News archive for Faculty of Medicine

Helse Vest gives research award to Jan Haavik (31.10.2016)

Professor Jan Haavik has been given the Helse Vest Research award 2016 for his research on discovering biological mechanisms that can cause ADHD-symptoms. He was rewarded the prize during the annual research conference of Helse Vest.

Reproductive history and risk of colorectal cancer (18.10.2016)

How to incorporate equity indicators in randomized controlled trials? (05.10.2016)

On September 22nd and 23rd, researchers from Global Health Priorities and Centre for Intervention Science in Maternal and Child Health (CISMAC) co-organized a symposium at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston (USA) on how to incorporate concerns to health equity into randomized control trials (RCTs).

Patients experience burdensome deaths in Norwegian Nursing Homes (04.10.2016)

Almost 50 % of nursing home patients in Norway die with moderate to severe pain. Reidun Sandviks PhD-study takes a closer look at end of life care in nursing homes.