Institute of Biomedicine - News

The invited speakers are top-notch professionals from the U.S., Canada, Ghana and Finland.

Golf may be particularly good aerobic exercise for older adults, a new study suggests. Walking and Nordic walking also had beneficial effects on cardiovascular health.

The annual incidence rate of frontotemporal dementia in Northern Savo was more than twice the European average.

The Kuopio Health "metro map" introduces the key organizations in the health ecosystem.

The Biosphere Laboratory brings together research on the carbon cycle and plant stress of northern ecosystems.

The festive atmosphere of the doctoral conferment ceremony held in Kuopio last June can now be revisited via a commemorative book, and via a video of the entire ceremonial conferment of degrees.

Neuroscience research needs constant renewal and new partnerships to succeed, as Professor Mikko Hiltunen pointed out at the NEURO RC Seminar in Kuopio.

Doctoral researchers graduating from the Neuro-Innovation PhD programme will have exceptionally broad expertise and solid transferable skills.

The study is the first to examine the effects of a group-based lifestyle intervention implemented in primary health care on risk factors for type 2 diabetes.

The study looked at how consideration of body size and composition affects the association between aerobic fitness and metabolic syndrome.