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Editorial Note
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One of the reasons for the existence of an institutional newsletter is to follow the important moments in the life of the institution it pertains to, the relevant occasions of all those who, on a daily basis, make up the institution. It is only natural that the most significant aspects of the life we share together are reflected on a publication of this kind, which preserves them and disseminates them to a growing community of readers. This is the reason why the name of Professor João Carlos Gomes-Pedro stands out in this issue. It is unquestionable that the words we […]

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Hospital for Small Children

The Students’ Association of the Faculty of Medicine of Lisbon (AEFML) is organizing another session of the Hospital for Small Children, which will take place between 22 and 27 November 2010 at the Canteen I of the Social Welfare Services of the University of Lisbon. This edition involves the collaborative work of Nursing, Medicine, Dental Medicine, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Nutrition students who, through their corresponding Students’ Associations, make it possible for about 2000 children to attend the event. The objective of this project, which celebrates its 9th edition this year, is, through role-playing, to reduce the anxiety children experience in […]

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Recorded interview with Professor Gomes-Pedro

«Each one of us, no matter our age, has a new cycle ahead. We need to take advantage of these cycles in order to do what we believe is our duty and where we have a responsibility to intervene. This applies to everyone. No one does anything alone, and I did nothing alone, I did it as part of a team. It is to all the people who have worked with me that I would like to leave a message, and an embrace of gratitude, courage, and strength, to encourage them to continue to follow the same path, and do […]

Interview Professor Paulo Ramalho 

Newsletter: Professor, how do you view the evolution of paediatrics over the last 40 years?  Professor Paulo Ramalho: I believe that it must be analysed alongside the evolution of society itself, and the attitude it has had towards children. Up to the 19th century, and large part of the 20th century, children were perceived as small adults. Slowly, their particular characteristics started to become known. The advancement of this knowledge also changed the actual practice of paediatrics, which impacted on attitudes, clinical approach, facilities, equipment etc. In what concerns hospital paediatrics, I would say that we are still away from […]

T. Berry Brazelton, MD – João Carlos Gomes Pedro Homage

Thirty years ago, I was giving a paper in Cascais along with Margaret Mahler, Erik Erikson and Jerome Bruner (our US Piaget).The paper I presented was a second by second analysis of attachment behavior between 2-month olds and their mothers, the rhythms they set up, the imitation and the way each one influenced the other as they interacted with each other. It was very successful and was an example of how early attachment began, and how important it was for both infant and parent. After the paper a young man (with curly hair and flying coattails) came up to me […]

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Cultural Soirée of the 100th anniversary of FMUL

The Cultural Soirée has always been a magic evening. The 2010 edition had the particular added responsibility of bringing together, in a single event, the celebration of the 1st centenary of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon (FMUL) and another splendid cultural soirée, fuelled by the requirement and additional duty of replicating the quality and excellence of previous editions. In that aspect, the windy and rainy evening of 7 October did not disappoint. Quite the opposite, it left good memories and a feeling of anticipation of next year’s edition, with its promises and arguments that will make […]

Last Lecture by Professor João Carlos Gomes-Pedro

The last lecture given by Professor Gomes-Pedro took place on 1 October last in the presence of illustrious academics and guests. The following people sat at the ceremony’s table: the Director of the Faculty of Medicine of Lisbon, Professor. J. Fernandes e Fernandes, the Director of the Child and Family Department, Prof. Paulo Ramalho, the Administrator of the Northern Lisbon Hospital Centre CHLN, Professor J. Correia da Cunha, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lisbon, Professor António Vasconcelos Tavares, Professor T. B. Brazelton, the President of the Pedagogical Council, Professor M. Oliveira da Silva, the President of the Scientific Council, […]

Opening of the 2010/2011 Academic Year Ceremony – University of Lisbon

  The Ceremony of the Opening of the 2010/2011 Academic Year was presided by His Excellency, the President of the Republic Aníbal Cavaco Silva. Guests were greeted with the participation of Vicentuna, the Tuna (Academic Band) of the Faculty of Science of UL. The Academic Cortege took place in the Atrium of the Salão Nobre (Noble Room). The Solemn Opening ceremony included the speech made by Dr. André Moz Caldas, President of the Directorate General of the Academic Association of the University of Lisbon, representing the students of the university. This was followed by the speech of the Rector of […]

