Don’t perform the so-called “food intolerance tests” (apart from those which are validated for suspect celiac disease or lactose enzymatic intolerance)
Several methods are constantly proposed to diagnose the so-called “food intolerance”; these procedures includes VEGA-test, Cytotoxic test, serum specific IgG4 dosage, hair analysis and “bioresonance” techniques. None of these procedure has sufficient scientific...
Don’t perform allergy tests for drugs (including anhestetics) and/or foods when there are not clinical history and symptoms suggestive of hypersensitivity reactions.
In absence of clinical history of signs/symptoms of suspect hypersensitivity reaction (i.e.: urticaria or other typical muco-cutaneous manifestations, angioedema, hypotension, dyspnoea, simultaneous involvement of two or more organs/apparatus…) allergometric...
Do not underestimate the importance of multidisciplinary and non-pharmacological approaches.
Although the first line of intervention in Parkinson’s disease is pharmacological, recent evidence has shown that multidisciplinary therapy using non-drug approaches can improve the symptoms of the disease or even slow its progression. These include regular...
Do not abruptly discontinue/modify Parkinson’s disease therapy.
According to recent evidence, therapy with anti-Parkinsonian drugs is inappropriately discontinued or modified in a large percentage (up to 75%) of patients with Parkinson’s disease who are admitted to emergency or non-neurological hospital wards. This is one of...The campaign DOING MORE DOES NOT MEAN DOING BETTER – CHOOSING WISELY ITALY is promoted by Italy’s Slow Medicine
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