Institute of Clinical Medicine - News

Cerebrovascular disorders in the working-age population have become common in high-income countries. “In part, this is probably due to changes in lifestyles," said Docent Jukka Putaal at the XXII Nordic Stroke Society Congress in Kuopio.

UEF is one of the partners in the pan-European project funded through the Innovative Health Initiative (IHI).

During adolescence, the brain is particularly susceptible to the deleterious effects of alcohol use.

The XXII Nordic Stroke Society Congress will be held in Kuopio on 21–23 August and Kuopio Health Insights on 20–21 August.

The register-based cohort study included data on one million children and nearly 100,000 fractures.

Pfizer Finland joined the Kuopio Health cooperative as a partner in May 2023. The University of Eastern Finland is one of the members of the cooperative.

The Academy of Finland’s Research Council for Biosciences, Health and the Environment granted more than 5.2 million euros of funding to Academy Projects at the University of Eastern Finland.

The findings support the idea that even a modest reduction in the beta-amyloidogenic processing of APP may be a feasible strategy for the prevention of Alzheimer's disease.

Concurrently combined intravenous cell transplantation and rehabilitation safely and additively improved the long-term behavioral recovery of rats after cerebral ischemia.

UEF's Brain Research Unit conducts high-quality clinical research and drug research and collaborates with local, Finnish and foreign research groups and the pharmaceutical industry.