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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.

A new study used modern single-cell technology to investigate the characteristics of leukaemia cells in children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and how they respond to treatment.

The mortality among forensic psychiatric patients was up to threefold and suicide risk sevenfold higher than that of the general population in Finland, according to the doctoral dissertation of Ilkka Ojansuu, Lic Med.

n her dissertation, Elina Rautiainen, MHSc, examined the social and health service use patterns of individuals with AUDs in relation to care outcomes by using regional electronic social and health care registers.

Naltrexone, used either alone or together with disulfiram or acamprosate, is associated with a decreased risk of hospitalization due to alcohol use disorder (AUD) when compared with non-use of AUD drugs.

In her dissertation, Marika Lappalainen, MD, evaluated complications of febrile neutropenia in patients, who received intensive chemotherapy for hematological malignancy.

The doctoral dissertation of Aaron Kortteenniemi, Bachelor of Medicine, supports the view of transcranial electrical stimulation as a safe form of treatment.

Two newly introduced Cochlear implantation electrodes can provide more atraumatic insertion results, according to the doctoral dissertation of Matti Mustajärvi, Lic Med.