Cape Verdean women researchers investigate cancer diagnosis and antibiotic use with support from the Gulbenkian Foundation
Two Cape Verdean researchers aim to strengthen the diagnosis of blood cancer and the “rational use” of antibiotics in Cape Verde through projects funded by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, with the goal of improving healthcare in the country.
Study strengthens suspicion that Epstein–Barr virus may cause multiple sclerosis
A new study from the Karolinska Institute strengthens evidence that Epstein–Barr virus (EBV), the common cause of glandular fever, can trigger an immune response that damages the brain and may contribute to the development of multiple sclerosis (MS). The research supports the hypothesis that EBV infection is a key environmental driver of MS, a chronic inflammatory neurological disease affecting nearly three million people worldwide, in which the immune system attacks the central nervous system.
Scientists develop blood test that can predict Crohn's disease before symptoms
Scientists have developed a blood test that can predict Crohn's disease years before symptoms appear, paving the way for early diagnosis and potentially for prevention through a vaccine, it was announced today.
There will be no vaccine for cancer, but it can be controlled
Two-thirds of people with cancer no longer die from the disease. Screening, prevention, management and public information should be the focus.
Minors involved in fight outside school in Camarate
One person was reported injured and was taken to Hospital Dona Estefânia.
A drop of blood from the fingertip may detect Alzheimer's
Researchers have shown that a dried drop of fingertip blood—collected via a simple finger-prick—can reveal biomarkers associated with Alzheimer’s disease, offering a less invasive, more accessible route to early diagnosis. Improving and validating blood-based tests remains a key research challenge to ensure sensitivity, specificity and clinical applicability compared with current invasive or costly methods.
Diagnosing strokes more quickly and more accurately
If all goes well, in ten years' time we will have better stroke diagnoses. Victoria Leiro's work will enable faster interventions, fewer long-term disabilities and more lives saved.
Science has not yet provided complete answers for Tourette's syndrome, but lives are marked by suffering
First part of Doa a Quem Doer from 27 December on CMTV.
The evolving orthopaedic field in HPA
Home Health The evolving orthopaedic field in HPA The evolving orthopaedic field in HPA An example of innovation, training and research.
App analyses chemotherapy-induced hearing loss
Patients will be able to perform audiometric tests at home using a system developed by researchers at the University of Coimbra. Oncological treatments with cisplatin are associated with irreversible hearing loss.
Flu peak expected between Christmas and New Year
The flu peak is expected in Portugal between the end of this year and the start of the new year. Pneumologist Filipe Froes says, however, that a new wave could follow when children and young people return to school at the beginning of the year.
SNS Executive Director: training should not be used as an incentive in the interior
Although there is a shortage of these professionals, Álvaro Almeida, SNS executive director, says that “training must be designed to attract as many doctors as possible to the specialties.”
Controversy leads Order to create technical committee to assess criteria for access to medical residency in the specialty
The medical order has established a technical committee to evaluate the criteria for entering medical residency programs following a recent controversy.
Young doctors call for suspension of criteria for "discriminating candidates" for medical residency
More than 2,400 people have already signed the petition protesting the changes to the criteria for access to medical residency.
How 3D Printing is Revolutionising the Healthcare Sector
With partnerships established with “almost all” public hospitals in Lisbon and surrounding areas, the 3D Printing Centre for Health at NOVA FCT already has over 200 different prototypes in operation.
