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Alcohol and drug abuse changes pregnant mothers’ metabolite profile. Optical coherence tomography of optic nerve thickness could be used as a detection tool for fetal alcohol exposure.
Helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) can be organised in a fashion that gives physicians sufficient exposure to certain prehospital critical care situations.
Researchers searched for suitable drug targets and repurposable drugs, leading to finding six candidate drugs that demonstrate antiviral effects against SARS-CoV-2.
The findings reveal new aspects of the beneficial effect of long-term physical exercise in both the brain and skeletal muscle.
Professor Asla Pitkänen has been awarded a $250,000 grant by the US-based CURE Epilepsy association for research aimed at preventing the development of epilepsy after brain injury.
Kivipelto was awarded for her groundbreaking work on the world’s first global initiative for preventing dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. With the prize funding, the researchers will study the potential benefit of metformin treatment added to lifestyle interventions.
Alexithymia refers to difficulty describing feelings. Alexithymia levels are not stable by adolescence, but decrease when entering young adulthood, a new study shows.
In the world’s hitherto longest follow-up of bone loss in postmenopausal women, bone mineral density at the femoral neck bone decreased by an average of 10% during a 25-year follow-up, much less than has previously been assumed.
The JPND funded project aims to identify early synaptic and other physiological changes in early frontotemporal dementia and dementia with Lewy bodies.
Tasks measuring cognitive functions were best performed by older adults who participated in the lifestyle programme activities at least half of the time.