Mónica Sousa: “I always wanted to combine Nutrition with Sports”
Mónica Sousa is a researcher at CINTESIS - Center for Health Technology and Services Research, where she works mainly in Nutrition in Sports, with an emphasis on supplementation. She combines research, teaching, and clinical practice. She is a guest assistant professor at the NOVA Medical School - Medical Sciences Faculty, a consultant of the Medical and Anti-Doping Commission of European [...]
CINTESIS/FMUP Study: New Disinfection Method Promises to Reduce Hospital Infections
Researchers from CINTESIS - Center for Health Technology and Services Research and the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP) propose an alternative strategy to achieve greater effectiveness in disinfecting health institutions against highly pathogenic bacteria, viruses, and fungi. This group of scientists is coordinated by Acácio Rodrigues, professor at FMUP and researcher at CINTESIS, and has analyzed [...]
Expresso // “We need more time to reduce the margin of error”
Bioethics specialists from CINTESIS and the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP) studied the processes of euthanasia and medically assisted suicide in countries where these are legal. "We need more time to reduce the margin of error," concludes Miguel Ricou, one of the authors of this research work. Read more.
LUSA // Portuguese Researchers Identify New Biomarker for Breast Cancer Prognosis
A study led by Ana Teresa Maia, a researcher at CINTESIS - Center for Health Technology and Services Research and professor at the University of Algarve, is news in the media, via LUSA Agency. Published in the NPJ Breast Cancer, this work focuses on a new biomarker for prognosis in patients with breast cancer. Read more.
The Summer School is Back with a New Edition from July to September 2022
The Summer School of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP), through MEDCIDS- Department of Community Medicine, Information and Decision in Health, together with CINTESIS - Center for Health Technology and Services Research, is back with a new edition. The school is coordinated by Ivone Duarte, professor at FMUP and researcher at CINTESIS. From July to September, [...]
JN // Study Wants to Assess Asthma Prevalence in Portugal
The study "EPI-ASTHMA- Prevalence and characterization of people with asthma, according to the severity of the disease, in Portugal" started in May in Lisbon and the Tagus Valley region, according to the newspaper Jornal de Notícias, in its online edition of May 26. Read more.