Medicine Evening 2010

The Medicine Evening is an academic event that takes place on a yearly basis on the last Wednesday in October. The organizing committee is formed by year 6 students of the Medical degree of the Faculty of Medicine of Lisbon. The event includes several musical activities, dance, video, and stage performances, and aims to interact with the audience. It unquestionably brings together FMUL students by resorting to satire about their everyday affairs. The first editions started in the 1980s and were held at the Students’ Room of the Students’ Association of the Faculty of Medicine of Lisbon (AEFML). The show […]

Medical Students Street Party

Some evenings are truly special, and the evening of 21 October was one of them. An unprecedented event took place and brought together the Students’ Associations of the Faculties of Medicine in Lisbon, AEFML and AEFCML. This was the Huge Medical Students’ Street Party. The encounter took place at the precinct of the Faculty of Medical Sciences, at Campo Mártires da Pátria, where over 3000 students gathered, as they did not want to miss this event. The majority was medical students, but colleagues from other areas, ranging from Engineering to Economics, did not want to be left out either. The […]

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Facilities, Equipments, and Information Technologies Unit

The restructuring of the services of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon (FMUL), gave origin to the Facilities, Equipments, and Information Technologies Unit, bringing together the former Technical Office, the Egas Moniz Building Management Unit, and the Information Technologies Unit. The Facilities and Equipments Unit includes the former Technical Office (Works and Maintenance Unit) and the Egas Moniz Building Management Unit. Generally speaking, its duties comprise looking after FMUL’s facilities and equipments, namely the maintenance, preservation, rehabilitation, and requalification of buildings, external areas, and equipments belonging to the institution. The purpose of bringing together these services is […]

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Invitation to Participate in the 13th “Education for Science” Workshop

As it celebrates 20 years of existence, the Office for the Support of Scientific and Technological Research, and Innovation (GAPIC) is organizing the 13th “Education for Science” workshop, which will take place on 14 December 2010, as part of the Celebrations of the 100th Anniversary of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon (FMUL). The “Education for Science” workshop is an annual event attended by FMUL students who use it to present their scientific work, especially to their peers. GAPIC invites all students, lecturers, and researchers to attend the 13th “Education for Science” workshop, where 54 undergraduate students […]

Publications FMUL/HSM/IMM

Publications in 2010: August 29 – October 10 (includes only original articles, reviews, editorial material and letters) ISI Web of Knowledge (Databases=SCI-EXPANDED, SSCI, A&HCI, CPCI-S, CPCI-SSH, IC, CCR-EXPANDED) Navarro-Costa P, Nogueira P, Carvalho M, et al. Incorrect DNA methylation of the DAZL promoter CpG island associates with defective human sperm(dagger), (2010), HUMAN REPRODUCTION, 25:2647-2654 Available here Campos I, Geiger JA, Santos AC, et al., Genetic Screen in Drosophila melanogaster Uncovers a Novel Set of Genes Required for Embryonic Epithelial Repair (2010), GENETICS, 184:129-U239 Available here Einhäupl K, Stam J, Bousser MG, De Bruijn SFTM, Ferro JM, Martinelli I, Masuhr F, […]

Lecturers’ Participation in Academic Examination Panels in other institutions(by 31 October 2010)

Doctoral Degrees  Lecturer: Jorge Costa Santos Exam: PhD – Anthropology (Strand – Biological Anthropology) Institution: Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia Universidade de Coimbra (Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Coimbra) Lecturer: Maria Manuel Mota Exam: PhD – Biology (Strand – Cell Biology) Institution: Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia Universidade de Coimbra (Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Coimbra) Lecturer: Jorge Manuel Matias Costa Santos Exam: PhD – Health Sciences (Strand – Biomedical Sciences) Institution: Faculdade de Medicina Universidade de Coimbra (Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra) Lecturer: Alexandre Valério Mendonça Exam: PhD […]

