Ramon Brugada is head of cardiology at Trueta Hospital. He grew up a few meters from Lake Banyoles, and says that this makes you learn to swim almost before you learn to walk. He had a childhood of unpaved streets and playing in the street, traveled and worked in different countries, and discovered with his brothers—all cardiologists—a syndrome that bears the family name.

One of the fundamental tenets of medicine is to anticipate the onset of symptoms of any disease to improve the patient's prognosis. For example, starting treatment for someone at very high risk of suffering a heart attack can minimize the consequences or even prevent cardiovascular disease before it occurs. Or, if cancer is detected in very early stages, the patient will need less aggressive treatments, and their survival will be better than when the tumor is identified in more advanced stages or has metastasized and spread to other areas. Therefore, the scientific community is making a significant effort to find new early detection mechanisms that improve current ones. Now, an international team of researchers has developed a method to predict the risk and timing of onset of more than a thousand diseases and predict health outcomes more than ten years in advance.

Xavi Valls (Barcelona, ​​​​1961) returned to lead the sports program on Monday Eleven, from TV3, after recovering from a heart attack that kept him away from television for two months. Upon his return, the journalist wanted to express his gratitude for the support he has received from family and friends and also praised the work of the public health system that has treated him. "Welcome toEleven "And feeling well after overcoming a health problem, specifically a heart attack. Thank you all so much for your outpouring of support, encouragement, and affection," Valls said at the start of the program.