News archive for Faculty of Medicine

Differences in hormonal contraception use between “native” and “immigrant” women in Norway (05.08.2014)

Understanding these differences will enable Norwegian public health professions to better provide adequate family planning guidance.

Legemidler og utstyr til behandling og oppfølging av diabetes.

Are we overtreating nursing home patients with diabetes? (03.07.2014)

PhD candidate Lillan Mo Andreassen have investigated drug therapy and glycemic control in nursing home patients with diabetes, and found very low blood glucose levels in several of them.

Turning national public health challenges into global ones (30.06.2014)

Three students from the Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care (IGS) have been the driving force behind one of the courses at the Bergen Summer Research School (BSRS) 2014.

Tracing the origins of respiratory illness – back generations (23.06.2014)

An international group of respiratory health experts met at the Centre of International Health to share recent results and plan future research directions, 10-13 June.

All 5 hospitals are recruiting (23.06.2014)

Recruitment of trial patients at all participating centers now

Adnan Budnjo's thesis "Synthesis of serine protease inhibitors".

Peptidomimetics - drugs for the future (18.06.2014)

By developing molecules which are able to regulate serine proteases, the phd work of Adnan Budnjo is another step towards developing new medicines against diseases as cancer, diabetes, and COPD. Thursday 19th of June 2014 he defends his thesis “Synthesis of serine protease inhibitors”.

Agnete Engelsen receives award for best PhD dissertation 2013 (17.06.2014)

We congratulate CCBIO associate Agnete Engelsen with the faculty award for best PhD dissertation!

Camilla Krakstad awarded with the Falch Junior Prize for young researchers (17.06.2014)

We congratulate CCBIO's associate Camilla Krakstad with the award!

Working Towards Fairness and Equality (16.06.2014)

The goal of universal health coverage is high on many global and national agendas – how can it be attained?

The first CCBIO Junior Scientist Symposium 11.06.14. Collage.

Great interest in the CCBIO Junior Scientist Symposia (12.06.2014)

The Centre for Cancer Biomarkers (CCBIO) hosted June 11th its first Junior Scientist Symposium, and the second took place August 28th. There has been a great interest.

Opening of The Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Brain Tumour Research Centre (10.06.2014)

“A Legacy for Life” (05.06.2014)

We have 1000 days to get it right for every child: from conception to toddlerhood.

Interdisciplinary neck and back congress in Bergen (28.05.2014)

The 3rd national interdisciplinary neck and back congress was held in Bergen, 2 -4. April 2014. Jan Sture Skouen, Tone Morken and Kjartan Vibe Fersum in the organizing committee report of a successful conference with ca. 300 participants.

Climate and Health (27.05.2014)

The recent University of Oslo – Lancet Commission on politics and health inequity did not include discussions of the consequences of climate change.

Reducing pain in patients with dementia (26.05.2014)

According to PhD student, Reidun Karin Sandvik, and her fellow authors on a recently published paper, pain is frequently experienced and distressing to people with dementia.

CIH Annual Report 2013 (23.05.2014)

The Centre for International Health (CIH) has published an annual report presenting information about its activities in 2013.

VIRTUES-meeting in Istanbul (13.05.2014)

During the World Congress for Neurorehabilitation in Istanbul a meeting of the VIRTUES (Virtual reality for upper extremity after stroke) project was held at the 12th of April 2014

Low education increases risk of heart disease (29.04.2014)

While in general, fewer Norwegians have suffered from cardiovascular disease, women with lower education levels show an increasing risk.

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