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The study is the first large-scale genome-wide association study related to NPH in the world.

Being born in autumn or winter is associated with asthma and allergic rhinitis in Finland, a new registry-based study shows.

Muhammad Tareque Hasan and Anika Quayum, originally from Bangladesh, recently graduated from UEF and now work at FinVector.

A new study is the first in the world to show that a healthy diet and regular exercise reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes even in individuals with a high genetic risk. In other words, everyone benefits from lifestyle changes, regardless of genetic risk.

A new major study by the University of Eastern Finland, the University of Oulu and Neurocenter Finland explored early-onset dementia in the working-age population in Finland.

Traffic-related ultrafine particles impair mitochondrial functions in primary human olfactory mucosa cells.

The combined effect of environmental exposures and unhealthy lifestyle habits can affect children’s cardiometabolic health in a way that exceeds their separate effects.

A combination treatment incorporating three existing drugs – tamsulosin, metoprolol and bromocriptine – slowed disease progression in pre-clinical retinopathy models.

A study conducted at the UEF found distinct signatures in CD8-positive T cells in blood samples from children with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes and in autoantibody-positive children who later developed type 1 diabetes.

The Council of Rectors of Finnish Universities (Unifi) has published national recommendations for reforming researcher training.