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| Roberto RaschettiSummaryAffiliation: Istituto Superiore di Sanit Country: Italy Publications
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Rat models of acute inflammation: a randomized controlled study on the effects of homeopathic remediesAnita Conforti
Department of Medicine Public Health, University of Verona, Policlinico G B Rossi, Piazzale L A Scuro, 33100 Verona, Italy
BMC Complement Altern Med 7:1. 2007....
Cholinesterase inhibitors in mild cognitive impairment: a systematic review of randomised trialsRoberto Raschetti
National Center for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy
PLoS Med 4:e338. 2007..The objective of this review is to assess the effects of ChEIs (donepezil, rivastigmine, and galantamine) in delaying the conversion from MCI to Alzheimer disease or dementia...
Suspected adverse reactions associated with herbal products used for weight loss: a case series reported to the Italian National Institute of HealthAnnabella Vitalone
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology V Erspamer, Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185, Rome, Italy
Eur J Clin Pharmacol 67:215-24. 2011..The aim of this study was to describe suspected adverse reactions (ARs) associated with herbal products used for weight control in Italy...
Hepatotoxicity from green tea: a review of the literature and two unpublished casesGabriela Mazzanti
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sapienza, University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Eur J Clin Pharmacol 65:331-41. 2009..To review the current literature on suspected green tea-related hepatic reactions and to describe two new cases reported within the framework of the Italian surveillance system of natural health products...
How legislation on decisional capacity can negatively affect the feasibility of clinical trials in patients with dementiaFrancesca Galeotti
National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy
Drugs Aging 29:607-14. 2012..The AdCare study showed that an excessively rigid regulation can become a major obstacle while carrying out therapeutic research with incapacitated persons...
Cholinesterase inhibitors: drugs looking for a disease?Marina Maggini
National Center for Epidemiology, National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy
PLoS Med 3:e140. 2006
Surveillance of suspected adverse reactions to herbal products used as laxativesAnnabella Vitalone
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology V Erspamer, Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185, Rome, Italy
Eur J Clin Pharmacol 68:231-8. 2012..To describe and evaluate spontaneous reports of suspected adverse reactions (ARs) associated with herbal laxatives received by the Italian Medicines Agency and the Italian National Institute of Health between April 2002 and January 2011...
Complementary and alternative medicine in the scientific literatureRoberto Raschetti
Center of Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy
J Altern Complement Med 11:209-12. 2005..To analyze the frequency and typology of scientific papers on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) published in the period 1997-2002...
[Macroangiopathic complications in type 2 diabetic patients seen at an Italian diabetes center]Marina Maggini
Laboratorio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, V le Regina Elena 299, Roma
Ann Ist Super Sanita 39:165-71. 2003..6% (17.2% in males and 14.0% in females). Acute miocardial infarction was the most prevalent (7.6%) complication among males, while angina was more frequent (9.3%) among females...
Use of unconventional medicine in Italy: a nation-wide surveyFrancesca Menniti-Ippolito
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, National Institute of Health Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena, 299, 00161 Rome, Italy
Eur J Clin Pharmacol 58:61-4. 2002..To investigate the prevalence of use of unconventional therapies in Italy, the main health problems associated with and the motivations for use of these therapies...
The cerivastatin withdrawal crisis: a "post-mortem" analysisMarina Maggini
National Center of Epidemiology, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Roma, Italy
Health Policy 69:151-7. 2004....
[The characteristics of Alzheimer's Disease Units in relation to neuropsychological tests]Giacoma C Sorrentino
Centro Nazionale di Epidemiologia, Sorveglianza e Promozione della Salute, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Via Giano della Bella 34, 00161 Rome, Italy
Ann Ist Super Sanita 41:63-8. 2005....
[Characteristics of unconventional medicine users and their households in Italy]Francesca Menniti-Ippolito
Centro Nazionale di Epidemiologia, Sorveglianza e Promozione della Salute, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Roma
Ann Ist Super Sanita 40:455-61. 2004..This suggests a "complementary", more than "alternative" use of this kind of therapies...
