Barcelona hospital performs heart transplant on recovered Covid-19 patient
Operation on teenager first of its kind in Catalonia and Spain
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Psychological support for medical staff during public health crisis
Social distancing heightens general public's anxiety, especially when friends or family members fall ill
Child with rare disease receives Spain's first pediatric heart, liver and kidney transplant
Operated on at Barcelona's Vall d'Hebron, 10-year-old is disease's longest survivor and sole triple transplant recipient
Hiker resuscitated after 6-hour cardiac arrest
British mountaineer lost in Catalan Pyrenees survives severe hypothermia after groundbreaking technique in Vall d’Hebron hospital
Child with congenital heart disease transferred to Barcelona with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
9-month-old is first infant to be successfully transported to Catalonia using this technique
Barcelona’s Vall d’Hebron hospital opens Spain’s first migraine research center
The Migraine Adaptive Brain Center will investigate and treat people with the second most debilitating neurological disease
Barcelona hospital to debut first robot used for endoscopies
Vall d'Hebron to get Artis Pheno device producing 2D and 3D images to provide a complete picture of the affected area of the digestive tract
New therapy reactivates immune response against cancer by blocking protein
Barcelona's Vall d'Hebron hospital researchers develop promising treatment for patients with aggressive tumors
Barcelona research center participates in promising pancreatic cancer trial
Vall d’Hebron Oncology Institute helps prove efficacy of personalized treatment for BRCA gene mutation carriers
Eye drops effective against diabetic retinopathy, shows Catalan-led study
European project headed by Vall d'Hebron Research Institute opens way for more easily treating complication of diabetes that causes blindness
Vall d'Hebron gets top-of-the-range radiotherapy accelerator
Barcelona hospital first in country to unveil innovative cancer treatment platform thanks to Amancio Ortega Foundation donation
Key neural processes in the onset of Parkinson’s disease discovered
Vall d'Hebron research center's discovery opens door to develop therapies to prevent degeneration
Catalan researcher chosen for international colon cancer study
Head of oncology at Vall d'Hebron hospital will take part in worldwide Grand Challenge project
Organ transplants up in Catalonia for fifth year in a row
Some 1,149 operations carried out in Catalan hospitals in 2018, although number of donors fell slightly by 1.9%
Barcelona hospital uses pioneering treatment for first time on pancreatic cancer
Vall d'Hebron successfully treats three patients with radiofrequency ablation as part of international study