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Details in pregnancy history shed light on risk of dying of cardiovascular disease (21.03.2024)
UiB-research sheds light on how CVD is associated with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy – but not for everyone.
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Arleen Aune defended her PhD thesis (18.03.2024)
PhD fellow Arleen Aune defended her PhD thesis ‘Cardiac organ damage in systemic hypertension: Impact of gender, etiology and comorbidities’ 15.03.24
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The new Honorary Doctor hopes to create a vaccine against MS (15.03.2024)
The new Honorary Doctor at the Faculty of Medicine, Alberto Ascherio, was head of the breakthrough showing that there is a connection between MS and the Epstein-Barr virus. In collaboration with researchers from UiB, he hopes that the next step will be to develop a vaccine against the disease.
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Shedding new light on brain calcification (14.03.2024)
Brain calcification can cause movement disorders and cognitive impairment. New research by the Arnesen Lab at UiB provides increased insight into how these calcifications occur.
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Having complicated pregnancies increase the risk of dying of cardiovascular diseases (13.03.2024)
Researchers from University of Bergen have investigated the relation between 40-year-old women’s pregnancy history and later risk of dying of cardiovascular diseases.
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Rapid molecular testing in the emergency department leads to faster, targeted treatment for community-acquired pneumonia (07.03.2024)
New research from the University of Bergen shows that rapid testing of patients in the emergency department can provide better and more targeted treatment of community-acquired pneumonia. Worldwide, this is one of the most common causes of hospitalization and death.