ANCIENT CHORDS AND NEW SCORES.

For a nineteenth century physician, taking someone’s pulse meant feeling the rhythm of a body, appraising its physiological balance or the dissonance of a pathological condition. The ancient act of “auscultation”, like today’s recommendation to doctors to listen to their patients, seem to be renewed conquests after the triumphs of  techno-medicine. They have certainly been and still are undeniable triumphs but, at the dawn of the 21st century, they must be integrated in the rediscovery of the centrality of the human being, of the patient and not of the disease.

The 22nd edition of Spoletoscienza sponsored by the Sigma-tau Foundation in the frame of Spoleto’s famous Festival of the Two Worlds will once again confirm its central role in our national scientific debate. Following its traditional and successful formula, Spoletoscienza will debate on the most current themes concerning health, medical-scientific research and the medical profession.

 

This year’s programme includes:

Sala Frau, June 26-27 - 11 a.m. 
“ANCIENTS CHORDS: MEDICINE AND MUSIC, NICCOLÒ PAGANINI
AS A GUITARIST AND MARIA MALIBRAN”
Theatre readings by Francesco Negro, with actors Paola Mannoni
and Massimo Popolizio. Musical coordinator Leonardo De Angelis.

Hotel Albornoz, June 26 - 16 a.m.
“HEALTH CARE, ANCIENT CHORDS AND NEW RESPONSIBILITIES”
Round table coordinated by Sandro Spinsanti, Giano Institute of Rome

Chiostro San Nicolò, July 3-4 - 10,30 a.m.
“HARMONIES, ENERGY AND HEALTH: NEW SCORES”
Conference coordinated by Gilberto Corbellini and Pino Donghi.
Speakers: endocrinologist and diabetes specialist José Manuel Fernàndez-Real; evolutionary biologist Randolph Nesse; neuropathologist Hugh Perry;
Stanley Ulijaszek, a specialist in metabolic syndrome;
and Douglas Wallace, an expert on mitochondrial pathologies.
Menotti Calvani, vice president of the Sigma-tau Foundation,
immunologist Claudio Franceschi, a researcher on aging processes,
and oncologist Gianfranco Peluso will take part in the debate.

Hotel Albornoz, July 3 - 16 a.m.
“HEALTH CARE, ANCIENT CHORDS AND NEW RESPONSIBILITIES”
Round table coordinated by Sandro Spinsanti, Giano Institute of Rome