[Immigration from countries with a strong migratory pressure and participation in cervical cancer screening program in the Local Health Unit 2, Umbria Region. Impact on the probability of high-grade lesions and cervical cancer].

Objective: to measure the risk of having serious lesions and cervical cancer for immigrant women, by evaluating the impact of their lack of participation in the previous rounds.

Design: retrospective study.

Source Of Data: archive of the screening programme of Local Health Unit 2, Umbria.

[Hospital admission in terminally ill cancer patients: a survey in the Umbrian Local Health Unit 2].

Objective: describing, using administrative data, the extent and modalities of hospitalization in terminally ill cancer patients, residing in Local Health Unit (LHU) 2 of Umbria Region, Italy.

Design: retrospective cohort study based on current administrative data: Nominative Registry of Causes of Death (ReNCaM) and Hospital Discharge Records (HDR).

Setting And Participants: residents in LHU 2 dead of cancer (ICD9-CM categories: 140-239) in 2004-2006 (N=3,122).

ELF magnetic therapy and oxidative balance.

Knowledge about the relationship between exposure to extremely low-frequency (ELF) EMF and formation (or neutralization) of free radicals in the living cells is limited. Studies performed on animals and plants have shown conflicting effects on the relation between EMF and oxidative stress. Very few experiments have been performed on humans.