Francesca Marchese

2 months ago | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Alessandro Brunetti |Francesca Marchese |Maria Antonietta Carpentieri |Antonio Stefano Salcuni

Objective Bone densitometry and fracture risk algorithms have proved scarce reliability for fractures risk estimation in patients with diabetic osteopathy. Calcaneal quantitative ultrasound (QUS) is a noninvasive, low-cost technique already acknowledged for fracture risk assessment in patients with primary osteoporosis. Nevertheless, there is limited evidence on the role of QUS in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM).

Oct 8, 2024 | irishtimes.com | Francesca Marchese

An Irish woman (22) is in hospital with serious head injuries after she was hit by a car in Italy last Sunday. Catania police said she was struck by a Smart car along Andrea Doria avenue in Catania, a city in southeast Sicily at about 5.30pm on Sunday, October 6th. The woman had been crossing the road at a zebra crossing while jogging when she was struck by a car driven by a man (20s).

Jul 25, 2023 | telegraph.co.uk | Joe Barnes |Neil Johnston |Francesca Marchese |Iro Pappa

Michael Gove will travel to a wildfire-hit Greek island on holiday next week, despite the Greek prime minister warning of a “difficult summer” ahead. The Foreign Office is under pressure to advise Britons against travelling to the region, but the Levelling Up Secretary insisted on Tuesday that it was still safe for tourists to go there. As a heatwave sweeps the Mediterranean, wildfires left people in Sicily without water or power, and 34 people were killed as blazes also broke out in Algeria.