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Smoking, the other pandemic
Tobacco kills one person every six seconds worldwide, and represents one of the greatest public health challenges
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Preventing and detecting Skin Cancer
The skin is the body’s largest organ, taking care of it and detecting possible lesions is of key importance in order to enjoy good health, especial...
Research
The Hospital Clínic starts a pioneering project for the screening and micro-elimination of viral hepatitis in patients with severe mental illness
Dr. Zoe Mariño was awarded a grant in the III Gilead Grant Applications devoted to projects focusing on Micro-elimination in Hepatitis C
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How can I improve my sexual health?
Sexual health is no taboo – looking after it is a priority
Healthcare
The Hospital Clínic applies patient experience as a strategic challenge in kidney-pancreas transplantation
The Hospital Clínic Nephrology and Urology Institute (ICNU) is working to introduce a new, patient-centred healthcare model: patient experience (XP...
Healthcare
Effectiveness and safety of COVID-19 vaccines. What do we know so far?
Some questions we make ourselves about vaccination in this pandemic time
INTERVIEW
Dr. Eduard Vieta: After the lockdown, patients with mental health problems came to us with more serious conditions and later”
Interview with Dr. Eduard Vieta, Head of the Psychiatry and Psychology Service
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Complement factor H (CFH) may be involved in age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
A study carried out by Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS has determined that complement factor H (CFH), a protein of the complement system, plays a role in A...
Research
28 July, World Hepatitis Day: The generalisation of oral antivirals means that admissions due to complications associated with hepatitis C will be anecdotal in a few years
A study conducted by researchers from the Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS and the CIBEREHD that has been published by the Journal of Hepatology shows that...
INTERVIEW
Dra. M. José Ribal: “We are working to treat all urological diseases in Europe in the same way”
Interview with Dr. M. José Ribal, Head of the Urological Onocology Unit. Dra. Ribal has been appointed the new president of the Office of Clinical...