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The doctoral thesis sheds light on the diverse possibilities of how nutrient-related metabolites could contribute to NAFLD pathogenesis and related clinical phenotypes.

Bristol-Myers Squibb has granted 790,000 euros for the Cardiopath study led by Professors Johanna Kuusisto and Pasi Tavi.

An egg a day doesn’t seem to prevent or promote memory disorders. However, an egg a day may otherwise be beneficial for brain function, write UEF's nutrition researchers in Frontiers for Young Minds, a scientific journal aimed at children.

In the young population, arterial stiffness, an emerging risk factor for hypertension, indirectly raises blood pressure via an increase in insulin resistance but not via an increase in body fat.

The University of Eastern Finland presented awards to accomplished teachers in the university’s Learning Environment Seminar on Tuesday, 30 August.

For the first time, a combination of the diabetes medicine metformin and a lifestyle intervention is being tested in the prevention of memory disorders.

A new AI algorithm that detects brain abnormalities could enable more people with epilepsy to have potentially curative surgery.

An extensive meta-analysis suggests that vitamin D supplementation may alleviate depressive symptoms in adults with depression.

Emerging evidence suggests that arterial stiffness may be a novel risk factor to be targeted in the prevention and treatment of vascular and metabolic diseases from a young age, a review of studies published in the Journal of Hypertension concludes.

Oral inflammatory diseases have been linked to, e.g., cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. “The significance of the oral microbiome is of great interest right now," says Professor of Translational Dentistry Pirkko Pussinen.