Mario Pappagallo (

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, 1 June 1954 - 22 July 2022) was an Italian journalist and essayist. He lived in

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, Italy.

Biography

After studying Medicine at the University of Rome "La Sapienza" and

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at the

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, he received a

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in medical and scientific Journalism from the University of Rome "Tor Vergata". He became a member of Italy's Order of

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in 1986. In 1982, he joined the editorial staff of ''Tutti'', a monthly magazine for the European youth. For ''Tutti,'' he broke the story of

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along the European coasts, in particular that of

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. In 1984, he participated in the project of ''Codice Salute'', the information bulletin of the "Tribunale per i diritti del malato", an association upholding the rights of ill people. He wrote for the ''Corriere Medico'' from 1985 to 1990. At the end of the 1980s, his investigation in the medical faculties in Italian

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led to a change in the curriculum of medical studies. In 1990, he joined ''Corriere Salute'', the health weekly supplement of ''

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''. One of his articles for Corriere Salute appears in an anthology of Italian literature of the twentieth-century to illustrate the language of health journalism. In 1992, he moved to the National News staff of ''Corriere della Sera''. In 1995, he was senior

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. From May 2009 to April 2011, he was on the Editorial committee of ''Corriere della Sera''. He was senior

in the National News staff of ''Corriere della Sera.'' In 1992–1993, for ''Corriere della Sera'' and ''L'Europeo'' monthly magazine, he broke the story of the inquiry into the Italian Drug Commission. Mario was also a commentator on health issues for

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. Mario Pappagallo attended multiple conferences as keynote speaker and authored or co-authored several books (see below bibliography). Among them is ''Contro il dolore'', an essay supporting pain treatment, written with his brother, the

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Marco Pappagallo.

Awards

In 1989, the Italian Foreign Ministry awarded him a prize for a series of articles on the Italian health cooperation in

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and

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. In 2008, he was awarded the "August and Marie Krogh" Medal,

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Media Prize for the book ''Una carezza per guarire'', Sperling & Kupfer, written with the

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,. In the same year, he won a

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sponsored by the Italian National Federation of

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. In 2009, he gained the Novo Nordisk Italy Media Prize, in the category "Articles in lay press", for the article "The Diabetes Emergency". As winner of the Italy Media Prize, he has taken part in the Novo Nordisk International Media Prize 2009 contest for excellence in writing on diabetes, and he was the winner in the category "Best print article", first Italian journalist to win the international prize. In the same year, he was awarded the "Pulcinella Prize" from Federdolore, the federation of

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and

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specialists, for having treated "''pain problems using accessible language''".''Federdolore premia Pappagallo: «Autore molto attento e sensibile»''. «Corriere del Mezzogiorno», October 23, 2009.
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Bibliography

e Mario Pappagallo, ''Una carezza per guarire. La nuova medicina tra scienza e coscienza'', Sperling & Kupfer, 2004, * Mario Pappagallo e Marco Pappagallo, ''Contro il dolore. I nuovi strumenti della medicina per non soffrire inutilmente: una battaglia civile'', Frassinelli, 2005, *

e Mario Pappagallo, ''Le donne vogliono sapere. La prevenzione e le nuove cure per il tumore al seno'', Sperling & Kupfer, 2006, * Lidia Rota Vender e Mario Pappagallo, ''Cuore di donna. Le scelte intelligenti per mantenerlo in forma'', Sperling & Kupfer, 2007, * Mario Pappagallo e Umberto Solimene, ''Atlante delle Acque minerali'', Lampi di stampa, 2008, *

e Mario Pappagallo, ''Verso la scelta vegetariana. Il tumore si previene anche a tavola'', Giunti, 2011, * Marco Squicciarini e Mario Pappagallo, ''Come salvare i bambini dal soffocamento'', CFI Progetti s.r.l., 2011, * Mario Pappagallo, ''Ancora in porto ancora. Aforismi e altri esercizi di stile'', amarantoblook, 2012,

References

External links

Recent and archived news articles by Mario Pappagallo of Corriere della Sera
from the ''Corriere della Sera'' Historical Article Archive (since 1992)
(forthcoming) Allùngati la vita (Lengthen Your Life)
- A blook by Mario Pappagallo about

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