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Better body flexibility in middle age was linked to a smaller death risk in a 13-year follow-up, according to a recent international study.

Researchers developed a novel artificial intelligence based algorithm, MV-DEFEAT, to improve mammogram density assessment.

Modern disaster risk reduction strategies must incorporate indigenous knowledge and local cultural practices to be adoptable and sustainable, a descriptive phenomenological study carried out in Kenya concludes.

A new textbook provides an overview on the present understanding of aging – from the basic biology of aging to age-related diseases and to the role of lifestyle and the environment.

New research sheds light on the mechanisms associating obesity with inflammation by exploring tiny membrane particles, known as extracellular vesicles, secreted by human adipocytes.

The programme integrates neuroscience, data science, innovation management, and social and legal studies across three UEF faculties.

The study is the first large-scale genome-wide association study related to NPH in the world.

Being born in autumn or winter is associated with asthma and allergic rhinitis in Finland, a new registry-based study shows.

A new major study by the University of Eastern Finland, the University of Oulu and Neurocenter Finland explored early-onset dementia in the working-age population in Finland.

The combined effect of environmental exposures and unhealthy lifestyle habits can affect children’s cardiometabolic health in a way that exceeds their separate effects.