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Arterial stiffness is a novel risk factor to be targeted for preventing and treating hypertension and obesity from a young age, a new study suggests.

Alcohol and drug abuse changes pregnant mothers’ metabolite profile. Optical coherence tomography of optic nerve thickness could be used as a detection tool for fetal alcohol exposure.

Helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) can be organised in a fashion that gives physicians sufficient exposure to certain prehospital critical care situations.

Kivipelto was awarded for her groundbreaking work on the world’s first global initiative for preventing dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. With the prize funding, the researchers will study the potential benefit of metformin treatment added to lifestyle interventions.

Alexithymia refers to difficulty describing feelings. Alexithymia levels are not stable by adolescence, but decrease when entering young adulthood, a new study shows.

In the world’s hitherto longest follow-up of bone loss in postmenopausal women, bone mineral density at the femoral neck bone decreased by an average of 10% during a 25-year follow-up, much less than has previously been assumed.

The JPND funded project aims to identify early synaptic and other physiological changes in early frontotemporal dementia and dementia with Lewy bodies.

Tasks measuring cognitive functions were best performed by older adults who participated in the lifestyle programme activities at least half of the time.

Temporomandibular disorder related muscle pain was found to predict the presence of tension-type headaches over a follow-up period of 11 years.

Kuopio Brain & Mind, a new regional network of Neurocenter Finland, promotes research and collaboration in the field of brain health in eastern Finland.