Anderson-Fabry disease:A protean clinical behavior and a chance diagnosis

Land and sea joint - The educational project Terramare

Today, the global financial and economical crisis has made evident the inner relationship between environmental degradation and social needs. Throughout the Mediterranean Sea the consequences of the new shift in the geopolitical order and the cultural conflicts confronting is a first result of disadvantages and environmental crisis with a continuum growth of environmental disorder and difficulties on manage territories. In this contest, the foundation “Fondazione con il Sud” promotes project for Sustainable Development and Environmental Education to empower citizen to live sustainably in an environmentally conscious manner and to promote cultural integration. The "Terramare" project is prop…

Liraglutide and Renal Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes.

BACKGROUND: In a randomized, controlled trial that compared liraglutide, a glucagon-like peptide 1 analogue, with placebo in patients with type 2 diabetes and high cardiovascular risk who were receiving usual care, we found that liraglutide resulted in lower risks of the primary end point (nonfatal myocardial infarction, nonfatal stroke, or death from cardiovascular causes) and death. However, the long-term effects of liraglutide on renal outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes are unknown. METHODS: We report the prespecified secondary renal outcomes of that randomized, controlled trial in which patients were assigned to receive liraglutide or placebo. The secondary renal outcome was a co…