CINTESIS integrates European Project to Assess Environmental Pollution Impact on Health
"BEST-COST", a new CINTESIS research project, will assess the socio-economic impact of environmental pollution in Europe and contribute to policies and practices that reduce the disease "burden" and promote health. The four-year project is partly funded by the European Union with four million euros. The consortium is made up of 17 partners from ten European countries and the United States. [...]
CINTESIS Researcher Chair of the Portuguese Society of Lifestyle Medicine
Rosália Páscoa, a researcher at CINTESIS@RISE and professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP), is the new chairperson of the Portuguese Society for Lifestyle Medicine (SPMEV), a position she will hold over the next biennium. "Taking on the chair position of the society represents, above all, an enormous responsibility, since it is a valuable opportunity [...]
CINTESIS/FMUP Researcher Warns of Discrepancies in Data on Effectiveness of Health Systems
The CINTESIS researcher and professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP) João Vasco Santos warns of discrepancies in health indicators depending on the methods used in European-level studies and recommends a combination of indicators to compare the health systems of the various countries and outline sound policies. "There is an urgent need for greater commitment [...]
Uncontrolled Allergies Affect Academic Performance
A new study strengthens "the importance that a good control of rhinitis represents for students, as well as the need to better inform patients about the most effective treatments available to fight the symptoms". The statement is from Bernardo Sousa-Pinto, a CINTESIS researcher and professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP), about the research of [...]
Ana Reynolds Wants to Keep Implementing Educational Programs to Reduce Maternal Mortality
Ana Reynolds is a researcher at CINTESIS, in the SPA - Signal Processing Applications research group, and an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP). She also co-coordinates the Gynecology and Obstetrics curricular unit of the 5th year of the Medicine Programme (MMED) and is the director of the optional subbect on Family Planning. [...]
Study Uses Artificial Intelligence to Identify “At-Risk Patients”
A study with the participation of researchers from CINTESIS/Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP) applied an Artificial Intelligence-based algorithm to predict which cardiovascular patients are most at risk of developing neurological problems following internal carotid artery surgery. According to the study, published in the Journal of Clinical Medicine, the team was able to determine the characteristics of [...]