Faculty of Medicine
Recent Submissions
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Gas cooking indoors and respiratory symptoms in the ECRHS cohort
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background Gas cooking is an important source of indoor air pollutants, and there is some limited evidence that it might adversely be associated with respiratory health. Using repeated cross-sectional data from the ... -
“Whatever is bad goes back to the woman”: The gendered blame game of sickle cell disease in Malawi and Uganda
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Mothers are commonly blamed for the ill-health of their children, and this is well documented in research. However, few studies have considered gendered patterns of blame for hereditary conditions caused by mutations from ... -
Impacts of Norway's extended free choice reform on waiting times and hospital visits
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Norway's extended free choice (EFC) reform extends the patient's choice of publicly funded hospitals for treatment to authorized private institutions (EFC providers). We study the effects of the reform on waiting times, ... -
Health literacy among people at risk or with type 2 diabetes in Norwegian primary care—A cross sectional study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Aims This study aims to describe health literacy for people at risk of type 2 diabetes and people with type 2 diabetes using the HLS-EU-Q12, and further examine the association between sociodemographic and clinical ... -
Between ‘block course relationships’ and abstinence: cultures of sexuality among students at Addis Ababa University
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Inspired by African and other feminist scholarship on gender, sexuality and agency, this article studies narrations of norms and practices in sexual relationships between university students. A main aim of the article is ... -
Moral distress among physicians in Norway: a longitudinal study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Objectives To explore and compare physicians’ reported moral distress in 2004 and 2021 and identify factors that could be related to these responses. Design Longitudinal survey. Setting Data were gathered from the ... -
Hallmark Molecular and Pathological Features of POLG Disease are Recapitulated in Cerebral Organoids
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)In this research, a 3D brain organoid model is developed to study POLG-related encephalopathy, a mitochondrial disease stemming from POLG mutations. Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) derived from patients with these ... -
Risk of common psychiatric disorders, suicidal behaviours, and premature mortality following violent victimisation: A matched cohort and sibling-comparison study of 127,628 people who experienced violence in Finland and Sweden
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background Associations between violent victimisation and psychiatric disorders are hypothesised to be bidirectional, but the role of violent victimisation in the aetiologies of psychiatric disorders and other adverse ... -
Collaborative governance of an integrated system for collecting contributions for social health insurance, pension, and taxes from the informal sector: a synthesis of stakeholder perspectives
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background Many low-and middle-income countries have adopted social health insurance schemes. However, the collection of contributions from the large informal sector of these economies poses a significant challenge. ... -
The prevalence of subdural blood products in extremely premature infants with no history of abusive head trauma, studied by magnetic resonance imaging around term-equivalent age
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background Prematurity and enlarged subarachnoid spaces are both hypothesised to represent an increased risk of subdural haemorrhages (SDHs) in infancy, both with and without a history of abuse. Objective To examine ... -
Colicins and T6SS-based competition systems enhance enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) competitiveness
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Diarrheal diseases are still a significant problem for humankind, causing approximately half a million deaths annually. To cause diarrhea, enteric bacterial pathogens must first colonize the gut, which is a niche occupied ... -
A scoping review on the association between early childhood caries and life on land: The Sustainable Development Goal 15
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background The Sustainable Development Goal 15 (SDG15) deals with protecting, restoring, and promoting the sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably managing forests, halting and reversing land degradation, ... -
Ocular manifestations of COVID-19: A systematic review of current evidence
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Introduction COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2, commonly presents with symptoms such as fever and shortness of breath but can also affect other organs. There is growing evidence pointing to potential eye complications. In ... -
Characteristics and demography of low energy fall injuries in patients > 60 years of age: a population-based analysis over a decade with focus on undertriage
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background An increasing group of elderly patients is admitted after low energy falls. Several studies have shown that this patient group tends to be severely injured and is often undertriaged. Methods Patients > 60 ... -
The Therapeutic Potential of Exosomes from Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Multiple Sclerosis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Although treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS) has undergone a revolution in the last decades, at least two important barriers remain: alleviation of innate inflammation driving disease progression and promotion of ... -
ELF5: A Molecular Clock for Breast Aging and Cancer Susceptibility
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Breast cancer is predominantly an age-related disease, with aging serving as the most significant risk factor, compounded by germline mutations in high-risk genes like BRCA1/2. Aging induces architectural changes in breast ... -
Universal Health Coverage of Opioid Agonist Treatment in Norway: An Equity-Adjusted Economic Evaluation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background Detailed information on the efficiency of health services targeting opioid use disorder (OUD) and treatment with opioid agonist treatment (OAT) is sparse. Many countries, including Norway, are still falling ... -
Individual, community and health systems factors influencing time to notification of tuberculosis: situating software and hardware bottlenecks in local health systems
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background Despite several global interventions, tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading cause of death affecting millions of people globally. Many TB patients either have no access to quality care or go undetected by ... -
Placental pathology and neonatal morbidity: exploring the impact of gestational age at birth
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Aim To evaluate placental pathology in term and post-term births, investigate differences in clinical characteristics, and assess the risk of adverse neonatal outcome. Methods This prospective observational study ... -
Temporal trends in thyroid disease treatment and persistent organic pollutant concentrations in breast milk among women of reproductive age
(Doctoral thesis, 2025-01-21)Bakgrunn: Skjoldbruskkjertelen produserer hormoner som er essensielle for stoffskifte, vekst og utvikling, og dens optimale funksjon er avgjørende under graviditet for fosterets hjerneutvikling og vekst. I 1999 satte den ...
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