Even though it looks like it's buried deep in the Norwegian forest, the outdoor care center is only 650 feet from the Oslo University Hospital.

Six hours: That's the minimum amount of sleep per night you need to help your heart stay healthy, new research suggests. The study found that chronic lack of ...

A new method of measuring distance using origami-inspired nanostructures could be the key to making antibodies more effective, a study says.

Researchers at the Karolinska Institutet and the University of Oslo in Norway used DNA origami to demonstrate the most accurate distance between densely ...

architecture firm snøhetta has built a pair of outdoor care retreats a short walking distance from two of norway's largest hospitals.

Two cabins have been nestled into woodland by Snøhetta, to improve the treatment of patients in two Norwegian hospitals by immersing them in nature.

Adults with long-lasting juvenile idiopathic arthritis have altered arterial properties related to cardiovascular risk, such as arterial stiffness, mainly linked to daily ...

Oslo and New York-based architectural firm Snohetta has launched two wooden outdoor care units in the vicinity of two of Norway's largest hospitals. Nestled in ...

A survey of 61 psychiatric departments in 2017 shows that Norway's health care system has difficulty helping patients with very serious self-harming behaviour.

News Jan 15, 2019 | Original Story from the Karolinska Institute. Precise Measuring Tool for Optimal Antibody Effectiveness. By using DNA origami, researchers ...

Norway's largest hospitals are now prescribing a little escape to nature for healing. Check out these serene forest cabins for hospital patients in Norway.

HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, had its origins in Africa in chimpanzees. It was probably transmitted to people from bloody meat that hunters brought home to ...

Higher-dose opioids impair driving performance to a minor degree, but patients still need to be advised of this risk so they can decide whether to steer clear of ...

Oslo University Hospital is working with defense, research and meteorological groups on establishing safe, aerial deliveries of biological samples.

Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd has announced an agreement with Norway-based Inven2's start-up, Serca Pharmaceuticals, to develop a new treatments for heart ...

Researchers have now found out what happens when normal cells develop into breast cancer. This finding can lead to more individualized treatment: the right ...

Just days after the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced a Peace Prize that boosts awareness of sexual violence, comes news that rape remains a major ...

The long-term effects of sigmoidoscopy screening on colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence and mortality in women and men are unclear. Objective: To determine ...

High mortality due to cutaneous melanoma in Norway: a study of prognostic factors in a nationwide cancer registry Trude Eid Robsahm,1,* Per Helsing,2,* ...

As the tiny Norwegian biotech gears up to put its first asset into the clinic, investors could use an ongoing trial to handicap its chances of success. Skyline of Oslo.

Exercise capacity in COPD patients with exercise-induced pulmonary hypertension Ingunn Skjørten,1,2 Janne Mykland Hilde,3 Morten Nissen Melsom,1 Jonny ...

Poop transplants, also known as fecal transplants, may work as well as antibiotics in treating patients with diarrhea caused by C. difficile.

The presence of blood serum is sufficient to activate dormant skin cells into a migratory and proliferative state; a wound edge is not necessarily required.

Women who underwent a supervised program of cardiovascular exercise during adjuvant breast cancer treatment experienced better cardiovascular function ...

The dynamics of self-care in the course of heart failure management: data from the IN TOUCH study Edita Lycholip,1,2 Ina Thon Aamodt,3,4 Irene Lie,3 Toma ...

A team of researchers have performed experiments on blood-deprived cells that were exposed to blood serum, revealing insights into wound healing.

Norway can become the third country in the world that bans solariums, as a new strategy to reduce the number of skin cancer cases in the country. Skin cancer is ...

Women who participated in a supervised exercise program while undergoing breast cancer treatment had better cardiovascular fitness than women who were ...

Women's bodies are different from men's. We need to understand women's health better, says medical doctor and professor Johanne Sundby. Keywords: ...

Researchers are currently conducting a trial to assess the effects of manipulating the gut microbiota in patients with HF, according to a paper published in ESC ...

Type 2 diabetes is one of the major chronic diseases and the patient group has increased year upon year, "therefore, it is great to see the decline in the number ...

Scandinavian women are waiting longer to have children. Last year in Norway, 138 women over age 45 had children – twice as many as ten years earlier, ...

Thorbjørn Harr was holding his one-day-old daughter when the wounded began to arrive.

