Dr. Tricia Larose has written a children´s book about cancer, entitled “A Checklist for Dad”. Her hope is that families can use this book to start a conversation with children and navigate the very difficult topic of cancer.
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Announcing the start of ADVANCE 2: A research project to reduce the harms of domestic violence during pregnancy in Nepal
In pregnancy, the experience of domestic violence can have serious adverse maternal and neonatal health effects, and epigenetic studies indicate long-lasting consequences on children as they grow into adulthood. Antenatal care is a window of opportunity to reduce these harmful health consequences as most women use these health services in their lifetimes.
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Europe is facing urgent and significant challenges in maintaining sufficient standards of quality in healthcare. We discussed the increasing shortage of healthcare staff throughout Europe, as well as the high turnover of healthcare staff leaving the sector to continue their careers in different types of jobs and the growing percentage of occupational health-related disorders reported among healthcare staff (e.g. burnout, depression etc.) during an EAOHP “Healthy Healtcare” Small Group Meeting in March. Moreover, due to an aging workforce, more and more healthcare staff are expected to go to retirement. All of this has led to more and more healthcare employers searching for creative solutions to maintain and retain enough staff at work.
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Lung cancer has been the most common cancer type for several decades with a low survival rate worldwide. Smoking is the most important risk factor for lung cancer, which accounts for 80-90 % of all lung cancer cases. Due to the declining trend in smoking, other lifestyle factors may become important for the incidence of lung cancer.
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Using HUNT data, researchers are implementing statistical methods to discover disease-causing genetic variants.
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In the world today, there are five billion people who don’t have the access to timely, safe, and affordable surgery. Most of these people lives where there is a shortage of health personnel in general. To give a picture of the shortage of surgical personnel; in the poorest but also the most populated part of the world like East Africa you can find only 0,53 surgeons per 100.000 population.
By Iril Naustdal, Master Student in Global Health
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Are you in a bad shape, struggling with depressive symptoms, or struggling with both? Our research on 15,000 middle-aged and older people who participated in the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study, shows that improving fitness or depressive symptoms can be very important for our health, even at a higher age.
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Bloger: Maria Ryssdal Kraby, PhD-Candidate, Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine Breast cancer survival is high. However, many cancer survivors experience long-term side effects from…
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Blogger: Wenche Malmedal, Associate Professor at Department of Public Health and Nursing Elder abuse can take many forms and can be describes as physical,…
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Blogger: Ekaterina Zotcheva, PhD Candidate, Department of Public Health and Nursing In 2015, approximately 47 million people worldwide were living with dementia. As populations…
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