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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.

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.

Vikram Singh Parmar, Ulrik Wisløff, Øyvind Sandbakk and Erney Mattsson at the Norwegian Embassy in New Delhi   By Vikram Singh Parmar, innovation leader,…

Treatment of ischemic heart disease has improved considerably the last decades. Not only the treatment itself, but also timing of treatment has been of great importance for this success. Nevertheless, ischemic heart disease is still the leading cause of death in the world.

In our recent research paper we have used extensive methods to reveal new details on how bacteria are causing inflammation. Based on this research we aim to find new treatment strategies for preventing serious inflammatory reactions toward E. coli bacteria.

“I guess that was my last remark.” from the last challenger. 4.5 years summarized, questioned and discussed over three hours, and I was finally finished.

Characteristics of doctors working in nursing homes and similar institutions in Norway in 2011, 2014 and 2017.

A diver ascending from a dive too quickly can be viewed as a bottle of champagne being opened: a pressure differential appears between the gas phase dissolved within the diver’s tissues (the champagne inside the bottle) and the environment’s gas phase (the air now in contact with the champagne). As a result, the gas dissolved will expand and form bubbles until a state of equilibrium is achieved. However, an important difference is to be made between the diver and the bottle of champagne: bubbles are required for good champagne, but not so much for a healthy diver…

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.