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Scuole che promuovono salute (Sps) is a model promoted by the World Health Organization and recognized at the European and national levels for promoting health and well-being at school. Pause Attive is an effective and evidence-based intervention to promote physical activity and reduce sedentary behaviour of children in the school setting. In the 2023-2024 school year, 348 schools joined the "Rete Lazio Sps" of which 99 joined the intervention Pause Attive for a total of 1.

Efficacy and Safety of a Combined Aerobic, Strength and Flexibility Exercise Training Program in Patients with Implantable Cardiac Devices.

: The "FIDE Project" (Fitness Implantable DEvice) was organized by the Institute of Sports Medicine and Science and the World Society of Arrhythmias with the aim of demonstrating the usefulness of exercise training in improving functional capacity in patients with implantable cardiac devices. : Thirty sedentary patients were selected for the project (25 males and 5 females), with a mean age of 73 ± 5 years (range 44-94 years). Twenty-five were implanted with a Pacemaker (PM) and five with an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD).

Hepatic and extra-hepatic sequelae, and prevalence of viral hepatitis C infection estimated from routine data in at-risk groups.

Background: Concerns about the hepatitis C virus (HCV) are due to the high risk of chronic liver disease and poor treatment efficacy. Synthesizing evidence from multiple data sources is becoming widely used to estimate HCV-infection prevalence. This paper aims to estimate the prevalence of HCV infection, and the hepatic and extrahepatic sequelae in at-risk groups, using routinely collected data in the Lazio region, Italy.

[Fatality rates of bacterial meningitis from current health databases suggest a different case definition. Results of a follow-up study of bacterial meningitis in Lazio Region, Italy, 1996-2000].

Objectives: To describe mortality and case fatality rate due to bacterial meningitis in the Lazio Region from 1996 to 2000, and to compare these estimates with those from Cause-of-death Registry (CDR) and Hospital Discharge Registry (HDR).

Methods: A follow-up study of mortality was conducted through Registry Offices for bacterial meningitis cases reported to surveillance in 1996-2000 among residents in the Lazio Region. Death due to bacterial meningitis was defined as a patient who died during a hospitalization for meningitis or who died within 30 days after hospitalization and whose underlying cause of death was bacterial meningitis (ICD-9: 036.