Den forventede levealderen har økt nesten over hele verden. Dette har ført til at antall eldre stiger raskt, og veksten er ventet å fortsette. I Norge vokser gruppen eldre over 80 år raskest. Det er gjennomført mye internasjonal forskning om eldre og det å være deres pårørende. Fokus i denne studien var eldre som ventet på sykehjemsplass i en nordnorsk kommune, og deres pårørende. Det ble ikke ...

<p><i>Background: </i>The obesity prevalence has reached pandemic dimensions. The cancer incidence has also increased worldwide, and several cancers are related to body fatness. However, there are uncertainties weather the velocity and magnitude of weight gain, independent of body fatness, increase cancer risk. Moreover, there are few studies on short-term weight gain and site-specific cancers. Thus, ...

This is a discussion of what poetry has to do with medicine. It is about the psychological necessity and communicative purpose of art, with poetry as an example. It is about what poetry demands of the poet - humility, undogmatic diligence, resilience in the face of complexity, and the ability to think and feel at the same time. It is about a vital service poetry performs for poet and public which ...

Ulcerative Colitis (UC) is a chronic, inflammatory disease of the colon that has a relapsing-remitting characteristic. The disease management consists of prolonging periods of remission and reducing relapse frequency. There is currently no universally accepted definition of remission in UC. There are different methods of establishing if a patient is in remission, but the lack of definition and ...

The snowy mountains of the world attract an increasing number of backcountry recreationalists, but nice skiing comes with a risk. Every year about 140 people in Europe and North America lose their life in avalanche accidents. 9 out of 10 accidents are triggered by the victim or someone in their party. Therefore, improving decision-making is important. Avalanche terrain decision-making is complex ...

The prevalence of diabetes is increasing globally. Certain microvascular and macrovascular complications such as cardiovascular disease, retinopathy, nephropathy, neuropathy, and impaired wound healing are associated with the disease. Prolonged exposure to hyperglycaemia plays an important role in their development. Glucose reacts with macromolecules including proteins, lipoproteins, and nucleic ...

Young adults do not eat seafood frequently enough because they lack knowledge about the preparation of a quick and easy meal with seafood. One of the ways to improve this situation is to offer young adults a product which is based on their needs and helps them to eat seafood more frequently. The first survey study showed a positive association between health involvement, attitudes towards seafood ...

Bacterial multi-drug resistance is a major health problem worldwide. Inhibition of bacterial virulence is suggested to be a promising strategy in the development of new antibacterial drugs. The present work has focused on identifying new inhibitors of the bacterial virulence factors thermolysin (TLN), pseudolysin (PLN, LasB) and aureolysin (ALN), which are all zinc metalloproteases (MPs) using enzyme ...