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A new study explored who are most likely to adopt and actively use digital well-being apps in North Savo, finding that app engagement was, ultimately, most active among those with highest life satisfaction.

Diet doesn’t just fuel the body, it sends molecular signals that can slow down or speed up biological ageing. Biological age, a measure of functional health, can diverge sharply from chronological age.

A randomised placebo-controlled Finnish study showed that aspirin therapy does not provide significant relief for people suffering from chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps who are hypersensitive to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).

A recent study is the first to report that the fatty acid composition of blood and the enzyme activity associated with it predict the development of bone mineral density from childhood to adolescence.

Rector Tapio Määttä has appointed the Heads of Departments and Schools of the faculties based on the proposals made by the faculties. The Head of UEF Law School was appointed by Vice Rector Jussi Pihlajamäki.

The fluorescence-based tissue monitoring device enables safe and efficient brain tumour detection.

The findings open the door for microbiome-based precision therapies for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and complex metabolic disorders.

The conference themes are Children, exercise, and planetary health, as well as Long-term athletic development in a changing world.

“Investing in hearing care can also help prevent memory disorders,” Professor Aarno Dietz pointed out in a workshop organised by the Hearing Valley project and the UEF Brain Research Unit.

YUFE Ideas Lab is championing a new wave of European student entrepreneurs.