Living Near Green Areas Reduces the Risk of Suffering a Stroke by 16%

by ISGlobal - Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona

The risk of suffering an ischaemic stroke, the most common type of cerebrovascular event, is 16% less in people who have green spaces less than 300 metres from their homes. This has been revealed in a...

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Genética y enfermedades cardiovasculares

by Dreamgenics

Las enfermedades cardiovasculares (EC) son aquellas que afectan al corazón y los vasos sanguíneos y constituyen la principal causa de muerte a nivel mundial con alrededor de 520 millones de personas...

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Neonatal diagnosis is key in patients with phenylketonuria (PKU)

by Fundació Clínic per a la Recerca Biomèdica

Early diagnosis, a protein-free diet and treatment with a cofactor called BH4 make it possible for patients with this disease to develop normally. A project being jointly developed by Hospital Clínic...

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Nimble Diagnostics, a new UB, IGTP and UPC spin-off, is founded to monitor stents using microwave technology

by Fundació Bosch i Gimpera

The Nimble system allows possible cardiac problems to be identified before it is too late and in a completely non-invasive way, which is also fast and easy to use. This makes it possible to apply earl...

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La galectina-1 previene el desarrollo de aterosclerosis y del aneurisma aórtico abdominal

by Fundación Jiménez Díaz

Este nuevo trabajo puso el foco en investigar nuevos mecanismos por los que galectina-1 podría proteger frente al desarrollo de ambas patologías. Mediante estudios in vitro, el equipo investigador o...

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A CNIC study highlights the risks of mitochondrial therapeutic interventions

by Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares - CNIC

Research carried out at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) has demonstrated that mixing mitochondrial DNAs (mtDNAs) of different origins can have damaging effects over the ...

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Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease subtypes exhibit distinctive cardiovascular risk profiles

by CIC bioGUNE

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), a disease affecting approximately one-quarter of the world’s adult population, reflects dysfunctional hepatic lipid metabolism. An international team of res...

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Spanish scientists discover a new method for the early detection of subclinical atherosclerosis

by Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares - CNIC

A study published in the journal eBiomedicine identifies new biomarkers that predict the presence of subclinical atherosclerosis

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New Study Assesses the Health Impacts of the 2020 Lockdowns in Three European Cities

by ISGlobal - Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona

While reductions in air pollution and noise during confinement would have positive effects on health, negative consequences of falling physical activity levels were generally greater

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Drinking a little alcohol is not beneficial for health

by Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Research led by the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) published in the journal Addiction confirms that drinking a lot of alcohol harms health in older people, which is evidenced by higher levels o...

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Conocer el riesgo genético personal incentiva la adopción de hábitos más saludables en personas con alto riesgo a desarrollar enfermedades cardiovasculares

by Revista Genética Médica

Un estudio realizado por investigadores de la Universidad de Helsinki ha determinado que las personas que tienen información acerca de su riesgo poligénico de sufrir enfermedades cardiovasculares ti...

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El Hospital de La Princesa descubre el efecto inflamatorio de la contaminación del aire en los infartos de miocardio

by Hospital Universitario de La Princesa

El estudio analizó exhaustivamente los datos de 192 pacientes con infarto de miocardio o angina estable, y paralelamente recogió la información de las estaciones de medición de la calidad del aire...

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