Malaria Control Method Could Prevent 6 million New Infant Cases
A third (30%) of malaria cases can be avoided in African infants using a safe, affordable and simple tool called Intermittent Preventive Treatment...
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General recommendations against the new pandemic Flu
With this video we initiate a series of informative shorts dedicated to the new pandemic flu. We want the Hospital Clínic of Barcelona Health Commu...
Non-invasive ventilation increases survival rate of chronic respiratory disease in ICU patients
This technique is easy to use in any ICU. The concerning paper proves it’s beneficial effects if applied immediately after extubation in patients s...
The GenoMEL Project Identifies a New Region of the Genome Associated With the Risk of Melanoma
The genetic study includes 1650 patients and 4336 control subjects from Europe and Australia. Of the three regions of the genome with small variati...
Five Cord Blood Transplant Centers in Catalonia and Valencia Join a Study to Test a New Technique to Treat Leukemia and Lymphoma
The Gamida Cell-Teva Joint Venture announced today that five prestigious cord blood transplantations centers in Spain, three in Barcelona and two...
Oxaliplatin Promotes the Survival of Drug-Resistant Colon Tumor Cells
Oxaliplatin is a drug that is widely used to treat colon cancer, but its efficacy is limited by the development of resistance to chemotherapy of t...
Eixample District to Have a new Primary Care Center
The new center will be managed by the Eixample Primary Health Care Consortium (CAPSE), a body composed of the Catalan Health Care Institute and Hos...
Gene Therapy Protects Simians Against Infection by the AIDS Virus
A study carried out in the United States has managed to introduce into the muscle cells of macaque monkeys the DNA necessary to produce an antibody...
Hospital Clínic Revisits 20 Years of Therapeutic Education in Diabetes
Diabetes is a chronic disease caused by a defect in the production of insulin and for which there is no cure. People with the disease must learn to...