Institute of Clinical Medicine - News

The doctoral dissertation of Timo Pekkala, MSc (Tech), Lic Med, indicates that at-risk persons could be identified years before a diagnosis of dementia is given, and interventions could be targeted at those who benefit the most.

The PhD thesis of Lilian Fernandes Silva, MSc, provides new insight into the pathophysiology and genetics of type 2 diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Up to one in five patients treated for idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus, iNPH, also develop Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study from the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital.

Early symptoms of frontotemporal dementia are often confused with symptoms occurring in psychiatric disorders. Serum neurofilament levels can be used as a diagnostic tool to differentiate between these conditions.