A blog about medicine and health at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
We have moved to a new web address: www.ntnu.no/blogger/helseCoronary heart disease, diseases of the vasculature and circulation including the lymphatic system, and normal development and function of the cardiovascular system.
Blogger: Eivind Samstad The immune system has sensors that recognize invaders such as bacteria and viruses, but also damage to the…
Blogger: Trude Helen Flo, co-director CEMIR In CEMIR we will work with infection, or inflammation. Why? Because inflammation is important for…
Blogger: Kari Williamson Ultrasound is something most people know about, but did you know that some of the greatest achievements…
Blogger: Terje Espevik, Director of CEMIR The official opening of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology’s four new centres of…
The red double-decker buses that are symbolic of the city of London have an altogether different significance if you study heart disease. Sixty years…
Handheld ultrasound will become easier to use for general practitioners and in emergency medicine through further research and development of technological solutions, says the…
Predicting the risk of heart problems and the need for prolonged respirator treatment after heart surgery is now possible before the patient enters the…
With increasing activities in Arctic and Antarctic waters for scientific and commercial purposes, it is becoming ever more important to reduce the risks associated…
Certain inflammation markers seem to be related to increased risk of ischemic heart disease (angina pectoris and heart attack), according to three studies conducted…