Psychology & Psychiatry
Why we look at pretty faces
Few visual impressions can be compared to humans' interest for faces. New research suggests that our brain rewards us for looking at pretty faces.
Nov 11, 2015
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Surgery
New surgical method not better than old
A new and simpler surgical method for the treatment of intestinal perforation is a poorer alternative for patients compared to the old method, researchers at the University of Oslo and Akershus University Hospital find. The ...
Oct 28, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
What constitutes good treatment of tennis elbow?
What is the best treatment for acute tennis elbow? Physiotherapy? Cortisone? A combination? Or might you just as well forego treatment?
Sep 25, 2015
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Medical research
Cells transplanted from mouth can be used to treat illnesses causing blindness
Researchers at the University of Oslo have made discoveries that can have great consequences for the treatment of blindness caused by so-called limbal stem cell deficiency.
Sep 4, 2015
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Genetics
Genetic cause of unknown disease uncovered
Researchers at the University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital have found the genetic cause of a previously undescribed disease. With this, they have solved an over ten year old medical conundrum.
Sep 1, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Nasal spray device for mental illness
Researchers at the University of Oslo have tested a new device for delivering hormone treatments for mental illness through the nose. This method was found to deliver medicine to the brain with few side effects.
Aug 28, 2015
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Immunology
Researchers discover the cause of coeliac disease
Professor Ludvig M. Sollid and his colleagues at the University of Oslo have found the cause of coeliac disease. To do so required really going into depth, right down to molecular level.
Jun 30, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Genes add risk to depression
People born with a particular gene variant have a greater risk of developing depressions, a recent study from the Department of Psychology at The University of Oslo shows.
Jun 29, 2015
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Medical research
How a newborn baby sees you
A newborn infant can see its parents' expressions at a distance of 30 cm. For the first time researchers have managed to reconstruct infants visual perception of the world.
Jun 29, 2015
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
University of Oslo researchers confirm new mechanism for Alzheimer's disease
Jens Pahnke and his team at the University of Oslo has recently published results in the prestigious scientific journal Brain showing that decreased removal of toxic peptides in the brain causes the onset and first clinical ...
May 22, 2015
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