Background - Artificial intelligence (AI) has shown promising results for cancer detection with mammographic screening. However, evidence related to the use of AI in real screening settings remain sparse.<p> <p>Purpose - To compare the performance of a commercially available AI system with routine, independent double reading with consensus as performed in a population-based screening program. ...

‘Good health for all’ and ‘employment for all’ are two widely agreed-upon goals in Norwegian politics. Nevertheless, considerable inequalities in health exist, and the economic sustainability of public pensions is pressured by a substantial increase in life expectancy. Improving our understanding of inequalities in health and the relationship between health detriments and labour market participation ...

The zinc metalloprotease pseudolysin (PLN) secreted from Pseudomonas aeruginosa degrades extracellular proteins to produce bacterial nutrition, and various types of PLN inhibitors have been developed to suppress the bacterial growth. However, as the structure of the ligand-binding pocket of PLN has large similarities to those of human matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and other human zinc metalloprotease, ...

Background/Aim: The aim of this study was to analyze the toxicity of locoregional adjuvant breast cancer radiotherapy after implementation of this service in a rural healthcare region with long travel distance. Patients and Methods: This was a retrospective single-institution analysis of 87 consecutive female patients (the initial cohort), managed with conventionally fractionated 3-D conformal ...

Background/Aim: Implementation of new anticancer treatments in rural healthcare might not always result in identical survival outcomes as those seen in the randomized trials leading to approval. Therefore, the survival of patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) in Nordland county was analyzed. Patients and Methods: Retrospective analysis of 199 patients, mainly treated in adjuvant ...

Following theories of emotional embodiment, the facial feedback hypothesis suggests that individuals’ subjective experiences of emotion are influenced by their facial expressions. However, evidence for this hypothesis has been mixed. We thus formed a global adversarial collaboration and carried out a preregistered, multicentre study designed to specify and test the conditions that should most reliably ...

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Enterococci are gram-positive commensals in the human gut microbiota that may cause severe infections, especially in immunocompromised and hospitalised patients. Their ability to accumulate antimicrobial resistance and virulence genes has been vital in their evolution into leading pathogens. Vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) are among the most important resistant pathogens causing outbreaks ...

Climate change may affect reindeer herding and the health and disease of reindeer in several ways. One way of mitigating such changes is supplementary feeding, both in corrals and by bringing fodder to the animals on natural pastures. Feeding, when the right feed and feeding regime are used, may compensate for the loss of natural pastures and increase animal welfare. However, feeding may also cause ...

Purpose The effect of high arterial oxygen levels and supplemental oxygen administration on outcomes in traumatic brain injury (TBI) is debated, and data from large cohorts of TBI patients are limited. We investigated whether exposure to high blood oxygen levels and high oxygen supplementation is independently associated with outcomes in TBI patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) and ...