Viver Saudável // Vegetarian Diets and the Risk of Breast Cancer – Anything Goes?
Marta Silvestre, a researcher at CINTESIS/NOVA Medical School, is the author of an article in which she discusses the scientific evidence on dietary patterns and breast cancer. Read more.
Sara Guerra: “If I can work on the issues of the LGBTI community and healthy ageing, I will be a lot happier”
Sara Guerra was one of the faces of CINTESIS/University of Aveiro in MOAI LABS, a transnational laboratory, funded by FEDER (Interreg Sudoe) and led by the INTRAS Foundation, which brought together nine partners from three European countries (Portugal, Spain and France) and resulted in the creation of an innovative digital platform that aims to minimize loneliness and social isolation of [...]
MOAI LABS: Award-Winning CINTESIS/UA Project is Minimizing Loneliness and Isolation of the Elderly
A digital platform created with and for older people is helping to combat loneliness and social isolation while empowering and improving the physical and mental health of users wherever they are, whether at home or in an institution, through tailored and personalized physical and cognitive activities ranging from Tai Chi to mind games. This tool results from MOAI LABS, a [...]
Cultural and Language Barriers Hinder Chinese immigrants’ Access to Health in Portugal
Chinese immigrants in Portugal are often considered an "invisible minority" in our health services when compared to other immigrant communities, even though they represent the 7th largest foreign community in Portugal, with more than 26 thousand citizens. A team from CINTESIS/Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto wanted to know what are the reasons that may be keeping Chinese [...]
Fernando Magro, CINTESIS Researcher, Elected President of the ECCO – European Crohn’s and Colitis Organisation
Fernando Magro was elected president of the ECCO - European Crohn's and Colitis Organisation. The CINTESIS researcher and professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP) is now the first Portuguese to stand for and win this election, which involves specialists from all over the world. The new president of the ECCO was elected at the [...]
Viver Saudável // March, World Obesity Month, Women’s Month: Metabolic Feminine Reflections
Conceição Calhau, a researcher at CINTESIS, where she is the Principal Investigator of Thematic Line 1 - Preventive Medicine & Societal Challenges, writes in ""Viver Saúdável", about metabolism in women. The article is published in March, when World Obesity Day (March 4) and International Women's Day (March 8) are celebrated. Read more (in Portuguese): https://www.viversaudavel.pt/marco-o-mes-da-obesidade-da-mulher-reflexoes-metabolicas-no-feminino/