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Researcher João Morais is co-author of an article in the European Heart Journal that highlights the advances in cardiovascular pharmacotherapy in 2024

15 April 2025

João Morais, integrated researcher at ciTechCare is the only Portuguese academic and one of the 18 international co-authors of the article ‘New pharmacological agents and novel cardiovascular pharmacotherapy strategies in 2024’, published in the European Heart Journal, last March. The review article summarizes the most relevant studies in cardiovascular pharmacotherapy in 2024, including the approval of first-in-class drugs for the treatment of resistant hypertension and pulmonary arterial hypertension. Regarding pharmacological safety, the research team highlights the newest data on adverse reactions and drug–drug interactions that may complicate treatment and/or reduce drug adherence, with the consequent decrease in drug effectiveness. Finally,

ciTechCare participates in the 21st Portuguese Congress of Diabetes

23 March 2025

The DPOC&Diabetes project was highlighted in the 21st Portuguese Congress of Diabetes, which took place from 6 to 8 March, at the Algarve Congress Center, in the oral communication entitled “Impact of the Coexistence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DMT2) and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) on Body Composition and Nutritional Intake: A Cross-Sectional Study”, presented by co-author Neuza Barros. Also developed by Marlene Lages, Sara Pimenta, Nádia Hipólito, Sofia Flora, Joana Cruz and Maria P. Guarino, the presented research work underlined the results achieved in 25 men (14 with DMT2 and 11 with DMT2 + COPD). The results of

ciTechCare research fellows attended two RUN-EU initiatives in Ireland and Belgium

17 March 2025

Rita Novo and Nádia Hipólito recently participated in different RUN-EU initiatives, in Ireland and Belgium, where they embraced the experience of being a RUN-EU student research. Rita Novo attended the RUN-EU Student Research Colloquium, at the Technological University of the Shannon, in Limerick, Ireland, on February 18 and 19, where she presented the results obtained from the Veggies4myHeart project between 2021 and 2024 – The Veggies4myHeart Project: A Longitudinal Study To Promote Preschoolers’ Vegetable Knowledge And Consumption. Other students from the Polytechnic of Leiria joined the event, which allowed a positive interaction with students from other areas and different cultures

ciTechCare research was awarded at the 3rd Pediatrics Congress of Hospital da Luz

13 February 2025

Rita Novo, Leonel Vieito, Sara Simões Dias, Marlene Lages, Maria Guarino and Cátia Braga-Pontes are co-authors of the study entitled “Sociodemographic factors and feeding behavior of children: a cross-sectional study”, which was awarded with the best poster at the 3rd Congress of Pediatrics of Hospital da Luz, which took place in the auditorium of Hospital da Luz, in Lisbon, on 6 and 7 February. The awarded work aimed to evaluate the influence of sociodemographic factors, namely the sex of parents and children, the level of education and marital status of parents, on the feeding behavior (FB) of children from 2

ciTechCare dedicates a session on management of respiratory disease and cough

28 January 2025

On January 17, at 11am, the auditorium of the School of Health Sciences – Polytechnic of Leiria (ESSLei) received two well-known researchers working in the respiratory field who guided a session on “New Perspectives in the Management of Respiratory Disease and Cough”. Ana Oliveira, Associate Professor at the School of Health Sciences and iBiMED researcher, both at the University of Aveiro was one of the invited speakers and shared her scientific knowledge on chronic cough assessment and management. Rafael Mesquita, Professor of the Department of Physiotherapy and the Post-Graduate Program in Physiotherapy and Functionality, both at the Federal University of Ceara (UFC), in Brazil,

Paper on serious games elected as one of the best papers from SeGAH 2024

2 January 2025

Recently, the paper titled “A Board Game Performance Index – a disruptive innovation to assess people with dementia with different apathy levels”, co-authored by Marlene Rosa, Susana Lopes, Natália Martins and Elena Lacomba-Arnau, was selected as one of the best papers at the 12th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health (SeGAH 2024), which took place at the Rectory Building of the University of Madeira, on 7-9 august. The organizing committee invited the research team to submit an extended version of their work to be integrated in a special issue of the Games for Health Journal, dedicated to