News from Institute of Digestive and Metabolic Diseases
Is dysphagia the same as achalasia?
They can be confused, but dysphagia is a symptom of a number of different diseases; one of those is achalasia, where it is one of the main symptoms.
Food as medicine
Food and the way it is cooked can contribute to the prevention and treatment of disease. Habits such as preparing food at home or using healthy coo...
Dr. Jesús Blanco: “For the follow-up of patients with diabetes, the ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach does not make sense"
As one of its many initiatives, the Diabetes Unit is implementing a scorecard to segment patients with diabetes and offer more efficient treatment...
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...
5 tips to reverse fatty liver
One in four people have fatty liver; a condition that can be reversed with a healthy lifestyle. The nurse, Marta Cervera, explains 5 recommendation...
Review of the diagnosis and treatment of Budd-Chiari syndrome
Researchers from the Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS and CIBEREHD, and from the Beajoun Hospital in Paris, have prepared a review of Budd-Chiari syndrome,...
The intestinal barrier: a key factor in the development of disease
There is increasing evidence on the link between the permeability of the intestinal barrier and autoimmune or metabolic diseases, although the exac...
Capsule endoscopy: a pill-sized imaging test
Capsule endoscopy is a device that provides high-resolution images of the digestive tract and has proven to be cost-efficient for the early detecti...
The Hospital Clínic celebrates the 40th anniversary of the first pancreas transplant in Spain
This year, the Hospital Clínic Barcelona is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the first pancreas transplant in Spain. The date was 3 February 198...