News

  • Thursday, August 5th, 2010

    The snuff seduces women

    According to a recent study by the World Health Organization (WHO), women now represent 20% of a thousand million smokers in the world are registered, a figure that indicates how women are falling increasingly on networks of snuff.

    Celes Piedrabuena

  • Thursday, July 22th, 2010

    Interesting study of children in Bradford

    Thousands of babies of Bradford (England) are still the subject of an ambitious research study, which can provide key information for diabetes, obesity and certain genetic disorders.

    Celes Piedrabuena

  • Thursday, July 8th, 2010

    Smoking and newborns

    Once again the relationship is found between reduced birth weight and maternal smoking.

    Celes Piedrabuena

  • Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

    Interview Jordi Sunyer, director of the INMA Project

    Following the success of Family Day INMA Project on 5 June in the city of Sabadell, could not miss a brief interview with Dr. Jordi Sunyer, director of the Project.

    Celes Piedrabuena

  • Thursday, June 17th, 2010

    Trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids in water Guipuzcoa

    One of the latest studies published INMA concerns the presence of trihalomethanes and haloacetic acid concentrations in drinking water intake of Guipúzcoa and during the pregnancy.

    Celes Piedrabuena

  • Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

    Cooking and food contaminants

    Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) assessed the effects of the major cooking techniques on the content of chemical contaminants in foods widely consumed, such as sardines, veal, lamb, rice or potatoes.

    Celes Piedrabuena

  • Thursday, May 27th, 2010

    Inmaculada Aguilera: "Pollution affects the health of the fetus"

    Inmaculada Aguilera interviewed, CREAL researcher and coordinator of the first study to evaluate fetal growth by ultrasound, and which concluded, among other judgments, the pollution caused slower growth of the fetus.

    Celes Piedrabuena

  • Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

    Call success in the launch of 'For Parents'

    Dr. Marieta Fernández, INMA Project researcher, was one of the speakers at the press conference introducing the draft on-line community and clinic 'for parents', promoted by the Fundació Roger Torné.

    Celes Piedrabuena

  • Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

    Smoking during pregnancy is associated with higher dietary intake of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and poor diet quality

    To estimate the dietary intake of total polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and benzo(a)pyrene (BaP), and to characterise factors associated with higher intake during pregnancy. Recent studies suggest that prenatal exposure to PAH is associated with adverse reproductive outcomes.

    Celes Piedrabuena

  • Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

    The pollution causes reduced fetal growth

    According to published research from the Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL) pollution from urban traffic adversely affects fetal growth.

    Celes Piedrabuena