A small Norwegian study suggests that transplanted bowel bacteria may be more effective than antibiotics in treating patients with severe bowel infections.

A new study finds that the influence of single analgesic doses of methadone and buprenorphine -- two different opioids -- on driving performance was mild and ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Starting this weekend, Healio Gastroenterology and Liver Disease will provide live coverage from The Liver Meeting 2018.The meeting will ...

The 2018 PRIO Annual Peace Address will be given by Debarati Guha-Sapir. She is the Director of the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters ...

MUNICH, Germany—It's a credit to the curious minds drawn to the field of cardiology that this specialty enjoys a depth and breadth of clinical research not seen ...

According to results of the Energy Balance and Breast Cancer Aspect (EBBA)-II trial (NCT02240836) , sponsored by the Norwegian Research Council, ...

The risks of driving with treatment-level doses of opioids in your system appear to be quite low but it's still best to be cautious, Norwegian research suggests.

Three Oral and Four Poster Presentations Covering Product Pipeline Accepted for Presentation. Company to Host Investor Event at ASH on November 30.

Researchers in Oslo have been working for years on turning 2D medical imagery into 3D but now they've used Microsoft's HoloLens to give surgeons more ...

Martinsried/Munich (pta/20.11.2018/07:30) MediGene AG (FSE: MDG1, Prime Standard, SDAX) today announced its participation at the following upcoming ...

Norway's crown princess is suffering from a rare chronic lung disease, the country's royal family has confirmed. Princess Mette-Marit, who married Crown Prince ...

MUNICH, Germany (UPDATED)—Aspirin reduces serious vascular events when used for primary CV prevention in patients with diabetes, but the cost in terms of ...

This summer I had the distinct privilege of touring one of the most forward-thinking EMS systems on the globe. The Oslo University Hospital in Norway runs a ...

In the late 1970s, a man with an unexplained high hemoglobin level (Hb) was referred to Namsos Hospital north of Trondheim, Norway. It turned out that four ...

Identifying the earliest somatic changes in prostate cancer can give important insights into tumor evolution and aids in stratifying high- from low-risk disease.

The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP) announced the details of its Visiting Doctors Program for the month of November 2018, to provide advanced ...

Distinct pain profiles in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Signe B Bentsen,1 Christine Miaskowski,2 Bruce A Cooper,3 Vivi L Christensen,4,5 ...

Ibuprofen, given instead of antibiotics to women with uncomplicated urinary tract infection (cystitis), leads to longer duration of symptoms and more serious ...

THIS IS the stunning blonde dating ex-Premier League referee Bobby Madley.

Oslo Police announced that the furniture maker who is prosecuted for human trafficking have brought an additional six Filipinos to Norway in addition to the three ...

In an important contribution to improving health in Norway, a new drone delivery project is being undertaken by the Oslo University Hospital (OUS). The Defense ...

The Norwegian Royal Court has released two new pictures to celebrate the 13th birthday of Prince Sverre Magnus. One of the photos shows him sharing a hug ...

The Government has decided to provide NOK 10 million to the World Health Organization's (WHO) response to the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic ...

Heart failure is just that – a condition when the heart is no longer doing its job properly.

Princess Mette-Marit of Norway has been diagnosed with a lung disease at the age of 45. The Royal Court of Norway revealed the royal's chronic pulmonary ...

The 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo are drawing nearer with every passing month, and Hosei University is planning ahead with drone-centric tests to ...

GutHeart Trial will examine relationship between gut microbiome and inflammatory pathways in the heart.

The genomes of ancient humans can reveal patterns of early human migration (see the Perspective by Achilli et al.). Iceland has a genetically distinct population, ...

A Great Britain man's BMW 323 was incorrectly designated as abandoned in a hospital lot by the Flintshire, Wales city council as he was having ankle surgery.

A Seattle judge finds that Olympus Corp. failed to properly disclose evidence that it knew of concerns about the difficulty of cleaning its redesigned scopes years ...

FLORENCE, Italy — Patients with severe mental disorders are more likely to have altered thyroid function, which may in part be linked to the use of commonly ...

Norway's 80-year-old King Harald was released from hospital on Monday after being treated for three days for an infection, and is in "fine form", the palace said.

In near future computers will learn to recognize cancer. To achieve this they will need huge amounts of patient data. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer ...

