{"id":22342,"date":"2025-06-16T11:58:37","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T11:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idibe.umh.es\/?p=22342"},"modified":"2025-06-16T12:06:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T12:06:40","slug":"ciencia-con-tapas-no46-lucy-anne-parker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idibe.umh.es\/en\/2025\/06\/16\/ciencia-con-tapas-no46-lucy-anne-parker\/","title":{"rendered":"CIENCIA CON TAPAS n\u00ba46 – Lucy Anne Parker"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Tuesday, June 10, we had the pleasure of enjoying a new edition of “Ciencia con Tapas.” Below is a summary of the session written by researchers Mar\u00eda Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ednez Tom\u00e9 and Irene Pomares Br\u00ed:<\/p>\n

\u201cLiving Life at Full Speed: Imagining New Ways to Take Care of Ourselves\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Institute for Research, Development and Innovation in Health Biotechnology of Elche (IDiBE\u2013UMH) organized a new edition of Ciencia con Tapas<\/em> on Tuesday, June 10, held at the University\u2019s venue in Pla\u00e7a de Baix, in the center of Elche. The event drew a large and engaged audience.<\/p>\n

The session was introduced by Dr. Mar\u00eda del Mar Ortega-Villaiz\u00e1n, coordinator of the IDiBE Science Communication Committee, and moderated by IDiBE researcher Dr. Francisco Javier \u00c1lvarez Mart\u00ednez. The guest speaker on this occasion was Dr. Lucy Anne Parker, Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine and Public Health at UMH.<\/p>\n

Dr. Parker began her talk by inviting the audience to reflect critically on the growing use of medications in various areas of life, noting that excessive use is associated with a decline in quality of life. She presented a case in which a 61-year-old woman, unable to sleep following the death of her mother, visits a doctor and is prescribed an anxiolytic\u2014eventually becoming a chronic user.<\/p>\n

She also explained how lack of physical activity, diabetes, hypertension, and obesity form a difficult-to-control cascade. Dr. Parker emphasized that medications are not inherently bad and that pharmacological treatment is important, but the issue arises when a medical prescription is the only solution offered to the patient.<\/p>\n

She further noted that doctors face long waiting lists and limited time with each patient. Taking a pill is often the easiest and most widely accepted option\u2014not so much an individual\u2019s fault, but rather a reflection of a healthcare system that, as currently organized, offers limited alternatives.<\/p>\n

In response to the question \u201cWhat other ways of caring for ourselves can we imagine?\u201d<\/em>, Dr. Parker presented the CAIR Project<\/strong>, which will be carried out in the district of Carr\u00fas in Elche and is funded by the European Union. The goal is to stimulate change in the functioning of the healthcare system. Specifically, the project aims to demonstrate how co-creation<\/strong>\u2014a process in which professionals, patients, neighbors, and institutions come together to collaboratively design and implement health solutions\u2014can improve health outcomes and reduce medication use, thereby easing the burden on primary care services.<\/p>\n

To this end, three thematic axes have been defined, focusing on psychological well-being<\/strong>, cardiovascular health<\/strong>, and antibiotic resistance<\/strong>. In the final part of her talk, Dr. Parker explained how the project will be implemented and shared the project website for more information: https:\/\/www.cairproject.eu\/proyecto\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Afterward, the floor was opened to questions from the audience, and as is tradition, the evening concluded with the sharing of tapas and drinks.<\/p>\n

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On Tuesday, June 10, we had the pleasure of enjoying a new edition of “Ciencia con Tapas.” Below is a summary of the session written by researchers Mar\u00eda Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ednez Tom\u00e9 and Irene Pomares Br\u00ed: \u201cLiving Life at Full Speed: Imagining New Ways to Take Care of Ourselves\u201d The Institute for Research, Development and Innovation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30369,"featured_media":22297,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/idibe.umh.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22342"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/idibe.umh.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/idibe.umh.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idibe.umh.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30369"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idibe.umh.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/idibe.umh.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idibe.umh.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/idibe.umh.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idibe.umh.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idibe.umh.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}