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BSRS 2014: Governance to Meet Global Challenges (10.02.2014)
Students and teachers come from all over the world. Scientific input from both north and south is of great importance for the University of Bergen.
Be careful smelling the roses (04.02.2014)
Thinking of buying someone a bunch of roses? Maybe you should think again.
Allen Wilcox
Fertility and pregnancy - an epidemiologic perspective (04.02.2014)
New course for PhD candidates, with Allen Wilcox from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIH), USA.
Diabetes and depression- a common connection (28.01.2014)
In this recently published article, Line Iden Berge takes a closer look at depressive disorders in persons with type 1 diabetes.
Applied economic evaluation in health care (24.01.2014)
This spring CIH offers a new course on economic evaluation. The course will be open for both masters and PhD students.
Eczema and asthma are among the most common chronic disorders in childhood
Preterm birth and risk for asthma and eczema (23.01.2014)
Asthma and atopic dermatitis are among the most common chronic diseases in children. A new study looks at how preterm birth affects the risk for developing these diseases.
Lone Holst's 50th anniversary (19.12.2013)
Associate Professor Lone Holst celebrated her 50th birthday on December 4th 2013. Both colleagues and students wanted to congratulate the “leading lady” on her anniversary.
New Associate Professor (19.12.2013)
From December 1st Reidun Kjome is engaged as Associate Professor in Research Group in Social Pharmacy.
Cranberry safe in pregnancy (19.12.2013)
Use of cranberry during pregnancy is not associated with negative pregnancy outcomes, Ph.D. candidate Kristine Heitmann concludes in her new paper. Simultaneously, she emphasizes the importance of treating detected urinary tract infections (UTIs) with antibiotics, as cranberry has not shown to be effective as treatment for UTIs.
Carotid intima-media thickness and rupture risk of intracranial aneurysms (16.12.2013)
Øystein Ariansen Haaland is co-author of the article "Carotid intima-media thickness - a potential predictor for rupture risk of intracranial aneurysms" published in International Journal of Stroke. Patients with unruptured aneurysms and patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage due to aneurysm rupture were compared in the study. Carotid intima-media thickness was higher in patients with aneurysm... Read more
Preterm birth and atopic disease (10.12.2013)
Håvard Trønnes and co-authors have published the report ""The association of preterm birth with severe asthma and atopic dermatitis; a national cohort study" i Pediatric Allergy and Immunology. The study reports that preterm birth is associated with an increased risk of asthma, but a decreased risk of atopic dermatitis.
Makerere-UiB: a new frame agreement (10.12.2013)
In late November 2013, the coordinators from Makerere University and UiB met in Bergen to kick-start the process towards a new frame agreement.
HIV infection and malnutrition (02.12.2013)
Malnutrition is an underlying cause of more than 2 million global child deaths. HIV infection in infants is one of the reasons for poor growth and development.
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Personality factors predict sleep-related shift work tolerance (02.12.2013)
In a new study Sunniva Storemark takes a closer look at different personality factors that may affect the ability to tolerate shift-work.
A connection between fetal growth and childhood cancer? (08.11.2013)
Does birth weight lead to an increased risk of childhood cancer? A recent article published in Pediatrics looks closer on the connection between fetal growth and childhood cancer.
Tone Bjørge is professor at Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care.
Cancer risk increases with height (07.11.2013)
The taller you are, the greater is your risk of developing cancer – and this applies to both men and women, suggests a new study just published in the journal Cancer Causes & Control.
Epidemiologist awarded honorary membership (30.10.2013)
Professor Grethe S. Tell is to become one of the first two women ever to be awarded honorary membership of the Norwegian Epidemiological Association.
Thorkild Tylleskär, Khalid Azim Mughal, Martin Chieng Were, and Peter Khisa...
Health care: an information business (28.10.2013)
Africa is technologically advanced in several areas, but woefully unprepared for technologies that could revolutionise its health care.

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