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"El naufragi dels records. Què hi ha darrere de malalties com l'Alzheimer?" (The shipwreck of memories. What is behind Alzheimer's disease?) by Dr. Jaume Folch will be presented on April 4 at 7PM in Galatea bookstore (Reus).
This book explains, with an understandable and at the same time rigorous language, why diseases like this deprive us of memories, emotions, affection. It is also about the most surprising theories in the field of neuroscience and reveals the keys to future therapies. We live an extraordinary moment in the search for new treatments for brain disorders that will open a new era for humanity.
Prof. Francisco García, researcher of the area of Toxicology and medical examiner at the Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences of Catalonia, will attend the 22th Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Association of Forensic Doctors and the Legal Medicine School. This meeting will take in March 8th 2019, in the “Centro de Estudios Jurídicos”, Madrid. The conference brings national renowned speakers, as well as the participation of researchers and university students who will present their work and innovations in this field of Forensic Medicine. Dr. García will present the following communications:
Caballero P, García-Sayago F, Soler A, Torralba P, Segú E, Correas C, Landín I, Altés J, Suelves JM, Barbería E. Análisis descriptivo de una serie de muertes por caídas accidentales en mayores de 65 años.
Landín I, Azeli Y, Torralba P, García-Sayago F, Laguna C, Alvarez R, Bardají A, Barbería E. Incidencia de lesiones óseas y viscerales graves secundarias a RCP: resultado de una serie autópsica.
Herrero M, Rovira J, Nadal M, Domingo JL. Risk assessment due to dermal exposure of trace elements and indigo dye in jeans: Migration to artificial sweat. Environ Res. 2019 Feb 22;172:310-318. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2019.02.030.
Sarigiannis DA, Karakitsios S, Dominguez-Romero E, Papadaki K, Brochot C, Kumar V, Schumacher M, Sy M, Mielke H, Greiner M, Mengelers M, Scheringer M. Physiology-based toxicokinetic modelling in the frame of the European Human Biomonitoring Initiative. Environ Res. 2019 Jan 29;172:216-230. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2019.01.045.
For a cleaner and healthier air in Kathmandu, The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) and World Health Organization (WHO) – Nepal organized “Introductory Training on Health Impact Assessment/Health Economics and Data Analysis Workshop”, a five-day session with 35 representatives from different government agencies working on air quality and related experts, from national and international government organizations, academia, hospitals and representatives from Government of Maldives and WHO offices (HQ, SEARO, India, and Nepal country offices). Dr. Joaquim Rovira, expert in atmospheric pollution of TecnATox, joined the course as a WHO external assessor. You can find more information in the WHO press release.
Esparza JL, Gómez M, Domingo JL. Role of Melatonin in Aluminum-Related Neurodegenerative Disorders: a Review. Biol Trace Elem Res. 2019 Mar;188(1):60-67.
Schuhmacher M, Mari M, Nadal M, Domingo JL. Concentrations of dioxins and furans in breast milk of women living near a hazardous waste incinerator in Catalonia, Spain. Environ Int. 2019 Feb 7;125:334-341. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2019.01.074
María Ángeles Martínez, PhD student of the Health Risk Assessment and Food Toxicology area, attended to the 8th Young Environmental Scientist (YES) Meeting of SETAC. It was celebrated in Ghent (Belgium) from 5th to 10th February 2019.
María Ángeles presented some exciting findings of her thesis in the following poster:
Martínez MA, Rovira J, Kumar V, Schuhmacher M. Tarragona mother-child exposure assessment to wide spread endocrine disruptors (EDs) and in-vitro EDs exposure effects on adipogenesis.
