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Elena Boldrini

Publications and source records attributed to Elena Boldrini.

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PubMed2005

[Blood doping: 2].

Blood Doping has recently obtained a large diffusion between professional and nonprofessional athletes, in particular for endurance sports it has almost become a necessary way to warrant best performance. Seven years after the publication of our article "Blood Doping", this second installment was born to emphasize the way the biomedical research supplies (often unintentionally) new drugs and new technology to improve athletic performance and, on the other hand, to underline the antidoping strategies.

Anabolic Agents↗
PubMed2003

[Aids, physicians, Catholic Church].

The latest AIDS' congress (Barcelona) reminded the world this dramatic situation. The shown data are remarkable: 5 million people of new infected in 2001, 68 million people could die in the next 20 years because of AIDS and the biggest part of them is living in the South of the world. There are two different kind of AIDS: the AIDS of rich people (2% of infected ones), who can reach the modern therapies that changed the course of the disease now curable out of hospital, and the AIDS of poor ones, without therapies and future. The political-economic effort of Western governments, of global fund anti-AIDS and of non governmental organizations now is not able to answer to this emergency in the right way. The lacking sensibility of Western doctors and the inflexible position of Catholic Church about contraception make the situation more complicated. It's hopeful the overcoming of this position using a Catholic Church's precious concept: the distinction between "simpliciter" and "secundum quid" to agree the use of condoms in case of absolute need.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome↗
PubMed2003

[Are the integrators and supplements useful in sports?].

The continued controversy regarding doping in Italian soccer turns the discussion to the use of food integration in sports. In Italy, there is only the word "integrator" to name many products so different regarding biological features and indication usage. We think it is useful, first of all, to talk about the meaning of integration, and then to introduce the differences between nutritional ergogenic aids and supplements and, finally, to think through relationship between nutrition and athletic performance. On the basis of recent literature, there is no evidence of any real benefit for athletes in taking nutritional ergogenic aids or supplements.

Dietary Supplements↗
PubMed2003

[Rational use of the glycemic stick in hospitals].

For best management of the diabetic patient and the cost-benefit relationship of bedside blood glucose monitoring use in hospital, we suggest an acting algorithm based on literature directions and on the clinical experience of an Internal Medicine Department.

Algorithms↗