Institute of Clinical Medicine - News

Homes with dogs have considerably richer and more diverse bacterial microbiota than homes without a dog. This was observed in a recent study published in Scientific Reports.

Certain plasma microRNAs could serve as diagnostic biomarkers in mild traumatic brain injury, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows.

The doctoral thesis of Emmi-Leena Ihantola, MSc, provides new insights into T-cell dysfunction and autoantigen recognition in type 1 diabetes.

Stereotactic body radiation therapy SBRT and low dose-rate brachytherapy LDR-BT are both safe and efficient in the treatment of localised prostate cancer, according to the doctoral dissertation of Kristiina Vuolukka, Lic Med.

A new review reveals insights into the potential drivers of a currently incurable eye disease, age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

Being overweight is an additional burden on brain health and it may exacerbate the disease.

The mortality among forensic psychiatric patients was up to threefold and suicide risk sevenfold higher than that of the general population in Finland, according to the doctoral dissertation of Ilkka Ojansuu, Lic Med.

Naltrexone, used either alone or together with disulfiram or acamprosate, is associated with a decreased risk of hospitalization due to alcohol use disorder (AUD) when compared with non-use of AUD drugs.

The funding will be used to promote research activities in areas of significance to the university, which pertain to drug development and discovery, neurosciences, the forest-based bioeconomy, and the development of technologies that make use of photonics. 

In her dissertation, Marika Lappalainen, MD, evaluated complications of febrile neutropenia in patients, who received intensive chemotherapy for hematological malignancy.