A new study funded by the Alzheimer’s Association’s International Research Grant Program will attempt to answer this question. “How is the Mediterranean diet associated with reduced cognitive decline and lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease?” This is the research question that a new international project funded …

The IISPV office in Tarragona hosted the first face-to-face meeting of the BiomarKid project, which will identify key biomarkers for a better approach to childhood obesity. This meeting has been also attended by scientific experts in different areas such as metabolomics, diet and physical activity …

The test to detect diabetic retinopathy is an examination of the fundus of the eye. In Catalonia it is carried out in certain primary care centers (CAP), mostly located in cities. In the future, the aim is to put the technology that will commercialize the …

A study uses for the first time flow cytometry to detect and measure nanoplastics in peripheral human blood. People with various medical conditions have been included in the study so as to investigate potential differences for nanoplastic accumulation across the population. In addition, mice have …

The project will make possible the classification of the different types of breast cancer and predict the probability of metastasis thanks to the joint analysis of radiological and microscopic images. It will be led by researcher Domènec Puig from the Institut d’Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili …

This clinical tool, CIBERESUCICOVID SCORE, will select patients who may be more likely to have complications for respiratory follow-up in post-COVID units …

The 'Cognitive Game Gait' project, to study how to improve walking in patients with Parkinson's disease when they walk on a treadmill, has obtained the quality seal of the platform for dynamisation and innovation of the industrial capacities of the National Health System (ITEMAS).

The Retina Read Risk consortium has been working for a year on the design of a screening solution for diabetic retinopathy, an eye disease due to diabetes. Building on its progress, the consortium has finalized its prototype and launched a full-scale test in Spain in …

The French Friedreich’s Ataxia Association (AFAF) has awarded a €28,000 grant to the Biochemistry of Oxidative Stress research group at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Lleida (IRBLleida) and the University of Lleida (UdL) to better understand the early stages of the disease.

Berlin, 30 December 2022. What teens have to say about their health The newly released video wraps up two years of work and co-creation with groups of teenagers in four European countries for the project SEEDS, dedicated to healthy lifestyles.    Two frames of the …

21 – 23 November 2022 was the Kick-off Meeting of CGI-Clinics, a five-year project funded by the European Union and UK Research and Innovation, which started on 01 November. 60 participants from the 17 member institutions of the consortium met in Empúries (Girona, Spain). The …

The proposal ‘Impact of Sleep-disordered Breathing Management inSystemic Hypertension Control: METASLEEP project’ by Ferran Barbé Illa has been funded with more than 2 million euros The Ministry of Science and Innovation has awarded funding to two research projects on personalised precision medicine presented by the …