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An international clinical trial shows the benefits of a drug in patients hospitalized with acute cardiac dysfunction
According to the results of the EMPULSE phase III clinical trial, patients admitted for acute heart failure are 36% more likely to experience improvement within 90 days of receiving treatment with empagliflozin, an existing drug that is mostly prescribed for type 2 diabetes. Dr. Josep Comin, head of the Cardiovascular Disease research group and head […]
The eggs consumption would protect from dementia in those who do not follow a Mediterranean diet
An IDIBELL and ICO study has observed that egg consumption is related to a lower risk of dementia in individuals with low adherence to the Mediterranean diet. But it does not influence individuals who do follow this type of diet.
IDIBELL participates in the working table of the Biopol-Granvia Plan
The South Metropolitan Territorial Management (GTMS) and IDIBELL, Bellvitge University Hospital
What do we know about binge eating disorders?
Binge eating disorder has been introduced in the reference psychiatric diagnostic manual, Dr. Fernando Fernández-Aranda participates in an article in the journal Nature Reviews Disease Primers that reviews the scientific evidence of this disorder and suggests the new steps.
New study about the importance of the preoperative hemoglobin value
A multicenter study, led by the Physiopathology and Pain research group of IDIBELL and the Bellvitge University Hospital, has shown that values inferior to 10 g/dl in preoperative hemoglobin are decisive in predicting the transfusion requirements of packed red blood cells in transplantation hepatic.
Scientists don’t find association between night work and the risk of endometrial cancer
Night work is associated with an increased risk of some cancers with a strong hormonal influence, such as breast or prostate cancer, due to the circadian cycle disruption, that alters the levels of certain hormones. Endometrial cancer also has an important hormonal component, so it could also be influenced by circadian factors. Only two studies […]
What do you bet that interests you?
EduCAC has started the year with the project “What do you bet?”, a proposal that goes deep into the context of video games and online gambling from the students’ experience.
A mobile application allows continuous monitoring of anxiety in real life
Researchers from Clínic-IDIBAPS, IDIBELL, and CIBERSAM have developed an application for mobile phones that allows the continuous follow-up of anxiety.
A study demonstrates the good results of cervical cancer robotic surgery
The ROBOCER national registry study, led by IDIBELL and the Bellvitge University Hospital, highlights the advantages of robotic surgery based on data from all cases of cervical cancer operated with the Da Vinci robot in Spain since 2009. The conclusions of the latest analysis have been collected in a scientific article published this February in the journal Cancers.