Institute of Clinical Medicine - News

Helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) can be organised in a fashion that gives physicians sufficient exposure to certain prehospital critical care situations.

Kivipelto was awarded for her groundbreaking work on the world’s first global initiative for preventing dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. With the prize funding, the researchers will study the potential benefit of metformin treatment added to lifestyle interventions.

Alexithymia refers to difficulty describing feelings. Alexithymia levels are not stable by adolescence, but decrease when entering young adulthood, a new study shows.

In the world’s hitherto longest follow-up of bone loss in postmenopausal women, bone mineral density at the femoral neck bone decreased by an average of 10% during a 25-year follow-up, much less than has previously been assumed.

The JPND funded project aims to identify early synaptic and other physiological changes in early frontotemporal dementia and dementia with Lewy bodies.

Tasks measuring cognitive functions were best performed by older adults who participated in the lifestyle programme activities at least half of the time.

Kuopio Brain & Mind, a new regional network of Neurocenter Finland, promotes research and collaboration in the field of brain health in eastern Finland.

In contrast to previous studies, the use of iNPWT was not beneficial in the prevention of sternal wound infections after coronary artery bypass grafting.

The Frontiers in Health Sciences seminar series will continue in October–December 2021 with online lectures by leading Finnish scientists. The lectures are open to all.

Urban participants in an exercise intervention for older women in Kuopio, eastern Finland, were healthier and had better functional capability at baseline than non-participants and uninvited rural women, according to new findings from the Kuopio Fall Prevention Study.