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The researcher Sónia Gonçalves Pereira, mother of two celiac girls, is looking for celiac volunteers and their direct family (children and adults) to create a biobank of blood and feces samples for a research project that aims to study the influence of genetics and the microbiome on development of this disease. This study will be carried out in partnership with 2 research centers in Finland and the United States of America and has the support of the Portuguese Celiac Association (Associação Portuguesa de Celíacos (APC). Find more about the project HERE. +INFO: celiact@ipleiria.pt

A group of researchers from ciTechCare recently published the article “CBmeter study: protocol for assessing the predictive value of peripheral chemoreceptor overactivation for metabolic diseases” in the journal BMJ Open.The article describes the clinical protocol currently being used in the CBmeter study. This study aims to contribute to the clarification of the role of carotid bodies in the aetiology of metabolic diseases and guide the development of new therapeutic approaches for early intervention in metabolic diseases.Non-invasive assessment of carotid bodies activity is performed by measuring ventilatory, cardiac and metabolic responses to two challenge tests, which may have a predictive value

Roberta Frontini and Raul Antunes, researchers at ciTechCare, are co-authors of a systematic review article with meta-analysis led by Miguel Jacinto, a researcher at CIEQV and PhD student at the University of Coimbra. The article was published in the international journal Healthcare (An Open Access Journal from MDPI).This is a systematic review with meta-analysis that aimed to identify whether physical exercise programs can be a good method to reduce anxiety symptoms in individuals with disabilities. The results of the present study reinforce that physical exercise programs promote positive effects and can be a good adjuvant for the reduction of anxiety