Our Executive Director, Pediatrician and Faculty Member at the Católica Medical School, Ana Rita Constante wrote an article for Público about dating violence. “Dating violence rarely begins with a shove. It begins with control, with humiliation and emotional blackmail, and with the violence that lives in our pockets and on social media. And its prevention begins […]
Our Executive Director, Pediatrician and Faculty Member at the Católica Medical School, Ana Rita Constante, wrote an article for Visão magazine on children’s exposure to screens. “Children exposed to screens play less and spend more time sitting or standing still (sometimes starting sedentary habits before they even begin to walk). They have reduced concentration and […]
This is an opinion article by Prof. Frederico Simões do Couto – Associate Professor at Católica Medical School for Público. This difference between the idealization of Christmas, with its dominant narrative of happiness, and the experience of life not being so enchanting, can trigger feelings of personal failure. Traditional Christmas is a family celebration, a […]
In this article, Francisca Leite, Executive Director of Hospital da Luz Learning Health, highlights the importance of test beds in improving hospitals, leading to shorter hospital stays, fewer errors, and more motivated teams. Hospital da Luz, the only Portuguese hospital included in the list of the 50 best in Europe, created the test bed ‘Intelligent […]
Even accepting the irreversibility of nature, it is possible to strive for healthier aging. But there is still a long way to go; in many areas, almost everything remains to be done. Autumn is considered the season of nostalgia: it evokes more twilight than sunrise, the red light of the west prevails over the blue […]
International Day of Persons with Disabilities, observed on December 3rd, raises awareness of rights, dignity, and inclusion. In this context, there is an essential figure who too often remains invisible: the informal caregiver. In this article, Vítor Veríssimo, family doctor and lecturer at the Católica Medical School, reflects on who provides care. December 3rd is […]
A research team at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa has discovered how the flu virus manages to manipulate human cells to reproduce and is developing an antiviral that promises to prevent severe illnesses in the future. 👉 Read the full article: https://expresso.pt/sociedade/ciencia/2025-11-27-a-gripe-sabe-contar-ate-oito-investigadores-portugueses-descobriram-como-bloquear-o-virus-influenza-quando-chega-as-celulas-fc2cf40c
According to researcher Maria João Amorim, this discovery will allow for the treatment of sick people and, in this way, “prevent them from infecting the next person as efficiently, or at least from infecting as many people.” Portuguese researchers are testing ways to block the influenza A virus before it causes infection, which could pave the way for new antiviral drugs […]
This is an opinion article of Joana Boto Fernandes, Invited Teaching Assistant and SkillsLab Assistant at Católica Medical School to CNN Portugal. There are diseases that kill the body. And there are those that numb the memory. HIV infection, in 2025, seems to live in this limbo: undetectable to those who treat it, invisible to […]
Cláudio A. Franco, researcher at the Biomedical Research Centre (CBR) and lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, wrote an opinion article titled “The Unknown” on the occasion of yesterday’s celebration (November 24th) — the National Day of Scientific Culture. O Desconhecido Navegamos para o desconhecido, atormentados por Adamastores intemporais. No […]
