The infinite eyes of the researcher Margarita Salas, the chemist Rosalind Franklin or the pharmacologist Gertrude Belle Elion, promoter of immunotherapy, guard the walls that surround the Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) in Barcelona. Their faces, painted in an imposing mural a stone’s throw from the hospital, remember the pioneers of science and set the … Read more
Overprotecting pregnant women, urging them to control their activity and rest most of the time, has always been the custom. However, for approximately the last three decades, scientific literature has been demonstrating precisely the opposite. Maintaining an active life is as important during pregnancy as having a healthy diet or carrying out all routine medical … Read more
The place on Earth where it is most difficult to live, says scientist Eduard Batlle (Barcelona, 53 years old), must be “the wall of the intestine.” For everything that circulates out there. From digestion waste to carcinogens that we encounter in the environment or ingest. The researcher knows this hostile environment well: this molecular biologist, … Read more
In 2022, a team led by Marja H. Lamoree of the Free University of Amsterdam published some disturbing results. Using a new analytical method on blood samples from 22 volunteers, they found that 77% had plastic particles. If these particles are transported by cells of the immune system, the researchers said, we should ask ourselves … Read more
In 2012, the British Adrian and Gillian Bayford won 190 million euros in the EuroMillions lottery. Months later, they were divorced and in the years that followed they ended up married to people who cheated on them, fighting with their family and in debt from bad investments. In 1988, William Post won $16.2 million in … Read more
People from lower socioeconomic backgrounds are three times more likely to develop early-onset dementia. And if those same people lead an unhealthy lifestyle, the risk is 440% higher compared to those of a higher socioeconomic level who lead a healthy lifestyle. The data is from a study carried out by researchers at the Huazhong University … Read more
Violence currently constitutes a public health problem and frequently falls on the most vulnerable members of the community, such as minors and women. A well-organized society provides people, through family and school socialization and the acquisition of moral conscience, integration mechanisms and emotional ties with other human beings that protect them from getting involved in … Read more
News about a new treatment that will cure the most aggressive subtype of cancer or a new technique to diagnose cancer early through a simple and harmless test happen periodically, creating a great media stir and enormous expectation in society. There is no doubt that, as a society, we crave positive news about progress against … Read more