Institute of Clinical Medicine - News

A recent study by the University of Eastern Finland shows that loneliness among middle-aged men is associated with an increased risk of cancer.

The University of Eastern Finland has received EU funding to recruit 14 doctoral students into a four-year multidisciplinary Neuro-Innovation PhD programme, which will be implemented on the Kuopio campus.

In heavy-drinking participants, magnetic resonance imaging revealed changes in the volume of posterior cerebellar lobules. These areas of the brain are associated with motor and cognitive functions.

The aim of the new national competence network is to increase cooperation between universities, hospitals, and the business worlds and to make Finnish neuroscience know-how visible internationally.

Homes with dogs have considerably richer and more diverse bacterial microbiota than homes without a dog. This was observed in a recent study published in Scientific Reports.

Certain plasma microRNAs could serve as diagnostic biomarkers in mild traumatic brain injury, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows.

The doctoral thesis of Emmi-Leena Ihantola, MSc, provides new insights into T-cell dysfunction and autoantigen recognition in type 1 diabetes.

Stereotactic body radiation therapy SBRT and low dose-rate brachytherapy LDR-BT are both safe and efficient in the treatment of localised prostate cancer, according to the doctoral dissertation of Kristiina Vuolukka, Lic Med.

A new review reveals insights into the potential drivers of a currently incurable eye disease, age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

Being overweight is an additional burden on brain health and it may exacerbate the disease.