People who smoke and suffer from COPD are more vulnerable to COVID-19 complications
Active smokers who have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are more likely to present serious forms of COVID-19. There are yet no studies confirming...
News about Covid-19
Using social media to raise awareness about pneumonia
Approximately 800,000 children and 1 million elderly people died of pneumonia around the world in 2017. Nevertheless, the severity of pneumonia is often...
Effects of infection and confinement on Parkinson's disease during the COVID-19 pandemic
COVID-19 affects people with Parkinson’s disease in a similar way to the general population, but it may be more serious in cases of advanced disease. It...
Treatment with tocilizumab in patients with kidney transplant reduces mortality from COVID-19
In a retrospective study with 80 kidney transplant patients with COVID-19, treatment with tocilizumab demonstrates a decrease in one of the inflammation...
Behaviours to prevent anxiety and depression during the pandemic
The pandemic and lockdown caused by COVID-19 have increased symptoms of anxiety and depression in the population. However, according to a major survey...
Thrombosis are one of the main complications associated with COVID-19
Thrombosis, especially venous thrombosis, are one of the serious complications that can appear in patients affected by COVID-19. These complications, caused...
How to tell the difference between allergy symptoms and COVID
During the COVID-19 pandemic, allergists and other specialists such as pulmonologists, ENT specialists, internists and dermatologists have attended to...
Returning to exercise during the COVID-19 pandemic
The SARS-CoV2 pandemic has impacted society in very diverse ways. Many people have changed their habits due to lockdown, such as practising physical exercise,...
A consortium of European hospitals led by Clínic IDIBAPS is launching a cellular immunotherapy project to tackle COVID-19 with the support of Cellnex Telecom
Hospital Clínic de Barcelona-IDIBAPS and Cellnex have today signed an agreement to launch a multicentre research project that will allow better understanding...
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.