FMUL students awarded prizes at the 5th YES Meeting

Students of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon (FMUL) attended the 5th YES Meeting, and André dos Santos Rocha and Ruben Duque do Vale were awarded prizes for their research work. The fifth YES Meeting edition, organised by the students of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, took place on 23-26 September 2010. Once again, several FMUL students went all the way to Porto to take part. Students attended several of the sessions and activities included in the programme, and a few presented research they have been undertaking at FMUL research units. Out of […]

IMM Seminars

Seminar  04-11-2010 12:00 – 13:00 Egas Moniz Building – Floor 01 – Room 57 The IL-7 Receptor: A key factor in HIV pathogenesis Paul MacPherson Ottawa Hospital Research Institute Host: João Barata, UBC, IMM Dr MacPherson obtained his PhD in molecular biology from the University of California at Berkeley in 1991 and his MD from McMaster University in 1998. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and a specialist in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Ottawa Hospital General Campus. His major interests lie in the areas of patient care with a clinical practise primarily dedicated to those […]

An ongoing PhD thesis in Pediatric Research: Interventions and Outcomes in Clinical Trials of Bronchiolitis

Background  Acute viral bronchiolitis is the most common acute infection of the lower respiratory tract during the first year of life.(1) It is most often caused by the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), usually in a seasonal pattern.(2) The diagnosis is clinical, and findings include rhinorrhea, cough, low-grade fever, wheezing, and respiratory distress.(3) The disease causes a major clinical and economical health burden, with hospital admission rates up to 30/1.000 in developed countries, in addition to the impact in children and families cared for in community settings.(2,4) Hospitalizations have increased steeply during the last decades, and vulnerable populations (e.g. preterms) have […]

Moments
Words to Professor J. Gomes-Pedro

It was a happy hour when Professor Gomes-Pedro started the first Master Degree in School Medicine in 1991, with the aim of “training experts to be able to intervene at schools and to pass on information to other technicians”. I attended the second edition of the Master Degree in 1992. At a time of great uncertainty with regard to School Health, Professor Gomes-Pedro was able to coordinate it in an exemplary manner and to be a model of commitment and competence to his students. As a result of the pursuit of excellence, the Master Degrees started to be called Health […]

Bags and Rucksacks: “weights” today and “burdens” tomorrow (PART I)

The subject has been discussed, albeit without great conviction, by school and health authorities. Even so, the recognition that the problem exists, now, through media-highlighted and worrying phenomena like bullying at school, has certainly become a question with minor priority. But the situation to which thousands of young Portuguese schoolchildren are exposed, with our assent (that of all of us, obviously, including families, society and our rulers, particularly health authorities) unfortunately granted more through indifference than ignorance, justifies this new call for attention and reflection due to its unquestionable seriousness. From Monday to Friday, and quite often on Saturday as […]

Open Space
Feeding newborn babies at risk

One of the first questions Prof. Gomes-Pedro asked me was: “What does a Speech Therapist do with a newborn baby? Do you play with the baby? Talk to the baby? My answer was: “I help newly born babies with feeding difficulties”. Thanks to assistance and knowledge passed on by Prof. Gomes-Pedro, I later realised that we were talking about one of the first touchpoints in the life of a baby, and that this stage offers an excellent opportunity to develop communication. In the Paediatric Unit, this is how my work as a Speech Therapist with newborn babies at risk and […]

Valuing Differences

In nature, ill, incapacitated or vulnerable animals are, generally speaking, abandoned or the first victims of predators. Thus, we may admit that rejecting a different offspring, or with differences, particularly with a disability, may be a normal attitude. Despite the huge progress made so far, particularly of a cultural nature, well expressed by the recognition of rights, such as right to life, to education, to leisure, to sexuality, to parenthood, to professional training and employment, and of the right to the family placement of people with a mental disability, among others, there is still no satisfactory answer to the more […]

Sexual education in schools

The new contributions of education and the hope of articulation with the valuable contributions of health Since 1984, and as per Law no. 3/84 of 24 March, the implementation of sexual education has been legally established as an integrating part of the “fundamental right to education (…) in schools” (Law no. 3/84 of 24 March, page 981). Successive legal and normative framework has further reinforced this implementation of the law. It is believed that schools have taken the first formal steps in the education and promotion of health, with the setting up of the National Network of Health Promoting Schools […]

