Institute of Clinical Medicine - News

The JPND funded project aims to identify early synaptic and other physiological changes in early frontotemporal dementia and dementia with Lewy bodies.

Tasks measuring cognitive functions were best performed by older adults who participated in the lifestyle programme activities at least half of the time.

Kuopio Brain & Mind, a new regional network of Neurocenter Finland, promotes research and collaboration in the field of brain health in eastern Finland.

In contrast to previous studies, the use of iNPWT was not beneficial in the prevention of sternal wound infections after coronary artery bypass grafting.

The Frontiers in Health Sciences seminar series will continue in October–December 2021 with online lectures by leading Finnish scientists. The lectures are open to all.

Urban participants in an exercise intervention for older women in Kuopio, eastern Finland, were healthier and had better functional capability at baseline than non-participants and uninvited rural women, according to new findings from the Kuopio Fall Prevention Study.

Liquid biopsy can help to identify breast cancer patients with a poor prognosis earlier and more accurately than before, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital shows.

The first sub-project of the FinnGen study to invite participants for further clinical examinations will begin in eastern Finland.

An increase in angiogenesis is a feature of epithelial ovarian carcinoma, according to the doctoral dissertation of Minna Sopo, Lic Med.

The doctoral dissertation of Juha Onatsu, Lic Med, assesses the use of inflammatory, neuro-axonal and imaging biomarkers in stroke patients.