinical and preclinical studies.

Background: Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive multifactorial neurodegenerative condition. Epidemiological studies have shown that patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM2) are at increased risk for developing PD, indicating a possible insulin-modulating role in this latter condition. We hypothesized that drugs similar to glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) and gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP), used in the treatment of T2DM2, may play a role in PD.

[Group psychological education film pathway for alcoholics and their families: a study on changes].

Objective: This research evaluates the individual traits and family system dysfunctional habits modification of participants in the multi-family psychological education group 'Primo Percorso' (GPP) of the alcohology service NOA Perini - ASST Fatebenefratelli - Sacco, Milano. This is constituted by a multi-discipline team (physicians, systemic psychologists psychotherapists, social worker and professional educator). The GPP was created to allow participants to work on themselves, on their own personal story and on their dysfunctional family relationships with tools that stem from reflecting on 12 topics, which are explained and developed by a therapist also through film watching.

Injection fears and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy.

Background: When vaccination depends on injection, it is plausible that the blood-injection-injury cluster of fears may contribute to hesitancy. Our primary aim was to estimate in the UK adult population the proportion of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy explained by blood-injection-injury fears.

Methods: In total, 15 014 UK adults, quota sampled to match the population for age, gender, ethnicity, income and region, took part (19 January-5 February 2021) in a non-probability online survey.