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Good cognitive capacity helps recovery from brain injury: HUS study
A patient’s good cognitive capacity prior to a brain injury can improve the chances for recovery, according to a Finnish research…
Swiss surgeons perform Europe’s 1st partial heart transplant
The Geneva University Hospital (HUG) in Switzerland announced Thursday that its medical team has successfully carried out Europe's…
Trio win Nobel in medicine for discovering peripheral immune tolerance
Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi were awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday for their…
Education protects memory even in people over 90: study
An association between higher education and better brain health can still be seen in people over 90 years old, according to a new study…
Kidney patients at higher risk of severe COVID-19 infection
The COVID-19 infections of kidney dialysis patients were more severe than those of the control persons and their vaccine efficacy was…
HUS childbirth helpline, telephone service restored
The childbirth helpline telephone service at the Helsinki-Uusimaa Hospital District (HUS) have been restored after fixing the technical…
Glitch disrupts HUS childbirth helpline, telephone service
The childbirth helpline and telephone service for Emergency Clinic for Gynecology and Obstetrics at the Helsinki-Uusimaa Hospital…
Cardiac arrest survivors face brain injury risk: study
An international study is underway at the Helsinki-Uusimaa Hospital District (HUS) to improve the chances of cardiac arrest survivors…
Pre-eclampsia rises risk of heart disease: study
Women with a history of pre-eclampsia have an about 1.5-fold risk for cardiovascular disease, according to a study conducted by the…
Majority of hospitalised Ukrainian refugees carry MDR bacteria: Finnish study
A study conducted by the University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital (HUS) showed that 8% of Ukrainian refugees had been…