Health at Schools Programme

Health at Schools Programme and technical and normative resources which, as part of the National Health Service (SNS), currently regulate this activity The National Programme for Health in Schools is a crucial tool for improving the school population health literacy, which is a basic component for promoting the health of the educational community. In conceptual terms, the Programme proposes a holistic approach to health in schools, as part of the project aiming to create health-promoting schools. Its activities focus on improving the physical look of schools, the inclusion of students with special needs, and the early detection of risk situations, […]

Cardio-pneumologists at the Paediatric Laboratory For Respiratory Function Studies

Over times, the study of the Respiratory Function has played a crucial role in diagnosis, in evaluating the results of therapy, and in monitoring the clinical evolution of patients with respiratory pathologies. In Paediatrics, the development of techniques and strategies enabling respiratory functional studies throughout all paediatric age groups has proved to be extremely useful in the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, represented by Asthma and other sibilant diseases, Cystic Fibrosis and Bronchiolitis Obliterans, and in other emerging diseases, such as bronchopulmonary dysplasia or in the pulmonary repercussion of diseases such as sickle cell anemia or neuromuscular and musculoskeletal […]

Neonatology, The perspective of a neonatologist at Santa Maria Hospital 

Since the XIX century, Medicine has been interested in sick, particularly premature, newborn babies. First incubators and gavage feeding techniques where used by then. In the second half of the XX century, with technological development, several practices will become available like invasive and non-invasive ventilation, monitoring devices, parenteral nutrition, prenatal corticosteroids and exogenous surfactant, ultrasonography, inhaled oxide nitric, induced hypothermia and ECMO. These advances will allow the survival, globally with less impairment, of a much greater number of newborn babies. These facts are well documented by the evolution of perinatal and neonatal mortality rates in developed countries. “Neonatology” is first […]

Introduction to Medicine – Subject Development and Episodes in the Life of a Member of Staff

It started back in 1995. It was completely innovative in this country, and an initial idea of Prof. Gomes-Pedro, further developed by other people, until it became the icon of the medical degree. It was the subject that lit the first sparkle in freshers and made them have the ambition of “becoming doctors”. I started my medical degree in 1999. The subject “Introduction to Medicine” was a way of saying to first-year students: “Come to the Medical Degree! Come and learn everything you need to learn to be a Doctor and not just a mere medical scientist” This subject involved […]

Paediatric Origins of Chronic Pulmonary Disease in Adults

“The womb may be more important than the home”. D J P Barker; BMJ Volume 301 17 November 1990 Acknowledgment that there are early factors that determine and influence the emergence of diseases late in life has been demonstrated in the relation between weight at birth and cardiovascular disease, which is known as the Barker hypothesis. Studies undertaken in Norway, Finland, the United Kingdom, and the USA reveal mortality rates by cardiovascular disease that are inversely proportional to the height of populations, and geographic differences in cardiovascular mortality related to former differences in infant mortality rates. Records from the previous […]

Breastfeeding the Turning Point in 2010

Breastfeeding is the Gold Standard of infant nutrition. Given the indisputable evidence of advantages for the mother, child, and community health in general, all health professionals should promote, and support it by taking a strong and clear position in favour of breastfeeding. It is recommended that, except in rare individual circumstances which may be unfavourable, all children should be feed exclusively with breast milk for a period never less than six months that may be extended after the start of food diversification until 24 months of age. Recent studies show that exclusive breastfeeding during a period of 6 months is […]

The importance of a multidisciplinary team in child development

Health professionals are challenged to build together a well-being policy centred on promoting resilience in children and their families  The importance of multidisciplinarity has always been an issue of honour and a battle Prof. Dr. Gomes-Pedro has always fought for. This was his motto when the first Developmental Unit of the country was set up at the Santa Maria Hospital, in this Paediatrics Service, and which still exists. Basically formed by paediatricians, Prof. Dr. Gomes-Pedro contributed, with plenty of commitment, to formalizing the effective collaboration of other health professionals, namely educators, speech therapists, and psychologists. Operating since 2005 in this […]

