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18 Mar From Screening to Prevention: a reminder of the urgency of Colorectal Cancer prevention and diagnosis

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in www.saudedigestiva.pt – 10 March, 2025 As part of the European Month for the Fight Against Bowel Cancer, marked in March, the Portuguese Society of Gastroenterology (SPG) calls for urgent prevention through early diagnosis and suggests the creation of a screening program to overcome the delays...

30 Oct Colorectal cancer: “Colonoscopy is extraordinarily safe and effective, so there should be no fear of doing the test,” Ricardo Rio-Tinto, gastroenterologist

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Colorectal cancer is the most frequently diagnosed type of cancer in Portugal and the second most prevalent in the world. in www.foreveryoung.sapo.pt – 11 October, 2024 According to the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) of the World Health Organization (WHO), 10,575 new cases of colorectal...

14 May Sjögren’s disease: When the dysregulated immune system attacks healthy tissues and organs

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Sjögren's disease is a rheumatic condition. The deregulated immune system attacks healthy tissues and organs, particularly the salivary and lacrimal glands. In the field of rare diseases, it is estimated that between 5,000 and 6,000 people in Portugal suffer from the illness, which was identified...

07 Mar Colorectal cancer: “It’s essential that people realise that this is a preventable, treatable and surmountable disease”

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in www.jornalmedico.pt – 05 March, 2024 The Portuguese Society of Digestive Endoscopy (SPED) will be promoting a national campaign to raise awareness of Colorectal Cancer, a very common type of cancer that ranks first in terms of mortality. Under the theme "In Colorectal Cancer, screening tests...

09 Oct “HFF Close to You” | The stoma and the role of nursing in empowering patients

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in www.correiodesintra.pt - 19 September, 2023 In this edition of "HFF Close to You" we're going to give visibility to yet another topic that is often still taboo - the stoma, which is a reality for all patients who have undergone an ostomy, i.e. people who...

03 Jul Order of Pharmacists are cautious regarding the models of delivery of medicines

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in www.ordemfarmaceuticos.pt - 27 June, 2023 The Order of Pharmacists (OF) requested Infarmed’s intervention in the regulation and supervision of drug dispensation and delivery services, throughout digital platforms. The Covid-19 pandemic has boosted the use of new operators and digital platforms with distribution services. However, the...

14 Apr Spring and conjunctivitis: “It is important to know what precautions we must take to avoid infection”

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By Vital Health - 11 April, 2022 Read the opinion article by Rufino Silva, ophthalmologist, about conjunctivitis associated with the spring season and what to do to treat it. Conjunctivitis is an inflammation of the conjunctiva, a thin and transparent membrane that covers the inner surface of...

02 Mar National Congress of Stomatherapy 2023

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The National Congress of Stomatherapy, APECE 2023, took place from the 24th to 25th February in Peniche. The programme held recognized national speakers detailing very actual themes and representative of the best practices in Ostomy. APECE had the support of SPCare for this event once again. SPCare Team ...

08 Jul Hospital pharmacy with record treatments

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06 July 2022 In 2021, the Pharmaceutical Service of IPO Lisboa prepared 41,500 chemotherapy and immunotherapy treatments, the highest number in the last 12 years. The majority of patients treated at the Instituto Portuguese de Oncology de Lisboa Francisco Gentil (IPO Lisboa) know, of course, the Pharmaceutical...

18 Apr “We want you around.”: campaign raises awareness of colorectal cancer prevention and detection

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By: Beatriz Pina Thursday, 14 abril 2022 09:57 “We want you here." is the new campaign, which brings together entities to raise awareness of the prevention and detection of colorectal cancer, a disease that was diagnosed in more than 10.000 Portuguese and the cause of death for 3.000...