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New publication on identifying the worse off across diseases (03.09.2014)
A new article published in Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation (CERA) by Global Health Priorities researchers Frode Lindemark, Ole Frithjof Norheim and Kjell Arne Johansson illustrates how information from published health economic evaluations can be used to measure lifetime QALYs, absolute and proportional shortfall of QALYs for eight different example diseases. Resource allocation... Read more
Organ Donation
Ethical challenges to care in donor situations (06.08.2014)
The need for organ donations can create ethical challenges for healthcare professionals.
Family Planning
Differences in hormonal contraception use between 鈥渘ative鈥� and 鈥渋mmigrant鈥� women in Norway (05.08.2014)
Understanding these differences will enable Norwegian public health professions to better provide adequate family planning guidance.
Legemidler og utstyr til behandling og oppf酶lging av diabetes.
Are we overtreating nursing home patients with diabetes? (03.07.2014)
PhD candidate Lillan Mo Andreassen have investigated drug therapy and glycemic control in nursing home patients with diabetes, and found very low blood glucose levels in several of them.
Universal Health Coverage
Working Towards Fairness and Equality (16.06.2014)
The goal of universal health coverage is high on many global and national agendas 鈥� how can it be attained?
Spinal coloumn
Interdisciplinary neck and back congress in Bergen (28.05.2014)
The 3rd national interdisciplinary neck and back congress was held in Bergen, 2 -4. April 2014. Jan Sture Skouen, Tone Morken and Kjartan Vibe Fersum in the organizing committee report of a successful conference with ca. 300 participants.
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Reducing pain in patients with dementia (26.05.2014)
According to PhD student, Reidun Karin Sandvik, and her fellow authors on a recently published paper, pain is frequently experienced and distressing to people with dementia.
Low education increases risk of heart disease (29.04.2014)
While in general, fewer Norwegians have suffered from cardiovascular disease, women with lower education levels show an increasing risk.
Praxeology book
New Book: Praxeology (29.04.2014)
鈥淧raxeological Nursing Science 鈥� what is it? A discussion with subjective and objective alternatives.鈥�
hip fracture
Many Fear Having a Hip Fracture 鈥� (10.04.2014)
鈥� with good reason: hip fractures are associated with increased mortality.
Global Health 2035
Grounds for Optimism in Global Health (10.04.2014)
Professor Ole Frithjof Norheim comments on the Lancet Commission鈥檚 Global Health 2035 Report, celebrating 20 years since WDR 1993.
burning car
What does mutual interdependence really imply? (25.03.2014)
How do relationships impact care and rehabilitation following a major burn injury?
How to prioritise 鈥渋nvisible鈥� children? (25.03.2014)
Meeting the special needs of children who are the next-of-kin for parents with serious health problems is important both for health promotion and disease prevention.
Project economist, 脴yvind M酶rkedal
NORHED workshop at Makerere (21.03.2014)
NORHED, NORAD鈥檚 new programme, started in 2013. It aims to strengthen capacity in higher education in low-and middle-income countries.
UiB Global
UiB Global Newsletter March 2014 (18.03.2014)
Global and development-related research is one of two priority areas for research at the University of Bergen.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATION: The researchers from the study who were present at...
More children saved despite HIV positive mothers (07.03.2014)
Infants who are breastfed by HIV positive mothers are not infected by HIV if they are treated with certain medicines, according to new research at the University of Bergen with partners.
Shouldn鈥檛 evidence be a part of decision-making? (13.02.2014)
Selection of essential medicines in Tanzania is currently based more on experience and subjective criteria than on evidence.
Exposure to sun can lower MS risk? (11.02.2014)
The results of a study comparing groups in Norway and Italy have shown that sun exposure in childhood and adolescence may lower the risk of later developing Multiple Sclerosis (MS).

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