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Helene J Bustad
NBS Poster Prize (29.01.2014)
PhD candidate Helene J. Bustad from Biorecognition won the poster prize at this year's NBS Contact Meeting at Røros.
Diabetes and depression- a common connection (28.01.2014)
In this recently published article, Line Iden Berge takes a closer look at depressive disorders in persons with type 1 diabetes.
Applied economic evaluation in health care (24.01.2014)
This spring CIH offers a new course on economic evaluation. The course will be open for both masters and PhD students.
Eczema and asthma are among the most common chronic disorders in childhood
Preterm birth and risk for asthma and eczema (23.01.2014)
Asthma and atopic dermatitis are among the most common chronic diseases in children. A new study looks at how preterm birth affects the risk for developing these diseases.
Research presentations from 2013 (16.01.2014)
Welcome to research presentations from 2013
10th MIC confocal course (15.01.2014)
MIC is happy to announce the 10th course in confocal microscopy 4th -7th of March 2014. Registration is now open and we encourage you to register as soon as possible as it tends to fill up quickly, deadline 10th of February. Max 18 participants.
Kathrine Skarstein presents March 3rd (10.01.2014)
The title of the talk is "Long-lived plasma cells in Sjögrens syndrome"
Lone Holst's 50th anniversary (19.12.2013)
Associate Professor Lone Holst celebrated her 50th birthday on December 4th 2013. Both colleagues and students wanted to congratulate the “leading lady” on her anniversary.
New Associate Professor (19.12.2013)
From December 1st Reidun Kjome is engaged as Associate Professor in Research Group in Social Pharmacy.
Cranberry safe in pregnancy (19.12.2013)
Use of cranberry during pregnancy is not associated with negative pregnancy outcomes, Ph.D. candidate Kristine Heitmann concludes in her new paper. Simultaneously, she emphasizes the importance of treating detected urinary tract infections (UTIs) with antibiotics, as cranberry has not shown to be effective as treatment for UTIs.
First presentation of 2014 will be held by Reidun Kopperud, January 6 (17.12.2013)
Reidun will present "Phenotype of Epac1-deficient mice"
Carotid intima-media thickness and rupture risk of intracranial aneurysms (16.12.2013)
Øystein Ariansen Haaland is co-author of the article "Carotid intima-media thickness - a potential predictor for rupture risk of intracranial aneurysms" published in International Journal of Stroke. Patients with unruptured aneurysms and patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage due to aneurysm rupture were compared in the study. Carotid intima-media thickness was higher in patients with aneurysm... Read more
Preterm birth and atopic disease (10.12.2013)
Håvard Trønnes and co-authors have published the report ""The association of preterm birth with severe asthma and atopic dermatitis; a national cohort study" i Pediatric Allergy and Immunology. The study reports that preterm birth is associated with an increased risk of asthma, but a decreased risk of atopic dermatitis.
Makerere-UiB: a new frame agreement (10.12.2013)
In late November 2013, the coordinators from Makerere University and UiB met in Bergen to kick-start the process towards a new frame agreement.
Christmas Lunch, December 10 (02.12.2013)
To all PhD students at the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry: Welcome to the yearly christmas lunch, 11.30 in the conference room (BBB).
Tone D Dahl and Olav Tenstad will Present February 3rd (02.12.2013)
Tone and Olav will present exciting data from the PET study.
HIV infection and malnutrition (02.12.2013)
Malnutrition is an underlying cause of more than 2 million global child deaths. HIV infection in infants is one of the reasons for poor growth and development.
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Personality factors predict sleep-related shift work tolerance (02.12.2013)
In a new study Sunniva Storemark takes a closer look at different personality factors that may affect the ability to tolerate shift-work.

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