What are you looking for? Search Common searches: Departments, Hospitalisation, Professionals, Outpatient clinics, Health advice, Accreditations, Diseases, Diagnostic tests, Treatments, The birth of a child, Emergency, Visiting patients, Fulltext search Tipus de contingut Services and units Professionals Pathologies Health advices Health and wellness Diagnostic tests Treatments News Activities Centers - Any - Search Pathologies Osteomalacia and rickets Osteomalacia is a skeletal mineralisation disorder. The bones are soft and this causes deformation and fractures, even without trauma, especially affecting the pelvis, ribs, and spinal column. In addition, it can cause pain, especially in the spinal column, pelvis, legs, and ribs, as well as weak Pathologies Osteogenesis imperfecta Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), also known as "brittle bone disease", is a genetic disorder that affects the production of collagen, a principal element in connective tissue and bone. These individuals easily sustain fractures, even without trauma. There are various types of OI, so symptoms can var Pathologies Preeclampsia This is a disease that typically occurs during pregnancy and one of the main causes of complications for pregnant women and new-born babies. It is characterized by high blood pressure and signs of damage to other organs, such as the liver and kidneys. Pathologies Primary immunodeficiencies They are a heterogeneous group of rare diseases that affect the immune system (in number or function). Since they are a very heterogeneous group of diseases, both symptoms and treatments are very diverse. News Vall d'Hebron and GoodGut are studying the implementation of the first non-invasive diagnostic test for irritable bowel syndrome The use of the new device in the primary care setting will reduce the time it takes for patients with irritable bowel syndrome to be diagnosed and receive optimal treatment, thus improving their quality of life. News Vall d’Hebron enrolls the first patient in a clinical trial designed to treat locally advanced pancreatic cancer with nanoparticles The NoCanTher project has designed a new technology that combines the injection of nanoparticles into the cancer with the application of hyperthermia to locally advanced pancreatic tumors. Now, as a final step, a clinical trial led by Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO) will be conducted.& News Vall d'Hebron takes part in an analysis of the current status of precision medicine in pediatric oncology in Spain This is a collaborative work of the Spanish Society of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology that aims to promote precision medicine in the national health system. News Play Proa, Vall d’Hebron’s training game on the proper use of antibiotics, is now available to all professionals in Spain and Latin America The programme entails 15 different activities, each with a clinical case that is resolved in under an hour. In each clinical case, actors present a clinical scenario that the user has to solve by means of questionnaires and tests. Specialities Paediatric Rheumatology Unit The Paediatric Rheumatology Unit (PRU) at Vall d’Hebron University Hospital sits within the Rheumatology Department and is tasked with specialist care of locomotive system inflammatory disorders and other autoimmune diseases affecting paediatric patients. It consists of two rheumatology specialis Pathologies Inflammatory myopathies Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies are a heterogeneous group of illnesses whose main feature is muscular weakness and identification of an underlying inflammation in the muscular biopsy. The group includes dermatomyositis, polymyositis and, recently, inclusion body myosotis, which is most probabl Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 149 Next page ››