Nyhetsarkiv for Institutt for global helse og samfunnsmedisin

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.

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.