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Study contributes to new knowledge about what prevents and promotes family involvement in treatment of patients with severe mental disorders.

Why does it become harder to concentrate when you have Alzheimer¡¯s disease? The explanation is perhaps that the signals transmitted from glial cells to nerve cells are disrupted.

Hanne Flinstad Harbo won the election and takes office as the new dean at the Faculty of Medicine in January 2023.

Some patients get a serious infection in the eye after eye surgery. The risk of becoming blind is high without prompt treatment. A new approach to diagnostics and treatment can help save patients¡¯ vision.

The patients are recommended controls every three years. 

Hanne Flinstad Harbo won the election for the position of dean at the Faculty of Medicine with 53% of the votes. She will be the faculty's first female dean.

The new Jebsen centre opened on 1 September and will have a duration of five years. The aim of the centre's research is to improve the prevention and treatment of heart disease. The Centre is led by Professor Torbj?rn Omland.

Five research environments from MED reached this year's FRIPRO award. One research environment from IMB and four from Klinmed received support.

Higher prison security level is linked to greater risk of dying after release. Preventive measures can reduce the mortality rate.  

Election of the Dean at the Faculty of Medicine. Student or employee? Cast your vote by Wednesday 14 September at 12 noon.

Dean Ivar Gladhaug explains who has the right to vote and encourages you to use your right to vote in the dean's election 2022 today! Due to errors in DF?, many people with the right to vote have dropped out of the number of people. You can still vote. The election closes on 14 September at 12.

Due to an error in our new personnel and payroll system, many employees have fallen out of the workforce. Just log in and vote anyway. The votes will be counted manually.

By using drugs currently used to treat other diseases, scientists hope they will help children with leukemia suffer fewer long-term aftereffects from their treatment.

The dean elections are now taking place at the Faculty of Medicine and you need to figure out who to vote for! Come to the election meeting on 5 September. 

It appears unnecessary to perform surgery on patients who have the mild variant of the disease PHPT, where the level of calcium in the blood is only slightly higher than usual.

Nursing science at the Department of Health and Society, University of Oslo is ranked number 47 in this year's ShanghaiRanking - 2022 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects.

Welcome to the new semester. The dean provides an overview of the semester's main issues. Start of the semester. New master's programme. The King's Gold Medal.

The dean bids you welcome to the new semester and gives us an overview of the main issues at the faculty this autumn.

We are headed for an exciting election this autumn. MED-nytt has interviewed Election Committee Chairman Terje P. Hagen about the work on this year¡¯s Dean Election and about the process leading up to the start of the election. Hagen serves as head of department at Helsam.

Many patients stop taking medication for high cholesterol because they are afraid it may have negative side effects. But the observed association between risk of dementia and high cholesterol, may be caused by your lifestyle.

The gene helps to repair brain damage caused by a lack of oxygen during birth, Norwegian researchers found.

How many cups of coffee you drink when you are pregnant does not seem to negatively affect the weight of the baby, whether it is born prematurely, or your risk of miscarriage or stillbirth.

Letting your baby taste foods that contain peanuts, eggs, milk and wheat from the age of three months can reduce the risk of allergies in children.

The Dean sums up the spring semester and wishes all employees and students a great summer.

The environmental pollutants we consume are probably the reason why some people develop type 1 diabetes. Even low concentrations of such pollutants can result in cells producing less insulin, reveals a new study from the University of Oslo (UiO).