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• March 17 2023

  AECC awards over 600,000 euros to Clínic-IDIBAPS for cancer research

  On Monday, March 13, the Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC) announced the 2022 AECC Cancer Research Grants.

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• March 20 2023

  Pain that can be mistaken for a heart attack

  Pain in the heart area when caused by a heart attack produces a feeling of oppression in the chest. However, other conditions, such as anxiety, oes...

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• March 20 2023

  The Hospital Clínic closes 2022 treating 659 sexual assaults, 41% more than the previous year

  The Hospital Clínic Barcelona closed 2022 treating 659 sexual assaults in the Accident & Emergency Department. This figure had never been recorded...

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• March 21 2023

  Anticoagulant treatment, Vitamin K and Diet

  Following dietary recommendations, taking vitamin K regularly and treatment with an anticoagulant, such as Sintrom (acenocoumarol), are all importa...

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• March 21 2023

  Clínic-IDIBAPS researchers obtain insulin-producing cells from human fibroblasts

  The method, published in the journal Communications Biology, enables direct transformation of skin fibroblasts into insulin-producing cells with a...

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• March 22 2023

  Any consumption of alcohol involves a health risk

  Various studies show there is no safe threshold for alcohol consumption. Regular consumption is associated with more than 200 health problems.

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• March 22 2023

  7 things you didn’t know about organ transplants

  Spain is a world reference for organ donations and transplants, with about 5,383 people undergoing a transplant in 2022. Even so, there are still s...

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• March 22 2023

  How does pregnancy affect a woman's brain?

  A recent study indicates that changes can occur in the structure and function of a woman’s brain when she is pregnant. These changes may prepare th...

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• March 23 2023

  Announced: the fifteen shortlisted images in the IDIBAPS 2023 Scientific Photography Competition

  Public voting for the Sixth Scientific Photography Competition ended on Sunday, March 26.

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• March 23 2023

  IDIBAPS researcher Sílvia Affó receives an ERC Starting Grant

  Over the next five years, the project DynamHet will study the origin, evolution and function of heterogeneity presented by cancer-associated fibrob...

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• March 24 2023

  The IDIBAPS 2023 Photo Contest is now open for popular voting

  The images are displayed in a Google album. The 15 photos with more "likes" will move on to the final phase.

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• March 24 2023

  Clínic-IDIBAPS researchers find two new biomarkers for portal hypertension

  The finding, published in the journal JHEP Reports, will permit the development of a rapid diagnostic test to identify and monitor patients that pr...

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• March 27 2023

  Did you know that there is a male menopause or hypogonadism?

  Men lose testosterone as they get older. From the age of 40, 2-6% of healthy men have a deficiency of this hormone.  

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• March 28 2023

  A Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS study confirms that professional footballers are predisposed to isolated REM sleep behaviour disorder and dementia with Lewy bodies

  Researchers at the Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS are leading a study that shows that participating in professional football as an occupation is a factor...

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• March 28 2023

  Asthma: a chronic but controllable disease

  Asthma is a disease that is currently without a cure. Modern treatments make it possible to manage asthma and to help most patients lead a normal l...

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• March 28 2023

  IDIBAPS hosts the exhibition "Catalan Women Scientists 2.0"

  The exhibition, promoted by the Gender Perspective in Science group of the Catalan Association of Scientific Communication, will be open in the foy...

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• March 30 2023

  Visit to the market with patients with kidney disease

  The Hospital Clínic’s Nephrology and Renal Transplant Service recently organized a visit to the Ninot Market in Barcelona for patients with chronic...

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• April 3 2023

  Living with an ostomy

  Patients who have an ostomy can lead a normal life. The role of the nursing team is essential to advise patients throughout the process and thus im...

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• April 3 2023

  The Clínic Barcelona Hospital successfully tests deep brain stimulation to control cluster headaches

  The Clínic Barcelona Hospital goes further by incorporating, for the first time, electrodes that record brain activity to predict episodes and allo...

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• April 4 2023

  Clínic-IDIBAPS researchers validate a cellular model for the study of inclusion-body myositis

  The study, published by the Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, concludes that skin fibroblast cultures derived from patients reproduce the...

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