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29 October, 2026
Type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune disease: what happens in the body and how it can be slowed down
Autoimmune type 1 diabetes occurs when the body’s own immune system attacks the cells in the pancreas that produce insulin. This process can begin months or even years before the first symptoms appear. And, for the first time, there are biological therapies that can slow it down in some people. To understand what happens in the body and what these treatments can offer today, we spoke to Dr. Jesús Blanco, endocrinologist specialising in diabetes at barnaclínic+. -
19 March, 2019
Do you know what cardiovascular risk is? I’ll explain…
Cardiovascular risk is the probability that a person or group of people can have a cardiovascular event within a certain period of time. In this definition there are several elements that must be explained: the concepts of “risk” and “probability”, what we mean by “group of people”, what is a “cardiovascular event”, what does it mean and what importance does “time” have, and how cardiovascular “prevention” is performed. Let’s take a look…
