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CINTESIS/FMUP Study Evaluates Pre-Hospital Care for Trauma Victims

Acute pain caused by trauma, as a result of road accidents, falls or explosions, for example, is far from the only complaint of victims seen by hospital pre-emergency teams. In these patients, cold, fear, anxiety and immobilisation are strongly associated with the intensity of the pain. A study conducted by researchers from CINTESIS/Faculty of Medicine at the University of Porto [...]

By |March 20, 2024|Categories: EN|Tags: , |Comments Off on CINTESIS/FMUP Study Evaluates Pre-Hospital Care for Trauma Victims

Público // “Dementia, elections and the vote that needs no patronising”

CINTESIS researcher Pedro Machado do Santos wrote an opinion piece entitled "Dementia, elections and the vote that needs no patronising". The article was published in the Público on March 9. Read more. (in Portuguese)  

By |March 13, 2024|Categories: EN|Tags: , |Comments Off on Público // “Dementia, elections and the vote that needs no patronising”

New RISE-Health Research Unit Registers Over 1300 Researchers

On March 6, the new RISE-Health Research Unit completed the team registration stage. Proving that "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts", RISE-Health registered a final number of integrated researchers greater than the sum of the researchers who were already part of each of the Research Units that led to its creation - CINTESIS - Center for [...]

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Study by CINTESIS Researcher Shows Most Patients Prefer to Die at Home

"Most patients at the end of their lives prefer to receive their last care and die at home, with their families, with greater autonomy and dignity. Most of the patients' relatives prefer this too." This is the conclusion of a study carried out by Sara Pinto, a researcher at CINTESIS and lecturer at the Nursing School of Porto (ESEP), recently [...]

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Jorge Leite: A Researcher with a Passion for Neuromodulation

Jorge Leite, who is passionate about brain research, neuromodulation and cognitive rehabilitation, is one of the most recent members of CINTESIS@RISE. The neuroscientist, who is also vice-rector for Research at Portucalense University and a university professor, explains that the main motivation for joining this Research Unit and Associate Laboratory was to be part of a network "capable of creating scale [...]

By |February 29, 2024|Categories: EN|Comments Off on Jorge Leite: A Researcher with a Passion for Neuromodulation

Expresso // Lia Fernandes on Mental Health and Ageing Podcast

“I know a couple who takes turns buying their medication due to lack of money: he takes it one month, she takes it another.”  The interview with Lia Fernandes, CINTESIS@RISE researcher and professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, to the podcast "Que Voz é Esta?", from the newspaper Expresso. Read and listen here.

By |February 28, 2024|Categories: EN|Comments Off on Expresso // Lia Fernandes on Mental Health and Ageing Podcast
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