DALLAS -- The tyrosine kinase inhibitor nintedanib (Ofev) appeared to slow the progression of systemic sclerosis–associated interstitial lung disease, the phase ...

PALO ALTO, Calif., May 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Following a comprehensive evaluation by Sykehusbygg HF Norway and regional health authorities, Varian ...

Regional Norwegian costumes known as a bunad have long been a symbol of national pride and identity, and worn on special or formal occasions. In recent ...

In a new study published by European Urology, UCLA researchers and colleagues from ten other institutions examined the protocol for treating aggressive ...

Oslo (Norway), 2 May 2019 – PCI Biotech (OSE: PCIB), a cancer focused clinical-stage company developing innovative therapeutics that address significant ...

The incidence of colon and rectal cancer in adults younger than 50 years has increased substantially over the latest available 10-year period in several ...

LYON, France, April 29, 2019 -- EDAP TMS SA (EDAP), the global leader in therapeutic ultrasound, announced today that it will demonstrate the capabilities of ...

The Government is providing NOK 7.8 million to the efforts to tackle the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Norway has once.

A new research paper launches critique of the current anti-doping system and calls the regulation under WADA 'arbitrary and too often not grounded in a solid ...

High blood pressure is a common condition that affects more than 25 per cent of all adults in the UK. The condition, which is also known as hypertension, puts ...

Even though it looks like it's buried deep in the Norwegian forest, the outdoor care center is only 650 feet from the Oslo University Hospital.

Oslo University Hospital is working with defense, research and meteorological groups on establishing safe, aerial deliveries of biological samples.

Two matching elevated cabins have been nestled into a woodland by Snøhetta, to improve the treatment of patients at two of Norway's largest hospitals by ...

Patients at Oslo University hospital can escape the gruelling reality of medical treatment at a custom-built woodland retreat.

As a defiant image of Caster Semenya circulated on social media, picturing the South African runner standing in a stadium with medals draped around her neck ...

The Outdoor Care Retreats let nature give a valuable boost in creating a respite from the sterile and stringent hospital environment. We are fortunate to have ...

architecture firm snøhetta has built a pair of outdoor care retreats a short walking distance from two of norway's largest hospitals.

The project, based in Norway, brings patients into nature for physical and psychological healing.

Low fitness levels have long been tied to higher risk for heart problems. Now researchers say men's cardiorespiratory fitness is tied to their risk for stroke, as well.

Patients at two of Norway's largest hospitals can now find respite in Snøhetta's newly unveiled Outdoor Care Retreats. Designed for the Friluftssykehuset ...

We hear a lot about the healing benefits of nature. Recently a team has opened an outdoor healing center in a forest in Norway so patients at Oslo University ...

Completed in 2018 in Ris, Norway. Images by Ivar Kvaal. Leaning towards the lush forest and the trickling Sognsvann creek, the Outdoor Care Retreat is located ...

After reading about the outdoor Norwegian hospitals, I'm really wishing we'd had our children in Norway.

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This article was originally published on Apollon - Research magazine from The University of Oslo. Read the original article.

"We feel included": education and inclusion of health care staff with minority language in elder care Kariann Krohne,1,2 Betty Døble,1,2 Aud Johannessen,1,3 ...

Caster Semenya may be barred from defending her world and Olympic titles unless she takes hormone-blocking drugs but her case looks set to run and run.

Sigbjørn Berentsen,1 Alexander Röth,2 Ulla Randen,3 Bernd Jilma,4 Geir E Tjønnfjord5–7 1Department of Research and Innovation, Haugesund Hospital, ...

Women who took part in a supervised exercise program during adjuvant treatment for breast cancer had better cardiovascular function than women who did not ...

Fecal microbiota profiles in treatment-naive pediatric inflammatory bowel disease - associations with disease phenotype, treatment, and outcome.

Guri Hagberg,1,2 Brynjar Fure,3 Else Charlotte Sandset,4 Bente Thommessen,5 Håkon Ihle-Hansen,1,2 Anne Rita Øksengård,1 Ståle Nygård,6 Torgeir B Wyller ...

Q1 2019 PCI Biotech Holding ASA Earnings Call. May 15, 2019 (Thomson StreetEvents) -- Edited Transcript of PCI Biotech Holding ASA earnings conference ...

A survey of 61 psychiatric departments in 2017 shows that Norway's health care system has difficulty helping patients with very serious self-harming behaviour.

