Summary Obesity is considered a worldwide pandemic. Morbidly obese patients are at risk of developing comorbidity such as diabetes mellitus type 2, hypertension and cardiovascular disease. The mechanisms behind the development of such complications in morbidly obese patients are still not fully understood, but low-grade inflammation and visceral adiposity are both involved. Effective treatment that ...

The mining industry is growing in the north, with the largest mining communities located in North Russia. Increased knowledge about the health and work conditions of the employees is important in order to enhance safety and prevention of ill health. The aim of the study was to describe how the health of mine workers in Murmansk oblast is assessed, determine the prevalence of low back pain (LBP) as ...

Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is bleeding into the subarachnoid space surrounding the brain. SAH may occur spontaneously, or following traumatic brain injury. Spontaneous SAH is in 85% of cases caused by rupture of an outpouching (aneurysm) of an intracranial artery. This is called an aneurysmal SAH (aSAH). The main findings of the present thesis concerned the incidence of aSAH in Norway, and sex ...

Communicative challenges and the role of communication in making sense of symptoms are shown in the scientific and biomedical conceptualizations of the phenomenon of medically unexplained symptoms (MUS), in health communication and in the challenges of patients with MUS to understand and manage their illnesses. Little is known about young people’s experiences, how they cope with their illness and ...

This is a study of suicides in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug (NAO), a region with a large proportion of indigenous Nenets. To our knowledge, this is the first study investigating the problem of suicide in the indigenous and non-indigenous populations of the Russian Arctic. Our study aim was to assess suicide rates in the indigenous and non-indigenous populations of the NAO, as well as the socio-demographic ...

Communication aids can assist patients in obtaining the necessary information about their disease and treatment options. In this study, we explored the effect of two such communication aids: A question prompt list (QPL) and a consultation audio record (CAR) for the patients to bring home. A QPL is a list of suggested questions patients might want to ask their doctor. The Australian QPL “So you ...

<p>The vaginal inflammation and infection are one of the major female health issues, and unfortunately rather neglected. The anatomical structure and physiological conditions make vagina vulnerable to inflammation and infection, which if not successfully treated, can lead to deteriorating female health conditions. In pregnant patients, the pregnancy outcome can be severely affected. Although a ...

Lise Nordgård har i sin avhandling fra Universitetet i Tromsø og GenØk-Senter for biosikkerhet studert hva som skjer med introduksjon av transgene genkonstrukter som inntar en organsime via fòr. Blir DNA brutt ned når det passerer tarmkanalen eller overlever det? Kan dette DNAet passere tarmbarrierer og videre tas opp i blod og transporteres rundt i organsimen for å bli tatt opp av celler i vev? Hva ...

Storulykker er krevende for prehospitale medisinske tjenester over hele verden. Vi vet at de samme problemene viser seg gang på gang. Hvordan kan de prehospitale tjenestene lære av tidligere erfaringer? På grunn av storulykkers (engelsk: major incidents) omfattende betydning for menneskeliv og samfunn er det nødvendig å standardisere rapporteringen fra hendelsene. Dette kan muliggjøre analyser ...

The incidence and prevalence of breast cancer (BC) are increasing worldwide. The reasons for this trend are partly unknown. BC has several well documented modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors. The only known, natural protective factors are breastfeeding and parity. The current paradigm is that the protective effect of parity is mediated by permanent genomic changes in a woman’s breast tissue ...