3.1% of Italian athletes takes prohibited substances. According to the last figures released by the Commission for the Supervision and Control of Doping of the Ministry of Health, in 2011, of 1,676 athletes subjected to controls, 52 were positive. The identikit of the typical consumer is male, median age 33 years and resident in the North. Read all the figures

-15% In Italy, over the past 8 years, university registrations have declined by 15%. In total, in 2010-2011, less than 1 out of 3 nineteen year old student enrolled at the university. The number of degrees, however, has exponentially increased, rising from 172 thousand in 2001 to 289 thousand in 2010. Currently, in Italy, 20% of the population aged between 30 and 34 years is graduated. A percentage far from the EU target of achieving 40% by 2020. These are some of the figures emerging from the 14th  Almalaurea survey on the profile of graduates. 

The immigrant comes and stays. A truth that the German authorities have discovered later, but finally seem to have perceived going beyond the traditional vision of the stranger as a sojourner. This is confirmed by a recent study by the Max-Planck Institute that found that, over the past five years, there were a steady increase in the municipal council number of elected with a migrant background in the bigger German cities. To the point that in cities like Frankfurt or Stuttgart not native politicians even are 15% of the total. For the most Turkish, Greek and Italian. What are the [...]

In Italy, female entrepreneurship is a real asset for the country. Firms run by a woman representing 24.2% of the total (5,233,746) and produce an annual turnover of about € 200 billion. The province that has the majority of them is Rome (78,990), followed by Naples (59,820) and Milan (57,247). To be noted, however, that the cities in which companies have increased the most this year are Ragusa (+2%), Fermo (+1.8%) and Como (+1.4%). The areas where the enterprises led by a woman are more active, are commerce with nearly 1 company out of 3, agriculture and fisheries (one in [...]

In addition to health, smoking seriously damages love. At least in Spain. Where even 1 of 4 citizens claims to have been abandoned by their partner because of nicotine addiction. One thing that certainly is alarming to many smokers that to avoid this unpleasant side effect become inveterate liars. Ready to everything in order to hide to the partner this odious vice. Until that point, according to a recent Pfizer survey, 30% of Iberian smokers candidly admits to always find an excuse to sneak out the house looking for a fleeting encounter with the so beloved cigarettes.

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million In 2011, Italian people aged over 6 years who have read at least 1 book in 12 months, not for academic or professional reasons, were almost 26 million. Equal to 45.3% of the population, down from 46.8% of the previous year. According to the last figures by the Italian Institute of Statistics, women are the most assiduous readers: 51.6% versus 38.5% of men. To be noted, however, that the gender differences are higher in the age group 15-44 years. While they tend to fall significantly among people aged over 60 years.

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thousand In Italy every year there are 5,000 cases of ovarian cancer occurring in women of advanced age, 63% of them do not survive the disease. In Europe every day 500 patients die for ovarian cancer. It's the conference ACTO non-profit organization organized in collaboration with the Institute for Pharmacological Research Mario Negri, denouncing the lack of information on this disease, often confused with uterine cancer, and the difficulties in an accurate diagnosis because of the asymptomatic until an advanced stage, which drastically reduces the chances of recovery.

The law does not permit to an immigrant who lives in Italy to justify, with customs and traditions of the country of origin, a criminal conduct sanctioned by our legal system. With this motivation, the Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a Moroccan, already confirmed by the Court of Appeal of Bologna, who, on several occasions, had beaten his daughter guilty, according to him, of not having well repeated the verses of the Quran. The Italian Court has considered unfounded and therefore inadmissible the excuses put forward by the defence. According to which, the behaviour of the accused, typical [...]

Expectant mothers avoid eating for two. It says a British study, published in the BMJ journal , which show that pregnancy not accompanied by a specific diet can lead to serious health risks for mothers and child. Diabetes, hypertension and premature birth are just some of the consequences of a uncontrolled diet and too much caloric. Despite the danger, in England more than half of women in reproductive age are overweight and 15% are obese. According to Queen Mary University of London researchers a restricted diet between 1,800 and 2,400 calories per day reduce by 60% the risk of gestational [...]

50% In France, in the new centers for after-school activities, 50% of available seats are for children with disabilities. For young people aged between 3 and 13 years old, the Centre de loisirs à parité have as a goal the development of a spirit of solidarity and responsibility. And despite having a vocation purely recreational,  there are specifically trained personnel from the Centre des Ressources “Enfance Handicapée”.