Munich, Germany, 22 October 2018 - Immunotherapy with pembrolizumab improves survival in patients with head and neck cancer that has recurred or ...

(Reuters Health) - An experimental blood test accurately identifies people who do, or don't, have celiac disease, even if they are following gluten-free diets, ...

Gastroenterologists worry about physicians who prescribe gluten-free diets without first testing their patients for coeliac disease. Prof. Knut Lundin, president of ...

Internationally known, knee ligament researcher, Lars Engebretsen, M.D., Ph.D., will be inducted into the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine ...

Scientists are asking questions about the data the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) used to implement its new testosterone policy ...

A computer trained by artificial intelligence (AI) to diagnose diminutive nonneoplastic polyps located in the distal colon performs well enough to allow ...

Survival from colorectal cancer has been shown to be lower in Denmark and England than in comparable high-income countries. We used data from national ...

PRINCESS METTE-MARIT, the Crown Princess of Norway, was all smiles as she stepped out with her husband, Crown Prince Haakon, in Oslo, Norway tonight.

Researchers at the University of Oslo have invented a new technique which potentially massively broadens the range of cancers which can be treated with ...

Its installation at Oslo University Hospital may have sparked a movement within hospitals around Europe, but bringing the concept for the first 4K over IP.

Lisbon, Portugal – 7 December 2017: Holograms may assist with planning complex heart surgery in children, according to research presented today at ...

The connection between traumatic brain injury (TBI) and dementia has been investigated extensively. Some studies have indicated a clear connection but ...

GE Healthcare introduced today the LOGIQ E10, its next-generation radiology ultrasound technology. The digital system integrates artificial intelligence, cloud ...

Chewing khat leaves correlated with an increased risk for chronic liver disease, according to results of a case-controlled hospital-based study. The data further ...

The survivors of Norway's 2011 terrorist attack on the island of Utøya are more likely to suffer from migraines as a consequence of their trauma, research has ...

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – A team of investigators at Oslo University Hospital in Norway has developed a digital PCR-based assay for detecting urinary ...

The Norwegian woman, diagnosed with Ebola while working for a charity organization in Sierra Leone, will arrive in Oslo for treatment on Tuesday.

Charlotte Ashley discovers the story behind an installation for two hospitals which evolved into multi-campus project connecting sites 400 metres apart, le.

Researchers have detected an olfactory receptor in the human bladder that might prove useful for bladder cancer therapy and diagnosis.

The role of normal tissue gene promoter methylation in cancer risk is poorly understood. Objective: To assess associations between normal tissue BRCA1 ...

With the approval of drugs for progressive multiple sclerosis, the challenge surrounding infections has worsened.

Thirty different medications are currently used to treat epilepsy. They may help prevent seizures or decrease the number of attacks. In many people, the drugs ...

Zelluna Immunotherapy has partnered with the CDMO MasSTherCell to develop its T-cell receptor (TCR) adoptive cell therapy platform with clinical trials ...

A former nursing student in Hong Kong killed her parents before taking her own life on June 17, leaving behind a suicide note that indicated she was tormented ...

High levels of CX3CL1, a pro-inflammatory signaling molecule, in lung tissue and blood are linked with pulmonary dysfunction in scleroderma patients.

Cartilage – the connective tissue that provides a smooth, lubricated surface between joints in the body – is a structural marvel, but its limited capacity for ...

The research is the first of its kind to compare results between radiotherapy treatments that are higher than the standard dose and traditional treatments, ...

GE Healthcare's most advanced radiology ultrasound system – the LOGIQ™ E10 – offers 48X data throughput and 10X processing power of previous systems.

Neuroscientist Barbara Bendlin studies the brain as Alzheimer's disease develops. When she goes home, she tries to leave her work in the lab. But one recent ...

Some brain networks become more densely connected during adolescence while others become less so, according to a new analysis published in eNeuro of ...

A 17-year-old girl has died from wounds suffered during Wednesday's stabbing incident at the Sørlandsenteret shopping centre in Kristiansand.

Americans and Norwegians with systemic sclerosis had higher levels of bacteria that can cause inflammation and lower levels of bacteria that are believed to ...

Although urgent measures were promised by the Norwegian government following revelations of extreme cruelty against Somali-Norwegian children in ...

WFN Department Visit Programmes give the opportunity to young neurologists from Africa or Central and South America to visit the Neurological Departments of ...