Hospital del Mar
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Full Professor of Endocrinology (UAB-UPF) and Emeritus Head of Section of Endocrinology at the Hospital del Mar in Barcelona.
Resident doctor in Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona.
Head of the Department of Medical Oncology at the Hospital del Mar in Barcelona
Head of the neurology service and director of the neurosciences programme, Hospital del Mar
Formerly Neuroinmunology group leader at IDIBAPS – Hospital Clínic and adjunct professor at Stanford University
A team of researchers has analysed the evolution of 4,550 people aged 25 to 65 diagnosed with type 2 diabetes who had been studied for 30 years in the UK. They found that those diagnosed before the age of 40 had a risk of dying almost four times higher than in the general population. If diagnosed later, the risk was 1.5 times higher. The authors publish their findings in the journal The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.
A standard chemotherapy drug injures surrounding noncancerous cells, which can awaken dormant cancer cells and promote cancer growth, according to a study published today in the journal PLOS Biology.
Researchers have analysed the presence of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in 72 textile products purchased online in the US and Canada in 2020 and 2021. The results, published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology Letters, show high concentrations in school uniforms and higher concentrations in 100 % cotton as opposed to synthetics.
A review of studies in rodents and humans examines the relationship between exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and liver damage.
The Spanish Society of Public Health and Health Administration calls for the creation of an institution "that prepares us to protect the health of our population in the face of the current pandemic, future pandemics and current health challenges".