Researchers have now found out what happens when normal cells develop into breast cancer. This finding can lead to more individualized treatment: the right ...

Schizophrenia appears to be associated with increased interindividual differences in brain structure, suggesting that it is a highly heterogeneous disorder, ...

Exercise capacity in COPD patients with exercise-induced pulmonary hypertension Ingunn Skjørten,1,2 Janne Mykland Hilde,3 Morten Nissen Melsom,1 Jonny ...

(Reuters Health) - Low fitness levels have long been tied to higher risk for heart problems. Now researchers say men's cardiorespiratory fitness is tied to their risk ...

Monica Aas is the Principal investigator (PI) on the project “Stress Under Skin” (SUS). NORMENT, Centre for Psychosis Research, Division of Mental Health and ...

The treatment for extended care patients in some of Norway?s most important hospitals includes spending time in the woods in contact with nature but in the.

A new study in the Journal of Public Health finds that women in Norway from immigrant backgrounds are more likely to be overweight during pregnancy.

A new method of measuring distance using origami-inspired nanostructures could be the key to making antibodies more effective, a study says.

Elevated levels of cortisol in the hair of adult patients with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder indicate a history of childhood trauma and poorer cognitive ...

LDL cholesterol and HbA1c levels in adults with type 1 diabetes may be associated with coronary artery disease, which is highly prevalent in older adults with ...

A team of researchers performed experiments on blood-deprived cells that were subsequently exposed to blood serum. Remarkably, all the cells started to move ...

As the tiny Norwegian biotech gears up to put its first asset into the clinic, investors could use an ongoing trial to handicap its chances of success. Skyline of Oslo.

In an important contribution to improving health in Norway, a new drone delivery project is being undertaken by the Oslo University Hospital (OUS). The Defense ...

Just days after the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced a Peace Prize that boosts awareness of sexual violence, comes news that rape remains a major ...

Researchers at the Karolinska Institutet and the University of Oslo in Norway used DNA origami to demonstrate the most accurate distance between densely ...

The 2018 PRIO Annual Peace Address will be given by Debarati Guha-Sapir. She is the Director of the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Starting this weekend, Healio Gastroenterology and Liver Disease will provide live coverage from The Liver Meeting 2018.The meeting will ...

Age Labs is pleased to announce that the Research Council of Norway has awarded €1 million in R&D funding to support Age Labs in developing a uniq.

Higher-dose opioids impair driving performance to a minor degree, but patients still need to be advised of this risk so they can decide whether to steer clear of ...

Scientists have found that men with high neuroticism -- between a quarter and a fifth of men in developed countries -- are significantly more likely to suffer from ...

Amsterdam, March 28, 2018 - Current World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for chronic hepatitis B (CHB) fail to detect half of the patients in need of ...

The dynamics of self-care in the course of heart failure management: data from the IN TOUCH study Edita Lycholip,1,2 Ina Thon Aamodt,3,4 Irene Lie,3 Toma ...

The risks of driving with treatment-level doses of opioids in your system appear to be quite low but it's still best to be cautious, Norwegian research suggests.

Norway can become the third country in the world that bans solariums, as a new strategy to reduce the number of skin cancer cases in the country. Skin cancer is ...

HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, had its origins in Africa in chimpanzees. It was probably transmitted to people from bloody meat that hunters brought home to ...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the European Union's (EU's) new data privacy law, aims to strike a balance between an individual's rights to ...

A team of researchers have performed experiments on blood-deprived cells that were exposed to blood serum, revealing insights into wound healing.

Remaining fit throughout your lifetime may help lower the risk of stroke. Strokes are on the rise in younger adults, but maintaining a cardio fitness routine may ...

A new study finds that the influence of single analgesic doses of methadone and buprenorphine -- two different opioids -- on driving performance was mild and ...

Researchers in Oslo have been working for years on turning 2D medical imagery into 3D but now they've used Microsoft's HoloLens to give surgeons more ...

A team of medical researchers are calling attention to the links between liver disease in sub-Saharan Africa and the role of chewing khat, the plant commonly.

We present the results of a multicenter retrospective study of 35 difficult-to-treat patients with urinary tract infections associated with indwelling urinary catheters ...

A structured exercise program during treatment helps preserve cardiovascular function in breast cancer patients at both 6 and 12 months compared with ...

Patients with juvenile mixed connective tissue disease had impaired left and right ventricular function compared with matched controls after a median of 15 years ...

