OBSERVADOR // Is Milk Bad For You or Is It Just an Essential Nutrient?
Conceição Calhau and Nuno Borges, integrated members of the research group ProNutri, of CINTESIS, were heard by the journal Observador after the publication of an article that seeks to clarify if milk is bad or if it is just an essential nutrient. Based on scientific evidence, the Nutritionists analyzed the most important arguments in favour and against of drinking milk. The full aricle is [...]
ANTENA 1 // CINTESIS Researchers on Study About Confusional State in Elderly Population
Elderly who arrive at a hospital must be allowed to be accompanied by a relative, to have their glasses with them, their hearing aid, their watch. In short, it should be decoded, at all times, what is happening to them. These were some of the advices left by the CINTESIS researchers Lia Fernandes and Sónia Martins, during [...]
Health Literacy Should Be a Priority
"Health literacy is an important determinant of individual health and should be a priority in Public Health," says Paulo Santos, a researcher at CINTESIS - Center for Health Technology and Services Research, in a review article published in the journal Cogent Social Sciences, entitled "Health literacy as a key for effective preventive medicine". As the first author, Paulo Santos presents [...]
CINTESIS Researchers Won Allergology Awards
Researchers from CINTESIS – Center for Health Technology and Services Research have won two important national awards in the field of Allergology. The prizes were awarded during the 38th Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (SPAIC in Portuguese), subordinated to the theme “Allergy and Quality of Life”, that took place in the beginning of October, [...]
OBSERVADOR // Researchers Argue that Erectile Dysfunction Improves with Exercise
Researchers at CINTESIS argue that physical exercise can and should be used in the treatment of erectile dysfunction, along with medication and under medical supervision. In a study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, the team coordinated by Carlos Martins and Luís Azevedo, physicians, concluded that "physical activity and exercise improve erectile dysfunction, especially aerobic exercise of moderate [...]
The Portuguese Society of Diabetologia Awards CINTESIS
A team of researchers from CINTESIS was awarded the Emílio Peres Grant by the Portuguese Society of Diabetology. The grant, worth five thousand euros, aims to finance a project aiming to assess whether the consumption of non-alcoholic beer can have a positive impact on diabetic patients. “Considering that beer is a fermented drink rich in polyphenols that in preclinical [...]