Faculty of Health Sciences - News

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.

Success in the 2024 Global Mobility call enables new openings with a total of 14 new partners.

The TrueHear project was granted approximately 480,000 euros from Business Finland’s Research to Business call.

Andrew Agbaje’s abstract on the effect of childhood sedentariness on liver health was selected for an Outstanding Abstract Award at the Endocrine Society’s ENDO 2024 congress in Boston.

In a new multinational study, persons with very early Alzheimer's disease showed a reduced rate of cognitive-functional decline after a six-month multidomain lifestyle intervention combined with medical food.

A healthy diet that adheres to nutrition recommendations is associated with better blood glucose levels and a lower risk of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes, also in individuals with a high genetic predisposition to type 2 diabetes.

Scientific Councils have granted a total of 10.5 million euros of funding to 9 new Academy Research Fellows and to 11 Academy Projects at the University of Eastern Finland.