[Pilot study for the surveillance of adverse reactions to herbal preparations and dietary supplements]Francesca Menniti-Ippolito
Centro Nazionale di Epidemiologia, Sorveglianza e Promozione della Salute, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy
Ann Ist Super Sanita 41:39-42. 2005..After this experience we strongly believe that a system to assess the safety of herbal preparations is needed...
A cohort study of effectiveness of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors in Alzheimer's diseaseRoberto Raschetti
National Center for Epidemiology, National Institute of Health, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161, Rome, Italy
Eur J Clin Pharmacol 61:361-8. 2005..At 9 months, improvement was evident only in a subgroup of patients without concomitant diseases and who had demonstrated a response at 3 months...
Two contemporary cases of hepatitis associated with Teucrium chamaedrys L. decoction use: case reports and review of literatureLuigi Gori
Center of Integrative Medicine, AOU Careggi, Universitary Medical Hospital, Florence, Italy
Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol 109:521-6. 2011..Hydroalcoholic extracts are currently used as flavourings in the preparation of wines, bitters and liqueurs. Teucrin A and teuchamaedryn A are the major toxic components of the diterpenoid fraction of T. chamaedrys L...
Sudden unexpected deaths and vaccinations during the first two years of life in Italy: a case series studyGiuseppe Traversa
National Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy
PLoS ONE 6:e16363. 2011..A study to establish whether the immunisation with hexavalent vaccines increased the short term risk of SUD in infants was conducted in Italy...
Surveillance of suspected adverse reactions to natural health products in ItalyFrancesca Menniti-Ippolito
National Centre for Epidemiology, National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 17:626-35. 2008..The system has been set up by the Italian National Institute of Health...
How are the interests of incapacitated research participants protected through legislation? An Italian study on legal agency for dementia patientsSabina Gainotti
National Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy
PLoS ONE 5:e11150. 2010..In Italy, the system of proxy is determined by the courts. In this study we evaluate the timing for appointment of a legal proxy in Italy and identify predictive variables of appointment...
Clinical research in traditional medicine: priorities and methodsFrancesco Cardini
Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy
Complement Ther Med 14:282-7. 2006..International multicentre RCTs would have the potential benefits of evaluating safety and effectiveness and also assessing the transferability of a traditional treatment across social and cultural contexts...
[Use of neuropsychological tests in the Cronos Project]Goffredo Bianchi
Centro Nazionale di Epidemiologia, Sorveglianza e Promozione della Salute, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Via Giano della Bella 34, 00161 Rome, Italy
Ann Ist Super Sanita 41:69-74. 2005..This paper aims to collect, for the first time in Italy, data on use of the neuropsychological tests in the specialist units on dementia and to propose a discussion on the reliability of neuropsychological instruments...
Incidence and risk factors for stroke in type 2 diabetic patients: the DAI studyCarlo Bruno Giorda
Metabolism and Diabetes Unit, ASL 8, Regione Piemonte, Chieri, Italy
Stroke 38:1154-60. 2007..Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a strong predictor of cerebrovascular disease, yet few studies have assessed the incidence of stroke and the role of other risk factors in unselected type 2 diabetes mellitus populations...
Rhabdomyolysis caused by Commiphora mukul, a natural lipid-lowering agentAntonio Bianchi
Traditional Medicine Department, Centro di Orientamento Educativo, Barzio, Italy
Ann Pharmacother 38:1222-5. 2004..mukul ingestion. CONCLUSIONS: Our report describes a case of rhabdomyolysis possibly caused by C. mukul and underlines the need for active surveillance of natural products...
Incidence of coronary heart disease in type 2 diabetic men and women: impact of microvascular complications, treatment, and geographic locationAngelo Avogaro
Division of Metabolic Diseases, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
Diabetes Care 30:1241-7. 2007..We set forth to determine incidence and identify predictors (including microvascular complications and treatment) of first coronary heart disease (CHD) event in CVD-free type 2 diabetic patients...
Use of unconventional medicine in children in ItalyFrancesca Menniti-Ippolito
Eur J Pediatr 161:690. 2002
Antipsychotics in individuals with intellectual disabilitySabina Gainotti
Lancet 371:1501-2; author reply 1502. 2008
