Faculty of Health Sciences - News

Carotid stenosis increases the risk of stroke in both men and women. However, plaque characteristics often differ between the sexes, a recent study shows.

Sirpa Kähkönen, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Markku Kulmala and Axel Börsch-Supan, all to receive an Honorary Doctorate, will give public Studia Generalia lectures at Kuopio Music Centre on 5 June.

The textbook explains how nutrition has shaped human evolution and its consequences for our susceptibility to diseases like diabetes and atherosclerosis.

One-year-old infants had 44% lower odds of having food allergies if their mother consumed avocadoes during pregnancy, according to an observational study among 2,272 mother-child pairs in Finland.

The doctoral research led to the development new methods, designed to advance the discovery of disease subtypes and facilitate targeted drug development.

The PhD study examined the key success factors in the labour migration and recruitment of internationally educated nurses (IENs) from outside the European Union and European Economic Area (EU/EEA) to the Nordic countries.

Subij Shakya, a second-year Master's student at the University of Eastern Finland (UEF), shares his journey in public health. From practical health projects to witnessing the northern lights, his experiences at UEF have shaped his aspirations to become a global health leader.

Agbaje is the first recipient of the new award.

Found in the Finnish population, a rare variant of the TYROBP gene significantly increases the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, a new study led by the University of Eastern Finland shows.

Research conducted with zebrafish can contribute to personalised medicine approaches, including the selection of the most individually suitable treatments for patients with cancer.