Rita Alves

Raquel Soares

Patrícia Borges

Merit Kruse

Flora Vasile

Filipa Barros

Diogo Duarte

Bernardo Marinheiro

09 February 2021

Obesity: sensitivity to sweet taste predicts the amount of weight loss that will be induced by stomach surgery to treat obesity

A study led by scientists from the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, in Lisbon, concludes that bariatric surgery – that is, procedures used to treat severe obesity by reconfiguring the gastrointestinal tract –, leads to greater weight loss in patients who, before the surgery, had a heightened perception of sweetness.

O impacto da COVID-19 nos doentes oncológicos

Um ano após o início da Pandemia de COVID-19, a doença continua a ter um forte impacto na vida das pessoas, nomeadamente naqueles que manifestam maior risco e suscetibilidade a doenças graves, por apresentarem comorbidades, como é o caso dos doentes oncológicos.

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