Faculty of Medicine

News

• Biodiversity loss may cause increase in allergies and asthma
  Declining biodiversity may be contributing to the rise of asthma, allergies, and other chronic inflammatory diseases among people living in cities worldwide.(10.5.2012)
  
• The end of the dead end
  In addition to excellent brainpower, the development of effective cancer medicines requires hospitals and a little help from the pharmaceutical industry. Researchers at the Meilahti Medical Campus have a plan to put all of these together. (Helsinki University Bulletin 26.4.2012)
  
• Mental problems manifest themselves at an early age
  Assessing the mental health of eight-year-olds is a way of identifying those children with the greatest potential need for psychiatric care in later life. This is one of the findings in David Gyllenberg’s doctoral thesis.(18.4.2012)
• Finnish cancer research now the best in the world
  When measured in terms of the average number of citations per article, Finnish cancer research is now the best not only in Europe, but also in the world. (20.3.2012)
• A new EEG shows how brain tracts are formed
  In the past few years, researchers at the University of Helsinki, Finland, have made several breakthroughs in discovering how the brain of preterm babies work, in developing treatments to protect the brain, and in developing research methods suitable for hospital use. (20.2.2012)
  
  
  

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