Academy and check ups, here’s what you can do (for free) at «Tempo della Salute» – WWN

From 9 to 12 November the fifth edition of the will be held at the Museum of Science and Technology in Milan The Time of Health: four days dedicated to medicine and well-being in the company of the greatest experts in the sector. There are many topics covered in the forums and talks: metaverse, home automation at the service of disabilities, prevention, menopause, National Health Service, inclusiveness, adolescents, diabetes, bacteria, blood cancers, ALS, Alzheimer’s, nutrition, palliative care, cholesterol and much more.

Not only. It will be possible carry out free health checks and in the area dedicated to the academies you can, upon reservation, follow courses correct breathing, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, cutting vegetables and even learn to recognize parasites in pets. There will also be an exhibition organized by the UN dedicated to the oceans and the influence their health has on ours, with workshops for children and teenagers.

Here are the free appointments in detail (by reservation):

Prepare and love vegetables

Thursday 9th and Friday 10th, 12pm

Plants, like animals, defend themselves, but since they cannot escape they try to make us believe that they are not attractive. Instead they are and it is possible to find out by learning to know them and prepare them. A nutritionist-chef teaches how to do it.
To book: www.WWN/salute/tempo-della-salute

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Thursday 9th at 3pm, Friday 10th at 3pm, Saturday 11th at 1pm, Sunday 12th at 12.30pm

For almost thirty years, the Italian Resuscitation Council has been spreading the culture of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in Italy. We can all learn the few simple maneuvers to perform: recognize the victim of a cardiac arrest, promptly alert the emergency services, correctly perform cardiac massage, use the semi-automatic external defibrillator.
To book: www.WWN/salute/tempo-della-salute

McFIT Training: pilates

Thursday 9th at 5pm, Friday 10th at 4.30pm

The holistic discipline par excellence to find the body’s rebalance starting from the strength of the breath.
To book: www.WWN/salute/tempo-della-salute

McFIT Yoga: vinyasa flow

Saturday 11th 11am, Sunday 12th 11am

The art of moving the body, through a practice of opening the shoulders and chest which activates the energy centers.
To book: www.WWN/salute/tempo-della-salute

McFIT Training: mobility

Saturday 11th, 5pm

Improve posture with sequences of joint mobility and stretching of the muscle fascia.
To book: www.WWN/salute/tempo-della-salute

McFIT Training: core training

Sunday 12th, 5pm

Between dynamic and holding exercises, you learn to make the most of your core (the central nucleus of the body).
To book: www.WWN/salute/tempo-della-salute

Let’s take care of our four-legged friends

Saturday 11th, 3pm

Fleas, ticks and other parasites can be a very annoying company for dogs and cats, which can also become a danger for people. Avoiding infestations and eradicating them with the appropriate means therefore becomes a form of protection for the whole family.
To book: www.WWN/salute/tempo-della-salute

Breathe, mobilize, spiralize

Sunday 12th, 3.30pm

Using breathing, coordinated with exercises and attention to listening to the body, we try to create freedom of movement and elasticity, so as to feel lighter and more balanced in the body.
To book: www.WWN/salute/tempo-della-salute

Prevention and donation with Avis Milano

Thursday 9th 10am-6pm, Friday 10am-1pm and 2pm-6pm, Saturday 11th 10am-1pm and 2pm-6pm, Sunday 12th 10am-6pm

Avis Milano will make the mobile collection unit available to offer visitors a personalized and in-depth prevention path aimed at donating blood. The tests offered to aspiring donors are aimed at excluding the most important metabolic pathologies (such as diabetes, metabolic syndrome, familial and non-familial dyslipidemia), viral (viral hepatitis, HIV, West Nile Virus) and tumor (Psa in subjects of male).
Reservations on site

Visual screening

Every day, from 11am to 6pm

On Thursday and Friday, the volunteers of the Milan/City Metropolitan Lions will be available to provide information on prevention. Medical staff will be present on Saturday and Sunday for visual check-ups.
Reservations on site

Cardiology screening

Thursday 9th, Friday 10th and Saturday 11th, from 11am to 6pm

For those who join the Banca del Cuore project, cardiovascular prevention screening will be carried out, including electrocardiographic examination and arrhythmia screening, with the free issue of the BancomHeart card; metabolic screening with the detection of 9 results; printout of your glucose and lipid profile and your cardiovascular risk; brochures. The Heart Bank project of the Foundation for your heart onlus of Anmco (National Association of hospital cardiologists), conceived and coordinated by past president Michele Gulizia, provides free custody of the electrocardiogram and the most relevant health data with BancomHeart, which allows connection to one’s cardiovascular data 24 hours a day, from anywhere in the world.
On-site reservations e at this link

Glycemic screening

Sunday 12th, from 11am to 1pm

The San Raffaele Hospital will be present with a corner dedicated to the free evaluation of capillary blood sugar levels via fingerstick testing. Monitoring blood sugar levels is one of the most important first steps in early diagnosis of diabetes.
Reservations on site

Ocean & Climate Village

Every day, from 9.30am to 7pm

The first traveling, interactive and educational exhibition dedicated to the ocean-climate nexus, designed with a view to co-creation, collaboration and knowledge sharing to reconnect people to the ocean. Ocean & Climate Village is a project of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO carried out as part of the United Nations Decade of Marine Sciences for Sustainable Development (2021-2030).
Free admission

Ocean & Climate Village Workshop

Every afternoon, two shifts of visits at 4pm and 5pm

Workshops dedicated to children between 5 and 12 years old and their companions.
THE SOUNDS OF THE SEA – The expert educators and marine biologists will introduce the young participants to the underwater world through the use of the sounds of the creatures that live in the sea and the discovery of small organisms invisible to the naked eye.
THE MICROSCOPIC WORLD – Experts will lead young participants to discover the marine world through the observation of microscopic organisms that live in a drop of water.
To book: www.WWN/salute/tempo-della-salute