Institute of Clinical Medicine - News

Focused ultrasound is a ground-breaking brain stimulation technique suggested for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. A multimodal approach targeting more risk factors simultaneously shows promise in dementia prevention.

Fewer cases of melanoma were observed among regular users of vitamin D supplements than among non-users, a new study finds.

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.

The doctoral dissertation of Sarang Latif Qazi, MBBS, MPH, investigates physical capacity and its association with various outcomes in older Finnish women.

Patients with different subtypes of frontotemporal dementia, and patients with genetic and non-genetic disease, seem to be different in terms of several risk factors.

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

Carriers of two different FADS1 genotypes were recruited in the study. They supplemented their diet with 30-50 ml of camelina oil or sunflower oil daily for eight weeks.

There are currently no approved medications for amphetamine addiction. In a large register-based study, the ADHD medication lisdexamfetamine was associated with the best outcomes.

Carnitine intake from breast milk in particular in the first postnatal weeks promotes better growth and larger brain size at term equivalent age in very preterm infants.

CorFlux, which is based on cardiac surgery research and mathematical modelling, will step into the limelight in the final of the Y Science competition.