According to an article published in the scientific journal International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health A study led by the researcher Mercè Pollina, a nursing professional at the CAP of Bellpuig, has detected unhealthy weight control behaviours among adolescents, who in general terms …

Throughout history, nothing has killed more human beings than infectious disease that are currently ranking the fourth cause of death worldwide. In the last months, with the whole world grappling with COVID-19 and because like in many other diseases, the host immune system determines …

The centre – dependent on the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRBLleida) – is dedicated to biomedical research and training using the porcine model and works in the areas of surgery, gynaecology, urology, nephrology… The CREBA centre (Centre de Recerca Experimental …

Childhood obesity is a major public health problem leading to short-term and long-term adverse health outcomes, reduced quality of life and high societal costs. Obesity and related comorbidities seem to originate in the earliest phase of life. Adverse maternal and offspring lifestyle factors in the …

On February 2nd took place the first assembly of the new i4KIDS Pediatric Innovation Hub (HIP), an R&D& I network whose main objective is the development of a program for the valorisation and transfer of the research results in …

With these results, discussions will be held with the Department of Health to implement screening in asymptomatic young people A study carried out in Lleida by Oriol Yuguero, head of the Urgency and Emergency Multi-disciplinary Research Group at the Institute of Biomedical Research of …

A study led in Lleida claims that working conditions are detrimental to their physical and psychosocial health Colonial logic – based on servility and discriminatory practices towards migrants – harms the physical and psychosocial health of Latin American women working in the domestic sector in …

Research from Lleida has confirmed the improvement in the respiratory health of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) during home confinement in March, April and May 2020. Of the 310 people contacted in this study, 62% had fewer exacerbations, especially moderate and severe, than …

It will make a comparative analysis with 270 people: 135 project participants who have passed the disease and 135 participants who have not passed it as a control group The ‘Bus de la Salut’ began its journey through the Lleida area on 9 November, assessing …

The treatment consists of performing brief compressive stimuli on the arm of the person suspected of having a recent stroke in the ambulance, before arriving at the hospital to improve cerebral circulation The Stroke Unit of the Department of Neurology at the Arnau de Vilanova …