Elísio Costa: “A society that doesn’t take care of its elderly has no future”
He is a reference in the field of active and healthy ageing and is part of the RISE-Health Unit, which originated in CINTESIS and is based at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto. Elísio Costa was born 53 years ago in Lever, Vila Nova de Gaia, where he grew up and studied. From 1989 to1992, he studied [...]
Project Aims to Improve Screening for Hyperactivity and Attention Deficit Disorder in Adults
A research team from CINTESIS/Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP) is working on a tool that aims to improve screening for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in Portuguese adults. “There is currently no validated ADHD scale for the Portuguese population that complies with the current diagnostic criteria and allows it to be used for screening in a [...]
Results of CINTESIS Study on Asthma in Portugal to be Presented at Public Session
The results of the Epi-Asthma study, with the participation of CINTESIS - Center for Health Technology and Services Research will be publicly presented on April 30, from 9h30 to 12h30 at a public session to be held in the Auditorium of the Ricardo Jorge National Health Institute (INSA) in Lisbon. The study was carried out by researchers from CINTESIS/Faculty of [...]
Raquel Chaves: “I’m RISE-Health from head to toe”
Raquel Chaves is the face of the center at the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD) of the RISE-Health Research Unit, recently set up by CINTESIS - Center for Health Technology and Services Research and other Units, and based at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP). Raquel Chaves, who leads UTAD's School of Life and [...]
CINTESIS Researcher Joins International Agency of the World Health Organization
Fernando Schmitt, a researcher at CINTESIS - Center for Health Technology and Services Research and coordinator of the Associate Laboratory RISE - Health Research Network and full professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP), will be joining the Genetics and Genomics Subcommittee of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), within the scope of [...]
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 [...]