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"
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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