Asthma does not seem to be a risk factor for COVID-19 in children, even in those who are also obese. Contrary to what was believed at the beginning of the pandemic, allergic asthma can protect against SARS-CoV-2 infection This is the conclusion of a study carried out by a team of researchers from CINTESIS – Center for [...]
Fernando Schmitt is one of those big names in medicine that practically need no introduction. He is considered to be one of the world's leading experts in cytopathology and breast cancer. He is a pathologist, a researcher of CINTESIS, and the RISE coordinator (Health Research Network - From the Lab to the Community) proposal for Associate [...]
Paulo Santos, a researcher from CINTESIS – Center for Health Technology and Services Research and a professor of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP), is the new president of the College of General and Family Medicine of the Portuguese Order of Doctors. The specialist was elected for the 2021-23 office and he takes [...]
"In my daily clinical activity, I feel that a large part of the Portuguese population is feeling insecure about the future, fearful and uncertain about this real threat of the pandemic. And the fear of being infected, the fear of friends, the fear of going out and the fear of dying has become widespread." The author [...]
