The largest coagulation disorders meeting of the Nordic Countries, The 50th Nordic Coagulation Meeting, was organized in Helsinki last week. At the meeting, MedEngine presented…
Lengthy sentences, complicated words, weird abbreviations—scientific papers are not known for their reader-friendliness. When trying to tackle such a paper, you often blame yourself for…
A recent report published in Suomen Lääkärilehti (Finnish Medical Journal) investigated preoperative smoking cessation practices and challenges at Finnish university hospitals. Smoking is a well-known risk…
Smoking is a major independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in middle-aged population, a recent Finnish study indicates. Cigarette smoke is the second leading…
Cardiovascular disease, COPD, cancer, and more—smoking is a well-known and important risk factor for various illnesses. However, according to a recent study, the negative effects…
Last week, the Finnish Government had big decisions ahead of them: they agreed on the General Government Fiscal Plan for 2017-2020, or the so-called ”Finland’s…
In March 2015, the Turku-based clinical biobank Auria became the first Finnish biobank to sign a collaboration contractwith a global life science enterprise, Bayer Pharma…
A recent study published in The New England Journal of Medicine brought encouraging news for colon cancer patients: by using gene-expression analysis and bioinformatic tools, researchers…
The bustle around real-world data (RWD) has been increasing in recent years. This is hardly surprising, since RWD can provide new insights on the benefit-risk ratio throughout a…