08/06/2009 - Press release
A study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology that was done by researchers at CREAL-IMIM makes it clear that gas combustion in homes affects the neuropsychological development of children and that this damaging effect is aggravated when there is a specific genetic susceptibility.
Més informació "Contamination in homes can affect children’s cognitive development and behaviour"
8/05/2009 - Press release
The greater the amount of pollution due to suspended particulate matter from traffic in residential areas, the greater the risk of developing asthma. This not only affects children, but also non-smoking adults. This was the conclusion reached by the SAPALDIA cohort study backed by the Schweizerischen Nationalfonds (Swiss National Foundation on Scientific Research) in collaboration with the Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL).
11/05/2009 - Press release
Start of international multi-centre study MOBI-KIDS, coordinated by the Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), involving research groups in 13 countries investigating a relationship between communication technologies including mobile phones and environmental factors and brain cancer in young people
10/05/2009 - Press release
Spanish researchers from the Municipal Institute for Medical Research (IMIM), the Biomedical Research Centre Network for Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP) and the HERACLES Cardiovascular Network are the only Spanish representatives that have participated in a study which has identified 8 genetic variants associated with blood pressure.
02/04/2009 - Press release
A study has identified a new molecular mechanism connected with the proliferation and invasion of tumour cells in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, the most common type of pancreatic cancer (90% of all cases). Pancreatic cancer is one of the most lethal tumours and the fourth leading cause of cancer death worldwide.
30/03/2009 - Press release
The general improvement in air quality during the 1990’s in Switzerland appears to have had beneficial effects on the respiratory health of adults. This is documented by new results from the SAPALDIA study (Swiss Cohort Study on Air Pollution and Lung Diseases in Adults) which have just been published in the renowned “American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine”
16/02/2009 - Press release
The collaboration agreement between CREAL and the University of Arizona will be presented on the 16th of February at 12:30 h. in the Auditorium PRBB. The act aims to establish a collaboration plan on the research being conducted by the two centres on asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonar Disease after the success of the agreement signed last year between CREAL and INSERM of France.
4th February 2009 - Press release
Within the framework of the REGICOR (Registre Gironí del Cor) study, an international consortium of North American and European researchers, including researchers from the Municipal Institute of Medical Research (IMIM-Hospital del Mar) and the Hospital Josep Trueta in Girona, has discovered three new genetic traits linked to acute myocardial infarction and has confirmed another six identified in previous studies on this disease.
5ht February 2009 - Press release
Although physical exercise has beneficial effects for all, even those diagnosed with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), a new study warns that levels of oxidative stress much higher than those at rest conditions may occur in the leg muscles of patients with severe and very severe COPD. The study was carried out in collaboration with Dr. Esther Barreiro’s group at the Municipal Institute of Medical Research (IMIM-Hospital del Mar), together with Dr. Joaquim Gea, head of the Pneumology service at the Hospital del Mar and with Dr. Josep Roca, Director of the Lung Function Unit at the Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS.
Més informació "A study questions chronic endurance exercise in patients with severe COPD"
4th February 2009 - Press release
For the first time, a study has evaluated the contribution of the Mediterranean diet on the perception that people have of their own physical and mental health. The report concludes that the positive effects of the Mediterranean diet are not provided only by the composition of the food ingested, but also by the lifestyle associated with this diet: eating at home more, spending time preparing the food, sharing meals, etc.; elements that contribute to improving the perception of an individual’s well-being.
Més informació "The Mediterranean diet is associated with an improvement in mental health"
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