The circle of family members and close friends consists of some 23 people. That of acquaintances, despite being traditionally less valued, also has the capacity to offer emotional and economic support.

"Hold still / Keep going", said the recently deceased Robert Frank, one of the photographers who has best reflected the urban landscape through his camera. Frank was referring to the rhythm between stillness and movement, between the photographic ...

Jaume Giró, CEO of "la Caixa" Banking Foundation, Dr Albert Salazar, manager of the Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, and Dr Patricia Pozo-Rosich, head of the Migraine Adaptive Brain Center, today presented this facility, unique in Spain, one ...

A team of scientists from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), a centre supported by "la Caixa", has studied the relationship between the consumption of various types of seafood during pregnancy and attention capacity in children at ...

Middle-aged and older adults that live in greener neighbourhoods are at lower risk of developing metabolic syndrome than those living in areas with less green spaces. This is the main conclusion of a new study by the Barcelona Institute for Global ...

Isidre Fainé, President of "la Caixa" Banking Foundation, Jaume Giró, CEO of "la Caixa" Banking Foundation, Javier Solana, member of "la Caixa" Banking Foundation's Board of Trustees and Expert Advisory Council for Research, and Pedro Duque, the ...

CaixaForum Madrid will launch its new season with an ambitious show, jointly organised with the British Museum, illustrating the importance of luxury in the different empires that occupied the Ancient Middle East. The superb pieces on show will ...

CaixaForum Barcelona will launch its new season with a spectacular project that will transport visitors to the world of opera. Through eight premieres in eight cities and eight crucial moments in the history of Europe, the new show will review the ...

The largest private foundation in Spain and one of the most important worldwide, "la Caixa" promotes this pioneering programme for child immunisation in areas of difficult accessibility in Africa and Latin America in a partnership with Gavi, The ...