News tagged with nordic countries
Cultural understanding can support a feeling of security for Greenlandic families
Greenlandic families expecting a baby, often feel safest when care supports cultural elements such as being near to family, home environment and local traditions. Culturally sensitive maternity care, lessens the risk of non-compliance ...
Health
May 13, 2013 |
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Alternative medicine use by MS patients mapped
A major Nordic research project involving researchers from the University of Copenhagen has, for the first time ever, mapped the use of alternative treatment among multiple sclerosis patients - knowledge which is important ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 19, 2013 |
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Study reveals gaps in availability of radiotherapy services across Europe
Most strikingly, the study finds that in several countries in western Europe there are too few radiotherapy machines to ensure that cancer patients in need of radiotherapy receive treatment. For instance, in Italy around ...
Cancer
Jan 23, 2013 |
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Get them while they are young, call for closer examination of preschooler physical activity levels
Australian researchers need to investigate the specific physical activity levels required by preschoolers to encourage better exercise habits later in life, academics argue.
Health
Feb 20, 2012 |
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No increase in brain tumours in the Nordic countries
(Medical Xpress) -- The incidence of glioma - the most common form of brain tumour - is not increasing in the Nordic countries, contradicting the claim that mobile phone use is a cause of the disease. This according to a ...
Cancer
Jan 18, 2012 |
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Breast screening has had little to do with falling breast cancer deaths
Breast cancer screening has not played a direct part in the reductions of breast cancer mortality in recent years, says a new study published on bmj.com today.
Cancer
Jul 29, 2011 |
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Nordic study shows marginally higher but overall low risk of stillbirth in ART children
A research group from the Nordic countries (the MART group -- Morbidity in ART) found a marginally higher but overall still low risk of stillbirth among children conceived after assisted reproduction treatment (ART) compared ...
Other
Jul 06, 2011 |
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