Institute of Clinical Medicine - News

Multimorbidity and musculoskeletal disorders are important risk factors for falls, especially for nonslip falls among postmenopausal women, according to the doctoral dissertation of Nadia Afrin, MD, MPH.

The doctoral dissertation of Helena Taivainen, MSc, MD, confirms that measuring the longitudinal motion of the common carotid artery is a feasible method for evaluating vascular health.

The more we know about paediatric obesity, the better we understand how important timely and persistent treatment is. “The problem doesn’t usually go away with growth in height," Professor Jarmo Jääskeläinen says.

The University of Eastern Finland’s Communicator of the Year Awards were announced in an award ceremony today. The selections were made by the university’s Communications and Media Relations.

The University of Eastern Finland’s doctoral conferment ceremony at the Kuopio Campus is postponed to 9–11 June 2022 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Several inflammatory biomarkers and cell energy metabolites are linked to an increased risk of incident heart failure.

Professor Miia Kivipelto has won the 2020 Ryman Prize.

The neurofilament light chain protein (NfL) aids the diagnostic process of frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), according to the PhD thesis by MD Antti Cajanus.

Obese women have an increased risk of hip fracture earlier than others, already well before the age of 70, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows. The study followed 12,715 women for a period of 25 years.