Scandinavian women are waiting longer to have children. Last year in Norway, 138 women over age 45 had children – twice as many as ten years earlier, ...

Someone has tried to poison Norway's largest wolf pack, known as Kynnareviret, which roams in an area between Våler and Åsnes in Hedmark County. Police ...

Oslo Police announced that the furniture maker who is prosecuted for human trafficking have brought an additional six Filipinos to Norway in addition to the three ...

High mortality due to cutaneous melanoma in Norway: a study of prognostic factors in a nationwide cancer registry Trude Eid Robsahm,1,* Per Helsing,2,* ...

Poop transplants, also known as fecal transplants, may work as well as antibiotics in treating patients with diarrhea caused by C. difficile.

A Great Britain man's BMW 323 was incorrectly designated as abandoned in a hospital lot by the Flintshire, Wales city council as he was having ankle surgery.

The Norwegian government is providing three EpiShuttles to the World Health Organization (WHO). The EpiShuttle single-patient units have been developed in ...

Adults with long-lasting juvenile idiopathic arthritis have altered arterial properties related to cardiovascular risk, such as arterial stiffness, mainly linked to daily ...

Three years after a radical prostatectomy, men with the personality trait of neuroticism scored worse on urinary, bowel, sexual, and hormonal domains.

Disease-associated polymorphisms can give insight into protein function, particularly for receptors whose ligands are unknown or controversial. Polymorphisms ...

A small Norwegian study suggests that transplanted bowel bacteria may be more effective than antibiotics in treating patients with severe bowel infections.

In their Comment, Sandro Vento and colleagues (October, 2018). Vento S; Dzudzor B; Cainelli F; Tachi K. Liver cirrhosis in sub-Saharan Africa: neglected, yet ...

Norway's crown princess is suffering from a rare chronic lung disease, the country's royal family has confirmed. Princess Mette-Marit, who married Crown Prince ...

Lowering your blood pressure takes more than just limiting salt. These foods can help you lower high blood pressure without medication.

Type 2 diabetes is one of the major chronic diseases and the patient group has increased year upon year, "therefore, it is great to see the decline in the number ...

Myeloid cells, such as dendritic cells and macrophages, in the central nervous system (CNS) play critical roles in the initiation and exacerbation of multiple ...

A new meta-analysis of six sham-controlled studies of renal sympathetic denervation has shown a significant reduction in blood pressure with the technique.

GutHeart Trial will examine relationship between gut microbiome and inflammatory pathways in the heart.

The Government has decided to provide NOK 10 million to the World Health Organization's (WHO) response to the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic ...

Princess Mette-Marit of Norway has been diagnosed with a lung disease at the age of 45. The Royal Court of Norway revealed the royal's chronic pulmonary ...

Norway's Crown Prince Haakon has undergone surgery for a condition known commonly as Surfers' Ear, followin...

The Norwegian Royal Court has released two new pictures to celebrate the 13th birthday of Prince Sverre Magnus. One of the photos shows him sharing a hug ...

Women's bodies are different from men's. We need to understand women's health better, says medical doctor and professor Johanne Sundby. Keywords: ...

MUNICH, Germany—It's a credit to the curious minds drawn to the field of cardiology that this specialty enjoys a depth and breadth of clinical research not seen ...

PRINCESS METTE-MARIT, the Crown Princess of Norway, was all smiles as she stepped out with her husband, Crown Prince Haakon, in Oslo, Norway tonight.

A Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)-led research team has demonstrated, for the first time, how solid stress - the physical forces exerted by the solid ...

Internationally known, knee ligament researcher, Lars Engebretsen, M.D., Ph.D., will be inducted into the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine ...

Three Oral and Four Poster Presentations Covering Product Pipeline Accepted for Presentation. Company to Host Investor Event at ASH on November 30.

MUNICH, Germany (UPDATED)—Aspirin reduces serious vascular events when used for primary CV prevention in patients with diabetes, but the cost in terms of ...

Investigators compared the use of multiple simultaneous vs single sequential microelectrode records to examine the efficacy of subthalamic DBS.

Norway's 80-year-old King Harald was released from hospital on Monday after being treated for three days for an infection, and is in "fine form", the palace said.

In the late 1970s, a man with an unexplained high hemoglobin level (Hb) was referred to Namsos Hospital north of Trondheim, Norway. It turned out that four ...

The 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo are drawing nearer with every passing month, and Hosei University is planning ahead with drone-centric tests to ...