Search results

• Use of healthcare services

  In Spain, which has high life expectancy, an aging population, and universal health care free at the point of use, both the number of persons with...

  Research – Research lines

• The fragility - geriatrics - dependency - home care axis

  The elderly population will increase in forthcoming decades, making frailty an increasing public health problem. There is evidence of the benefit o...

  Research – Research lines

• Use of medicines

  Irrational use of medicines is a major problem worldwide. WHO estimates that more than half of all medicines are prescribed, dispensed or sold inap...

  Research – Research lines

• Primary care and autoimmunity

  Systemic autoimmune diseases (SADs) are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, although their epidemiological profile varies sig...

  Research – Research lines

• Atherogenesis, risk factors and cardiovascular diseases

  Hypertension (HT), smoking, and hypercholesterolemia are the three most common cardiovascular risk factors in Spain. Prevalence of HT in adults > 1...

  Research – Research lines

• Chronic pain

  Chronic widespread pain (CWP) is a health problem worldwide, with a reported prevalence ranging from 4.2% to 13.3%. The multifaceted reality of CWP...

  Research – Research lines

• Mental health, smoking and other addictions

  Cigarette smoking is the leading preventable cause of death in many countries. Moreover, smokers are more likely than nonsmokers to develop heart d...

  Research – Research lines

• Respiratory diseases

  Respiratory diseases are a common health problem. Many times, people are genetically more likely to get respiratory conditions, but work place or e...

  Research – Research lines

• Digestive and liver diseases

  Digestive and liver diseases are associated with substantial morbidity and mortality in many countries. Statistics about the incidence, prevalence,...

  Research – Research lines

• HIV infection – AIDS and other infectious diseases

  The WHO estimates that one-third of patients with HIV infection in Europe are undiagnosed. This leads to transmission of the infection, late diagno...

  Research – Research lines

• 2.0. health

  The widespread of mobile smartphones among the population has resulted in a growing range of mobile applications in health using iOS and Android de...

  Research – Research lines

• Feeding Behavior, Stress, Social Behavior, and Emotions

  Directed by Marc Claret  We have an original line of research exploring the complex interplay between feeding behavior, stress, emotions, and soci...

  Research – Research lines

• Impact of lifestyle on diabetes

  Diabetes is a serious global health problem due to its prevalence (more than 425 million people), the economic burden and the number of deaths it c...

  Research – Research lines

• Circulating microRNAs as potential biomarkers and therapeutic targets in type 2 diabetes

  We are interested in finding circulating microRNAs as biomarkers for prediabetes and diabetes, for its micro- and macrovascular complications and f...

  Research – Research lines

• New therapeutic targets for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and obesity

  The molecular mechanisms underlying the onset and progression of type 2 diabetes is crucial to find novel targets and therapeutic strategies to tre...

  Research – Research lines

• Mechanisms and treatment of endothelial dysfunction in type 2 diabetes

  Diabetes has a detrimental impact on endothelial cell function. In this context, we investigate the impact of glucose oscillations on cardiovascula...

  Research – Research lines

• Bacteremia

  We have been prospectively collecting data on all episodes of bacteremia in the hospital since 1990. This makes it possible to analyze the epidemio...

  Research – Research lines

• Immunocompromised patients

  Register of patients with blood cancer undergoing chemotherapy or bone-marrow transplant. The main areas of study are infections by multiresistant...

  Research – Research lines

• Bone and joint infections

  European Register of Infections/AIDS on joint prostheses, aimed at studying diagnostic methods and the efficacy of new antibiotics in this type of...

  Research – Research lines

• Intestinal microbiota

  We are developing a system to make it possible to perform fecal transplants from healthy volunteers to patients with Clostridium difficile and whic...

  Research – Research lines