Researchers have identified numerous benefits of early skin-to-skin contact between baby and mother. They urge hospitals to help ensure that premature babies experience this important contact.
A new study provides a comprehensive catalogue of more than 16,000 known plastic chemicals, with their properties, uses and hazards. The goal is to enable safer plastic production.
There’s a clear downside to the Norwegian policy that encourages allowing elderly people to live at home for as long as possible. Caring for the ageing population has been left to worn-out family members.
Our brain doesn’t merely register time – it structures it, new research from the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience shows.
Adolescents who experience both loneliness and low resilience are much more susceptible to developing anxiety and depression as adults.
Schoolchildren born late in the year are at greater risk of developing mental health problems compared with their older peers, according to a new study.
The mechanisms in the brain that should reduce pain don’t work as well in people with migraine when they haven’t gotten enough sleep.
One in ten Norwegian adolescents has engaged in deliberate self-harm without intending to commit suicide.
Several studies show that burnout is more about depressive stress in everyday life than specifically about work.
New research shows an unintended and unfortunate side effect of common drugs. They can simply help viruses spread.
A four-day treatment method for panic disorder has shown brilliant results. Patients recover quickly after therapy. Research shows that the treatment lasts and that many people experience further improvement afterwards.
AI has become a tool that more and more people are using to create both text and images. But AI can also help a pressured healthcare system.
Young people who increase their physical activity from the age of 14 have a lower risk of developing symptoms of depression.
How did COVID-19 impact Norway and our lives? Researchers know a lot about what changed, and about what remained exactly the same afterwards.
Good fitness can reduce the risk of dementia and promote healthy brain aging. This recognition should be included in updated health recommendations, say researchers behind the new review.
Young adults with reduced work capacity benefited greatly from the four-week interdisciplinary rehabilitation stay. The key: an individually tailored programme and a supportive community.
ADHD can exacerbate anxiety, and anxiety can exacerbate ADHD. Girls are particularly vulnerable to developing anxiety disorders, but researchers have recently discovered something that may help slow down – or prevent – the development of these types of disorders.
There is still no approved general cure for enterovirus infections, but Norwegian trials appear promising.
Research shows that despite frequent evaluations, a lot remains unknown about the quality of municipal health and care services.
Micro workouts are all the talk right now: researchers have found that effective physical activity in small doses provides great health benefits – both for the individual and society as a whole.
Poorer gross motor skills, such as the ability to walk quickly, run, or jump, may explain some of the correlation between being born prematurely and the tendency to engage less in physical activity.
Firefighters do hard physical work while being exposed to great heat strain. Now we know more about what happens to their body temperature during a smoke dive.
SINTEF experts on microchip technology are working on a method to detect biomarkers in our breath and to miniaturize a monitoring device. The project can help to discover symptoms of COPD earlier and change the lives of millions of people suffering from this disease.
Nanomedicines save lives, but they don’t reach the market or the patient’s body fast enough. Researchers have now come up with a recipe to accelerate and improve the process.
