Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition - News

Metformin is the first-line drug that can lower blood sugar levels in type 2 diabetes patients. One third of patients do not respond to metformin treatment and 5 per cent experience serious side effects.

Many Finns are risk takers when it comes to alcohol. Reaching middle age can be a turning point – or the end of the line.

Lactic acid bacteria present in Central and South American fermented products were identified, characterized, and utilized in food development by Kati Väkeväinen, MSc, in her doctoral thesis work.