Coronavirus and diabetes. What do the experts recommend?
Any infection in a person who suffers diabetes has a double risk: on the one hand, it may decompensate the diabetes itself; and on the other, any complications...
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A First Serological Study among Health Care Workers Reveals a Lower Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection than Expected
Active or past infection was detected among 11.2% of the Hospital Clinic staff that participated in the study.
The antiviral drug remdesivir reduces the time to recovery in COVID-19 patients
These are the first results of a global clinical trial in which the Hospital Clinic and ISGlobal participate.
Researchers create a low-cost ventilator for areas with limited means
Researchers from the Respiratory biophysics and bioengineering IDIBAPS research group, the Biophysics and Bioengineering Unit of the UB and the CIBERES...
Smoking increases complications when infected with COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2 is a virus that affects people with respiratory diseases such as asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) or pulmonary fibrosis more...
ISGlobal and Hospital Clínic launch two new Studies to fight COVID-19
The prophylactic and serological studies will be performed on healthcare workers at Hospital Clínic of Barcelona.
Hospital Clínic, Can Ruti and the UB collaborate on the Catalan Health Service's behalf in the development of emergency ventilators to cope with COVID-19
A team formed by professionals from Hospital Clínic, Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute and Hospital (IGTP) and the Faculty of Medicine and Health...
An effective monoclonal antibody for familial hypercholesterolaemia
People with familial hypercholesterolaemia find it difficult to reduce their blood cholesterol levels, even when taking the most effective medicine. Many...
Nutritional education: a major tool in combatting obesity
Obesity is a disease that is on the rise in practically the whole world. Especially concerning is the increase in the prevalence of childhood obesity,...
Smoking and the risk of gestational diabetes: another reason to quit smoking
Tobacco is associated with both an increase in the risk of developing type 2 diabetes and there is a clear relationship between smoking during pregnancy...