Iron status is influenced by several factors such as nutritional factors and blood loss. Tron deficiency is one of the most severe and important nutritional deficiencies in the world today, both in industrialised as well as developing countries [1-3]. In normal subjects the total daily loss of iron is balanced by an equivalent amount of iron absorbed from the diet. When this equilibrium is ...

Introduction: Air embolism may complicate invasive medical procedures. Bubbles trigger complement C3-mediated cytokine release, coagulation, and platelet activation in vitro in human whole blood. Since these findings have not been verified in vivo, we aimed to examine the effects of air embolism in pigs on thromboinflammation.<p> <p>Methods: Forty-five landrace pigs, average 17 kg (range 8.5-30), ...

Bakgrunn: Innenfor tannhelsetjenesten kan behandleren ofte møte pasienter som opplever subjektiv smerte, og det kan hende at flere behandlingsalternativer kan vurderes til å være rett behandling avhengig av hvilken behandler som vurderer pasientkasuset. Til tross for at det finnes forskning på implisitte holdningers påvirkning på kliniske beslutninger innenfor mange områder innenfor helsevesenet, ...

Objective: This study aims to test a cost-effective approach for discovery of novel molecular compounds with antimicrobial characteristics. Materials and methods: Thirteen randomly picked objects were swabbed in the area in and around Liverpool. They were further cultivated on BHI-agar plates, and then spread on top of several clinically relevant pathogenic indicator strains including C. albicans, ...

Innledning: Fyllingsterapi utgjør en stor andel av tannlegers arbeidshverdag, og det finnes flere ulike måter å legge fylling på. I denne undersøkelsen er det gjort en sammenligning av tidsbruken mellom moderne ett-steg adhesiv med bulk-fill fyllingsteknikk og konvensjonell tre-stegs adhesiv med skrålagsfyllingsteknikk. Dette kan gi relevant informasjon om hvilken av metodene som kan være relevante ...

Since the 1950’s the global suicide rates have continued to increase, and today suicide has become an important public-health problem worldwide (World Health Organization (WHO), 2002). According to WHO there are approximately one million deaths from suicide each year worldwide, and about 20 times this number of people attempt suicide (2002). There are substantial variations in the national suicide ...

There are literally thousands of people living among us who suffer from chronic and severe mental illness. There may be as many as one out of 100 that might be described with the diagnosis of schizophrenia. This means that most of us are likely to know, or know of, at least one person who suffers from schizophrenia. Nevertheless, most people perceive it as both distant and elusive.<br> The ...

Haemoglobin measurement is one of the most frequently performed laboratory tests. The haemoglobin level has well known variability according to age and gender [1- 3]. However, the reference values are often from elderly cross sectional studies of younger subjects, and may not reflect the populations’ actual distribution today. Several lifestyle factors, including body mass index (BMI) and ...

<p><i>Background:</i> Air embolism may complicate many medical procedures and cause vascular occlusion, organ infarctions, or death. In vitro, air triggers the alternative complement pathway and activates platelets. Previous studies of air emboli were conducted in serum, plasma, or heparin anticoagulated whole blood, with ambient air present in tubes, precluding detailed examination of thromboinflammation. ...

I denne avhandlingen søker jeg til å gi innsikt i den folkelige forståelsen av arv. Hvordan tenker folk flest om arv, hva forbinder de med arv? I mitt arbeid som lege og spesialist i medisinsk genetikk møter jeg pasienter med arvelige sykdommer og deres familier. I dette arbeidet har jeg over tid følt et økende behov for å utforske hva folk forbinder med begrepet arv? Hva snakker folk om, når ...