Italy’s roads become safer

-21
thousand

During 2012, 184,500 road accidents resulting in death or injury were counted in Italy: 21,138 less than in 2011 (-10.2%). The number of deaths, within 30 days, has decreased by 5.4%, passing from 3,860 to 3,650. The percentage change of the number of deaths, in respect to 2001, is -48.6% [...]

IMU property tax hits higher earners in Italy

41%

With the introduction of IMU tax (Single Municipal Tax), not all Italian taxpayers have registered an increase. 41.4% of them, in fact, spent less than for the previous ICI property tax. It is those with an income of up to €26 thousand. As far as second houses are concerned, however, [...]

UK: mothers exposed to a lack of mental health support

Access to mental health services is currently a “postcode lottery” in the UK and leads to a missing of support for a lot of new mothers and their babies. Indeed, a report published by the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) has highlighted evidence that less [...]

More weight at birth, higher IQ

Babies who put on weight in the first four weeks of life show higher IQ. This is the main figure emerging from a study carried out by the University of Adelaide and published in Pediatrics. Researchers examined about 14,000 Belarusian children born full term and weighing more than 2500 g. [...]

British women misuse the cesarean section

C-section will no more be easily accessible to pregnant women in UK, since a full discussion with the medical team will be necessary first. According to the new guidance of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice), indeed, pregnant women who request a caesarean section when there is no [...]