12.12.2022: Essay - Lobotomy was initially considered a breakthrough in the treatment of mental illness, and approximately 3,000 lobotomies were carried out in Norway in the period 1940–60.

29.04.2021: Short case report - A young woman had a headache for a few days, before developing a fatal cerebral haemorrhage ten days after vaccination with the ChstraOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine from ...

Many hypotheses in medical research are in principle one-sided, for example in a randomised, controlled trial that investigates whether a new type of clinical treatment has a better effect than ...

Lineær blandet effekt-modell Det finnes ulike statistiske metoder for analyse av longitudinelle data. Det er naturlig å ta utgangspunkt i en regresjonsmodell. Vi skal her fokusere på en lineær blandet ...

Synovial fluid is examined as a matter of routine in evaluations of swollen joints. Microscopic examination is used to assess cellularity and the cell types present and to determine whether there are ...

The Causes of Death Registry is a key basis for health monitoring and preparedness, production of statistics and research. It is therefore crucial that death certificates are of adequate quality. The ...

The picture shows tubes with brown and normal-coloured serum. The brown sample was taken from a man in his thirties who was admitted with infection and graft failure after an allogeneic haematopoietic ...

Women are less susceptible to infectious diseases than men, but are more often prone to autoimmune diseases. This higher prevalence is partly attributable to the X chromosome, which has many genes ...

Anemi ved kronisk sykdom er i Vesten den vanligste formen for anemi hos hospitaliserte pasienter over 50 år. Diagnostikken kompliseres av at de klassiske biokjemiske parametrene, brukt til vurdering ...

Diagnostikk – flere funksjoner Diagnoser har som kjent flere funksjoner – noen tilsiktede, andre utilsiktede. Deres primære funksjon er å gi retningslinjer for (be)handling. Men det er makt knyttet ...

08.05.2023: Debatt - Medisinsk overaktivitet er en forutsigbar følge av måten helsetjenesten er organisert på.

21.11.2022: Klinisk oversikt - I sjeldne tilfeller begynner degenerativ demenssykdom med isolerte vansker med språket, uten andre kognitive symptomer.