Science and Health Research 

In this section we continue to divulge online resources, which may be personal web pages, blogs, institutional portals, etc. We shall give preference to those of simple and intuitive use, preferably free of charge. A large part will be dedicated to the medical sciences In the present edition, we offer some more suggestions, which may also be added to the favourite pages link.  The page Free Medical Journals is a must in the field of medical sciences. According to the publishers, «Over the next years, the most important medical journals will be available online, free and in full-text. The unrestricted […]

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Hospital Indicators of the Pediatric University Unity

– Hospital Indicators of the Pediatric University Unit can be acceded here

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Social Values Stock Exchange: “Is Laughing the Best Therapy?” Project

ACTIONS THAT ARE WORTH SMILES!  Operation Red Nose is a Private Institution of Social Solidarity officially set up on 4 June 2002, whose mission is to bring happiness to children in hospitals, their families, and health professionals through the art and image of Dr. Clown, on a regular basis and involving a team of professionals with specific competences. “IS LAUGHING THE BEST THERAPY?”   Operation Red Nose (ONV) believes it does! However, it decided to prove it scientifically. The “Is laughing the best therapy?” Project is listed in the Social Values Stock Exchange (BVS) and aims to carry out research […]

Swine Flu (H1N1) Pandemics in Portugal (1918-2009): echoes and schisms of the past in the present

Launching of the Book  Swine Flu (H1N1) Pandemics in Portugal (1918-2009): echoes and schisms of the past in the present  This bilingual work, written in Portuguese and in English, totalling 430 pages and with an information supplement in CD-ROM format, aims to be a comparative study of an epidemiological and sociological nature between two Swine Flu (H1N1) pandemics that took place in 1918 and in 2009. The book is authored by Professor João Frada (FML Jubilee Lecturer), and has a preface written by Professor José Pereira Miguel, a Full Professor at FML and Director of the National Health Institute (INSA) […]

Course “ABC of Clinical Genetics” 2010

17 November 2010  Secretariat: Anabela Reis Centro de Genética Medica Jacinto Magalhães/INSA, IP (Jacinto Magalhães Medical Genetics Centre) Praça Pedro Nunes, 88 4099-028 Porto Contact: + 351 226 070 322 Application Form

14th Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Human Genetics – 18-20 November 2010

18-20 November 2010 Bissaya Barreto Foundation Auditorium The Organizing Committee is expecting a widely participated and high quality scientific meeting, where topics on Human Genetics, of interest to all researchers, doctors, technicians, and students of this scientific field, will be discussed. Email: SPGH2010@gmail.com Programme

Workshop “Looking for the Clown Inside You” – 20 November

The workshop “Looking for the Clown Inside You” is going to take place again on 20 November, in Lisbon, around 10:30, at the headquarters of the Operation Red Nose. Based on transparency and on the veracity of communication among people, this workshop will encourage participants to make their own inner journey in search of the clown that lies inside them, and to find similarities between their personal lives and reality and fantasy, influencing them to use their imagination and discover the positive role that the clown character may play in their everyday lives. DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATIONS: 15 NOVEMBER! Discover the […]

Food Bank Against Hunger – 27 and 28 November

The Shared Services, in collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine, invite all the Organic Unities of the UL to associate with the Food Bank Against Hunger Campaign, that will take place on the 27 and 28 of November, through the organization of groups of volunteers. The volunteers will be able to enrol for: • Mini-price in the Ave. War Junqueiro in Lisbon • Sweet Drop in the Cascais Villa  All those wishing to be a Volunteer sign up to participate untill day 22 of November, clicking here, or send to us an e-mail for spul@ul.pt (with indication of the name and contact)

Caminho Book Market – From 29 of November to 17 of December

The Students’ Association of the Faculty of Medicine of Lisbon organizes from 29 of November to 17 of December his traditional Caminho Book Market, in the floor 01 of the Central Building of the FMUL.

