16/09/2008 - Press release
By providing fresh information, the new Aphekom project , with the CREAL colaboration, will further elucidate the characteristics and consequences of air pollution for policy and individual decision making across Europe.
There are close links between blood inflammatory markers, such as C-reactive protein (CRP), and respiratory function. So reveals a study to be published in the forthcoming issue of the European Respiratory Journal (ERJ), the peer-reviewed publication of the European Respiratory Society (ERS).
Més informació "Respiratory function conditioned by inflammation markers and genetic profile"
20/06/2008 - General information
The new, completely revised, and updated edition of this classic text, published this time by Oxford University Press and edited by Miquel Porta, Head of the Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology of Cancer Group of IMIM, remains the definitive dictionary in epidemiology worldwide. With contributions from over 220 epidemiologists from around the globe, it is more than a dictionary.
Més informació ""A dictionary of Epidemiology" (fifth edition)"
13/06/2008 - General information
Air pollution, water contamination, persistent organic pollutants, pesticides, metals, and radiofrequencies to name a few have all been linked to adverse health effects such as cancer, respiratory disease and reproductive effects. Mark J Nieuwenhuijsen, Research Professor at CREAL, has co-edited a text book on environmental epidemiology, Environmental Epidemiology: Study Methods and Application.
Més informació "Environmental Epidemiology: Study Methods and Application"
14/05/2008 - Press release
Prostate cancer patients treated with this method have a higher quality of life than those treated with external beam radiotherapy or excision of the prostate. The best results obtained by brachytherapy are in regards to sexuality, the area most affected by surgery. External beam radiotherapy, however, is the option that causes the least urinary dysfunction.
06/05/2008 - Press release
Ten centres of the research Network of Excellence GA²LEN, the Global Allergy and Asthma European Network, will be following athletes selected for the Olympic Games 2008 to assess the prevalence and diagnosis rates of asthma and allergies among top athletes in summer sports.
Més informació "Sport and asthma: GA²LEN researchers follow European Olympic athletes to Beijing"
05/05/2008 - Press release
An international study coordinated by Jordi Alonso, manager of the health care services research group at the Municipal Institute of Medical Research (IMIM-Hospital del Mar) has revealed that different types of anxiety disorders suffered by adults are associated with lack of care or excessively protective maternal behaviour during the early lives of their children.
Més informació "Good parent-children relationships can prevent future anxiety disorders"
28/04/2008 - Press release
Short-term exposure to current levels of ozone in many areas is likely to contribute to premature deaths, says a new National Research Council report, in which Nino Künzli, ICREA professor of the CREAL-IMIM has participated. The evidence is strong enough that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should include ozone-related mortality in health-benefit analyses related to future ozone standards.
Més informació "Link beetwen ozone air pollution and premature death confirmed"
14/04/2008 - Institutional news
An international study done by the Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL) and the Municipal Institute of Medical Research (IMIM-Hospital del Mar) with collaboration from the University of Aarhus in Denmark affirms the known link between pre-natal exposure to paracetamol, especially during the first trimester, and the risk of respiratory problems or the development of asthma in the first seven years of a child’s life.
03/04/2008 - Press release
An international research group has explained, for the first time, the relationship that exists between DNA methylation and the risk of urinary bladder cancer. This study is part of the EPICURO/Spanish Bladder Cancer Study, which since 2003 has worked towards its objective of obtaining more information regarding the causes (genetic and environmental), prevention, prognosis determination and treatment of bladder cancer.
Més informació "A new marker for bladder cancer risk has been identified"
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