On this International DNA Day, it’s worth remembering this fact. The molecule we celebrate is not just a sequence of letters; it’s a thread that, when pulled patiently and even without a predetermined destination, can lead us from a cyclops sheep on an Idaho hillside to a medicine that saves human lives. Every year on […]
Dermamatica uses AI to support family doctors in the early detection of skin cancer. For Sam Izadloo, a medical student at Católica Medical School and founder of Dermamatica , it was the story of a patient whose husband noticed a lesion behind her ear that wouldn’t heal. “The couple went to their family doctor, but were unsure […]
Paula Ravasco, Associate Professor at Católica Medical School, Team Leader and Principal Investigator at the UCP Interdisciplinary Health Research Centre & CatolicaMed Platform, CAtólicaREsearch and Director of the International Postgraduate Programme “Nutrition and Metabolism in Oncology” was one of the authors of the article entitled “Personalised Nutritional Care in an Integrated Screening Protocol: The Green […]
Professors from Católica Medical School, have developed and validated a new instrument designed to assess the performance of simulated patients in medical education. The study, recently published in the journal Medical Teacher, introduces the Lisbon Assessment of Simulated Patients (LASP) scale, a concise and reliable tool that evaluates two key aspects of simulated patient performance: […]
Associate Professor at the Católica Medical School and Group Leader and Vice-Director at Católica Biomedical Research Centre (CBR), Maria João Amorim wrote an article to Notícias ao Minuto about the importance of vaccines in the week marking six years since the day Portugal entered lockdown following COVID-19. 👉 Read the full article here: https://www.noticiasaominuto.com/vozes-ao-minuto/2958469/ha-sempre-o-risco-de-uma-nova-pandemia-e-altamente-imprevisivel
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 […]
