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14 November, 2025
barnaclínic+ introduces type 1 diabetes screening to detect the disease before the first symptoms appear
The Endocrinology and Nutrition team at barnaclínic+ has introduced a new type 1 diabetes screening service, a tool that allows us to detect the risk of developing the disease before classic symptoms appear. Coinciding with World Diabetes Day, barnaclínic+ presents this new service as a key tool to improve early detection of the disease and reinforce its commitment to prevention.. Led by Dr. Jesús Blanco, endocrinologist at barnaclínic+ and a reference in the management of type 1 diabetes, this service reinforces the institution’s commitment to comprehensive care that supports people before, during and after diagnosis.
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15 October, 2025
barnaclínic+ launches “Salud (t) Plus”, a podcast giving voice to patients, families, and professionals
barnaclínic+ is launching “Salud (t) Plus”, a new podcast that invites listeners into the consultation room to share real experiences and health insights, enriched by those who live them firsthand. In each episode, patients, relatives, and professionals from barnaclínic+ sit together to talk about conditions, treatments, and lived experiences, revealing the most human side of medicine.
The first episode, published on October 15, coincides with the anniversary of Ares Teixidó’s type 1 diabetes diagnosis. Ares —journalist, actress, and TV presenter— shares, in a warm and honest conversation, how she has learned to live with the disease and how her life has changed since she began using an insulin pump, an automated infusion system that acts like an artificial pancreas.
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3 November, 2021
Seven services of the Clínic among the best in the world in the ‘World’s Best Specialised Hospitals’ from Newsweek magazine
Once again Newsweek magazine has made their ranking of the best hospitals in the world by speciality, the ‘World’s Best Specialised Hospitals’ and the Hospital Clínic Group Barcelona has played an important role in it. The ranking from this year 2022 has for the first time widened the number of specialities analysed from seven to ten, and the Hospital Clínic Group has managed to have some of their services in up to seven of these categories.
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14 October, 2020
Three services of the Hospital Clínic among the best in the world in the ‘World’s Best Specialized Hospitals’
The Hospital Clínic Group of Barcelona has had three of its Institutes included in the ‘World’s Best Specialized Hospitals‘; a classification that recognizes the best hospitals in the world by speciality. The Clinical Cardiovascular Institute (ICCV), led by Dr. Marta Sitges, the Clinical Institute of Digestive and Metabolic Diseases (ICMDM), directed by Dr. Josep Vidal, and the Institute of Hemato-oncological Diseases (ICMHO), with Dr. Álvaro Urbano-Ispizua at the helm, are among the best in the world in their respective specialities according to the list produced annually by Newsweek magazine.
