NewsYear: 2015Activity: Primary prevention

Event in Turin, on 1 December, to take stock of the regional data of the PNE 2015 (...)

The recent report of the International Agency for Research on Cancer evaluated the carcinogenicity of red meat and processed meat, leading to stress, once again, the recommendation to reduce the consumption (...)

The recent approval of the legislative decree implementing the European directive concerning the processing and presentation of tobacco products and related, among the many new, introduces a series of rules aimed at greater protection of minors (...)

The V annual edition of the report "The numbers of cancer in Italy", published by the Italian Association of Medical Oncology and the Italian Association of Cancer Registries, provides epidemiological measures and clinical interpretations of interest both for operators and for users of the National Health System (…)

The XXXIX Congress of the Italian Association of Epidemiology is scheduled in Milan October 28 to 30. Main theme this year will be the combination of diet and health (...)

Half a century ago came the International Agency for Research on Cancer, the intergovernmental agency of the World Health Organization, which, among other tasks, establishes guidelines on the classification of the relative risk for cancers of chemical and physical agents.The book published to mark the 50th IARC anniversary is now available online (...)

The Authority for the protection of the personal data launches new guidelines on electronic patient dossier, for the protection of patient data within a single frame of reference and homogeneous (...)

June 16, 1995, the Regional Council deliberated the establishment of the Reference Centre for Epidemiology and Cancer Prevention in Piedmont. Benedetto Terracini traces with us the fertile period that led to the birth of the CPO (...)

On the site of IRES Piemonte you can see the annual report on the economic, social and territorial cohesion of the Piedmont (...)

The Regional Council has just approved the new Regional Plan for Prevention for the years 2015-2018. The next operating step, declined in the area, will be the Local plans of prevention that Local Health Authorities are called to adopt by mid-July (...)

Between May and August the citizens of Piedmont are invited to participate in the public consultation on air quality launched by the Piedmont Region: the information collected will complement the "Regional Plan for Air Quality" currently being processed (...)

After the approval by the Regional Board, the new Plan 2015-2019 Asbestos now passes to the Regional Council (...)

The World Health Organization published the "World Health Statistics 2015" that represent the official source and annually updated information on the world population health (...)

The evaluation of the policies of reorganization of regional health systems will be the central theme of the Spring Conference of the Italian Association of Epidemiology held in Florence on May 25 to 26 (...)

Kathleen Ruff, Canadian activist in the field of human rights, science integrity and in the fight against asbestos trade, will be in Turin and Novara, on May, 12 and 14, to held a seminar "Conflicting interests and scientific communication" (...)

Friday, May 15, at the XXVIII edition of the International Book Fair in Turin, will present the volumes "The twentieth century. History of work in Italy": an opportunity to talk about workers' health as well as working (...)