Sara Monteiro: A Researcher Dedicated to Cancer Survivors, Their Partners and Caregivers
Sara Monteiro is an integrated researcher of the AgeingC group, of Thematic Line 1 – Preventive Medicine & Societal Challenges, of CINTESIS, dedicated to Psycho-Oncology. She was born in 1979 and grew up in a small village called Caldas da Felgueira, in Nelas, Viseu, where she studied up to the 12th grade. She has always enjoyed various subjects, from different [...]
CINTESIS Researchers Participate in WHO Network on Dementia
CINTESIS/ICBAS researchers Constança Paúl and Soraia Teles de Sousa are participating in a global collaboration network of the World Health Organization (WHO) that aims to share and disseminate good practices in the area of dementia. This new network was created with the aim of increasing the quality of life, quality of care, and well-being of people with dementia and their [...]
Impact of Pain is the Main Factor in Adherence to Treatment
Whether or not to take medication for back pain depends more on the impact felt by the patient than on health knowledge. This is what a study conducted by researchers from CINTESIS@RISE/Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP) reveals. Low back pain is highly prevalent, affecting an estimated 26.4% of the Portuguese population acutely and usually disappearing within [...]
CINTESIS Researchers Win Prizes at Leading Respiratory Event
Two works developed by researchers from CINTESIS and the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP) won prizes at the International Congress of the European Respiratory Society (ERS), which took place in Milan, Italy, from September 9 to 13, under the theme "Every breath counts". The ConectAR project has won the European Respiratory Society/European Lung Foundation (ERS/ELF) Award [...]
CINTESIS Supports ESSNorteCVP’s International Intensive Care and Emergency Days
The 3rd International Conference on Intensive Care and Emergency - Multidisciplinary Approach to the Critically Ill Person will take place from September 26 to 29 in Oliveira de Azeméis. The event is organized by Escola Superior de Saúde Norte da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa (ESSNorteCVP) and is supported by CINTESIS. The intended audience is health professionals working in these areas. The [...]
HPV Vaccination for Adolescent and Young Male Adults to be Extended to Age 26
Cost and lack of knowledge are the main barriers to prevention Extending vaccination against the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) to adolescent and young male adults who have not yet begun their sexual lives could reduce the risk of infection by the virus and the development of associated diseases such as cancer. This is one of the conclusions of a study [...]