ENJOY Med’10 – Deadline for submitting abstracts: 30 November

The 2nd Edition of the National Meeting of Young Medical Students – ENJOY Med’10 will take place at the Egas Moniz Building of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon (FMUL), in the weekend of 11-12 December 2010. Enjoy Med’ 10 is organised by students and lecturers of FMUL and is targeted at undergraduate medical students. It aims to involve the future generations of doctors in current scientific, clinical, and social challenges through open communication spaces. At this meeting, students have the opportunity to present a research project authored or co-authored by them in the field of Medical […]

Grande Prémio Fundação AstraZeneca 2010

A Fundação AstraZeneca, criada com a missão de ser uma referência na área da Saúde, incentivando à investigação em Portugal, vem informar que o prazo de candidaturas para o Grande Prémio decorre até dia 30 de Novembro de 2010. A obra premiada beneficia de um prémio no valor de 50.000EUR. Informações e candidaturas Fundação AstrazenecaRua Humberto Madeira, 7 Valejas2745 – 663 Barcarena Telefones +351 214 345 745 / 927 516 052 Endereço Electrónico geral@fundacaoastrazeneca.org Sítios http://www.fundacaoastrazeneca.org http://www.fundacaoastrazeneca.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29&Itemid=5 http://www.fundacaoastrazeneca.org/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=29

Obituary
Obituary

* Carlos Alberto Oliveira Nascimento – Rector’s Office of the University of Lisbon – Deceased on 7 October * Joaquim Ferreira Santos Albuquerque – Faculty of Medicine of Lisbon, Surgery Unit II – Deceased on 18 October 2010 * M.ª Joaquina Moniz Bettencourt – Faculty of Medicine of Lisbon, Physiology Institute – Deceased on 20 October 2010

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Index - News # 17 | out/nov. 2010
 Editorial Note
 Hospital for Small Children
 Recorded interview with Professor Gomes-Pedro
 Interview Professor Paulo Ramalho 
 T. Berry Brazelton, MD – João Carlos Gomes Pedro Homage
 Cultural Soirée of the 100th anniversary of FMUL
 Last Lecture by Professor João Carlos Gomes-Pedro
 Opening of the 2010/2011 Academic Year Ceremony – University of Lisbon
 Medicine Evening 2010
 Medical Students Street Party
 Facilities, Equipments, and Information Technologies Unit
 Invitation to Participate in the 13th “Education for Science” Workshop
 Publications FMUL/HSM/IMM
 Lecturers’ Participation in Academic Examination Panels in other institutions(by 31 October 2010)
 FMUL students awarded prizes at the 5th YES Meeting
 IMM Seminars
 An ongoing PhD thesis in Pediatric Research: Interventions and Outcomes in Clinical Trials of Bronchiolitis
 Words to Professor J. Gomes-Pedro
 Bags and Rucksacks: “weights” today and “burdens” tomorrow (PART I)
 Feeding newborn babies at risk
 Valuing Differences
 Sexual education in schools
 Health at Schools Programme
 Cardio-pneumologists at the Paediatric Laboratory For Respiratory Function Studies
 Neonatology, The perspective of a neonatologist at Santa Maria Hospital 
 Introduction to Medicine – Subject Development and Episodes in the Life of a Member of Staff
 Paediatric Origins of Chronic Pulmonary Disease in Adults
 Breastfeeding the Turning Point in 2010
 The importance of a multidisciplinary team in child development
 Science and Health Research 
 Hospital Indicators of the Pediatric University Unity
 Social Values Stock Exchange: “Is Laughing the Best Therapy?” Project
 Swine Flu (H1N1) Pandemics in Portugal (1918-2009): echoes and schisms of the past in the present
 Course “ABC of Clinical Genetics” 2010
 14th Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Human Genetics – 18-20 November 2010
 Workshop “Looking for the Clown Inside You” – 20 November
 Food Bank Against Hunger – 27 and 28 November
 Caminho Book Market – From 29 of November to 17 of December
 ENJOY Med’10 – Deadline for submitting abstracts: 30 November
 Grande Prémio Fundação AstraZeneca 2010
 Obituary
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