Coffee consumption has previously been reported to reduce overall and cause-specific mortality. We aimed to further investigate this association by coffee brewing methods and in a population with heavy coffee consumers. The information on total, filtered, instant, and boiled coffee consumption from self-administered questionnaires was available from 117,228 women in the Norwegian Women and Cancer ...

<i>Background</i> - Higher circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin-D [25(OH)D] concentrations are consistently inversely associated with colorectal cancer (CRC) risk in observational studies. However, it is unknown whether this association depends on the functional GC-rs4588*A (Thr436Lys) variant encoding the vitamin D–binding protein-2 (DBP2) isoform, which may affect vitamin D status and bioavailability.< ...

<i>BAKGRUNN</i> - Totalt ble det meldt 261 pasienter med tuberkulose i Norge i 2017, hvorav 90 % fullførte behandlingen. Tuberkulosemedikamenter gis som daglig direkte observert behandling (DOT) til alle pasienter. Vi undersøkte om dette kan gjøres ved videosamtale.<p> <p><i>MATERIALE OG METODE</i> - Vi gjennomførte en klinisk observasjonsstudie ved Universitetssykehuset Nord-Norge 2016–19, der ...

European guidelines on cardiovascular prevention in clinical practice were first published in 1994 and have been regularly updated, most recently in 2016, by the Sixth European Joint Task Force. Given the amount of new information that has become available since then, components from the task force and experts from the European Association of Preventive Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology ...

<i>Background</i> - Epidemiological evidence indicates that diets rich in plant foods are associated with a lower risk of ischaemic heart disease (IHD), but there is sparse information on fruit and vegetable subtypes and sources of dietary fibre. This study examined the associations of major plant foods, their subtypes and dietary fibre with risk of IHD in the European Prospective Investigation into ...

<i>Aims and Objectives</i> - To gain knowledge of prevention and use of restraints in provision of medical care to people with intellectual disability. To this end, we explore how learning disability nurses in community services support the individual through medical examinations when facing resistance.<br><br> <i>Background</i> - Despite increased focus on limiting restraints, there is a lack ...

Aerosolutvikling i sammenheng med behandling i munnhulen kan innebære risiko for smitteoverføring mellom pasienter og tannhelsepersonell. Denne artikkelen (Del 1) beskriver hva aerosol er og mulig innvirkning for helse. Hovedfokus i denne artikkelen er mikrobielle aerosoler, og hvilke situasjoner og prosedyrer som forårsaker mikrobielle aerosoler i tannhelseklinikken. Det produseres forskjellige ...

Procrastination is common among students, with prevalence estimates double or even triple those of the working population. This inflated prevalence indicates that the academic environment may appear as “procrastination friendly” to students. In the present paper, we identify social, cultural, organizational, and contextual factors that may foster or facilitate procrastination (such as large degree ...

Aerosoler blir generert i sammenheng med flere behandlingsprosedyrer og situasjoner i tannhelseklinikken. Aerosoler i tannhelseklinikken kan være infeksiøse og føre til smitte mellom tannhelsepersonell og pasienter. Forskjellige tiltak for å begrense smitte fra infeksiøs aerosol, beskrives og diskuteres. Det er urealistisk å forvente at lokale aerosoler kan elimineres i sammenheng med behandling i ...

<p>Objectives: Sleep disturbance is associated with persistence and exacerbation of chronic pain. As this relationship seems to be bidirectional, factors underpinning sleep disturbance may prove important in multimodal rehabilitation approaches. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to examine the impact of psychological symptoms on subjective and objective sleep measures in patients with chronic ...