Health Topics
Why are women more susceptible to autoimmune diseases?
Biological sex, gender role and sexual hormones are some of the main factors
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Research
IDIBAPS celebrates its second PhD Day
The PhD Day programme included presentations and talks on such subjects as mental health, scientific dissemination and sustainability in research,...
Healthcare
The Hospital Clínic successfully performs the first surgeries with the Rob Surgical surgical robot
The Hospital Clínic Barcelona has successfully performed the first surgeries with Bitrack, the surgical robot created by the Catalan company, Rob S...
Research
Researchers at the Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS participate in the new guidelines on intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma
Researchers from the Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS have participated in the preparation of the new guidelines on intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, the sec...
Teaching and Training
Enrolments open for the sixth Clínic Barcelona Summer School
For the sixth consecutive year, the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona and the Vila Casas Foundation are running the Clínic Barcelona Summer School, whic...
Health Topics
5 ways to keep your brain active
Keeping the brain active is one of the main ways to prevent neurodegenerative diseases. There are many methods to stimulate the brain that involve...
Institutional
The Hospital Clínic, awarded for an initiative focused on identifying the unmet needs of patients with endometriosis
On Friday 9 June, Shared Patient Experience, the European association dedicated to patient experience, presented the prizes for the third edition o...
Health Topics
Learning to measure chronic pain: a complex, but necessary challenge
Chronic pain is the type of pain that lasts or recurs for months or years. Can it be measured? And can we do anything to improve the symptoms?
Research
Montse Cortijo, patient with Parkinson’s disease: “My arm was going numb and my hand was trembling. I could see that something was going on”
Montse Cortijo started to notice that her right arm was going numb, her hand was trembling and it was becoming increasingly difficult for her to do...
Research
A study of the Spanish population shows that nearly 795,000 children have allergies and 397,000 have asthma
In Spain, 5.7% of children under the age of 14 have asthma and 11.4% have allergies, mainly allergic rhinitis. Bearing in mind that there are aroun...