The Local Italy https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Mobile phones can cause tumours, Italian court rules In a potentially landmark case, an Italian court has ruled that excessive, work-related use of a mobile phone caused an executive to develop a benign brain tumour. https://www.thelocal.it/20170421/mobile-phone-use-can-cause-tumours-italian-court-rules Fri, 21 Apr 2017 10:48:21 +0200 mobile-phone-use-can-cause-tumours-italian-court-rules Italian surgeons remove 15kg tumour from woman's breast A team of surgeons in Rome removed a tumour weighing 15kg from the breast of a 60-year-old woman. https://www.thelocal.it/20160315/italian-surgeons-remove-15-kilogram-tumour-from-womans-breast Tue, 15 Mar 2016 16:16:17 +0100 italian-surgeons-remove-15-kilogram-tumour-from-womans-breast Mercy-themed Jubilee kicks off on Tuesday Pope Francis will this week launch an "extraordinary" Roman Catholic Jubilee on the theme of mercy during which priests will be allowed to absolve women who have had abortions. https://www.thelocal.it/20151207/jubilee-year-on-theme-of-mercy-to-kick-off-tuesday Mon, 07 Dec 2015 09:15:41 +0100 jubilee-year-on-theme-of-mercy-to-kick-off-tuesday Italian conspiracies surround Pope's tumour After a choppy few weeks for Pope Francis, a strongly denied report that he has a brain tumour has sent Vatican and Italian conspiracy theorists into overdrive. https://www.thelocal.it/20151022/conspiracy-theories-flourish-in-vatican-after-pope-health-scare Thu, 22 Oct 2015 18:19:01 +0200 conspiracy-theories-flourish-in-vatican-after-pope-health-scare Italy’s ex-foreign minister wins cancer battle Italy’s former foreign minister Emma Bonino has overcome her battle against lung cancer. https://www.thelocal.it/20150522/italys-ex-foreign-minister-wins-cancer-battle Fri, 22 May 2015 14:01:40 +0200 italys-ex-foreign-minister-wins-cancer-battle Former Italy FM Bonino has lung cancer Former foreign minister Emma Bonino, tipped to become Italy’s new president, announced on Monday she is undergoing treatment for a lung tumour. https://www.thelocal.it/20150112/former-italy-fm-bonino-has-lung-tumour Mon, 12 Jan 2015 17:27:00 +0100 former-italy-fm-bonino-has-lung-tumour Doctors 'took out wrong kidney from patient' An investigation is underway in Rome after doctors removed the wrong kidney from an elderly patient, Italian media reported on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150109/rome-doctors-took-out-wrong-kidney-from-patient Fri, 09 Jan 2015 17:08:00 +0100 rome-doctors-took-out-wrong-kidney-from-patient