Tag: Therapy
YLE: Dispute over tuition fees for Kenyan students resolved
– The students’ stay in Finland is secured, he assured. TAMK terminated its contract with Uasin Gishu County at the end of February, citing non-payment of tuition fees. Prokki revealed that the dispute concerns about a hundred nursing and physiotherapy students, whose future at the university of applied sciences was uncertain due to non-payment of […]
Hoarders – Kerstin’s stuff chaos | Part 1/3
Kerstin has collected things since she was a child. But in the three-room apartment she moved from home to 30 years ago, it has become a problem. There are narrow walkways between the piles on the floor, some piles go up to shoulder height and the kitchen table has not been seen for 15 years. […]
The suspected hacker of Vastaamo’s psychotherapy center was extradited from France to Finland
A well-known Finnish hacker is suspected of intentionally leaking sensitive personal data of thousands of mental health patients and trying to extort cryptocurrency from them.
The suspect of blackmailing a therapy center arrested in France is looking for a Finnish lawyer
Julius Kivimäki is suspected of, among other things, a gross breach of security, aggravated blackmail, aggravated dissemination of information that violates privacy, and blackmail.
The French police arrested a suspect for hacking a Finnish psychotherapy center, extortion
The extradition of the 25-year-old man to Finland is underway. The man is suspected of trying to blackmail the victims with personal, sensitive information that he stole from the therapy center’s database.
Cancer cells can change their size to survive drugs, research reveals
Researchers believe that smaller cells may be more vulnerable to DNA-damaging agents such as chemotherapy combined with targeted drugs, while larger cancer cells may respond better to immunotherapy. The study was published in the journal Science Advances. It combined innovative high-performance image analysis with the study of DNA and proteins to study the size control […]
Herman Lindqvist – has solved world puzzles and written history
Herman Lindqvist became a foreign correspondent just like his father. Nowadays he lives in Warsaw and follows the war in Ukraine closely. He is concerned about developments and sees an imminent risk that we are heading for a major war in Europe. For many, Herman Lindqvist is best known as a popular historian and expert […]
How to transform your home decor on a budget using DIY ideas
If you’re looking to spruce up your home decor without breaking the bank, plenty of DIY projects can help you achieve it. From simple painting jobs and adding new furniture such as VidaXL garden tables to more extensive renovations, there are several ways you can give your home a makeover on a budget. DIY project […]
Pamper Yourself With These Self-Care Treatments
We all know how important self-care is. Not only does it help us relax and recharge, but it also allows us to take care of our physical and mental health. However, sometimes, due to our hectic schedules, we simply do not have the time to indulge in long self-care routines. Luckily, there are plenty of […]
MTV: The former owners of the warehouse were ordered to pay compensation for the purchase
The former owners of the psychotherapy center Vastamo have been ordered to pay EUR 8 million in compensation to the investment company that bought the company. report commercial broadcaster MTV. The verdict came after Intera Partners, the current owner of the company, complained to the Central Criminal Police last year about the purchase of Vastamo. […]
The government apologizes for previous treatment of homosexuals by the Norwegian authorities
On 21 April 2022, it is 50 years since the Storting repealed section 213 of the Penal Code, which had criminalized sexual relations between men. Between 1902 and 1950, 119 men were convicted of having sexual intercourse with another man. “About 119 people were criminalized and punished for the one they loved. These men endured […]
Saga – the survivor from Drottninggatan
On Friday, April 7, 2017 at 14:52, a hijacked truck weighing 12 tons is driving at full speed along the pedestrian street. The artist and the photographer Saga Berlin comes from a job meeting and is hit, ends up unconscious lying on the street half under the truck. It catches fire and people flee. When […]
Saga – the survivor from Drottninggatan
On Friday, April 7, 2017 at 14:52, a hijacked truck weighing 12 tons is driving at full speed along the pedestrian street. The artist and the photographer Saga Berlin comes from a job meeting and is hit, ends up unconscious lying on the street half under the truck. It catches fire and people flee. When […]
Researchers are developing new therapy for lupus patients
JERUSALEM, January 12 (Xinhua) – Researchers from Israel, China, the United States and Sweden have developed a new targeted therapy for lupus patients, Bar Ilan University in central Israel said on Wednesday. The new treatment, published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, inhibits specific immune cells associated with lupus nephritis. These T cells affect the […]
CBT – When therapy became popular
Anna Kåver has worked with CBT since the 70s and she describes the attitudes then, compared to today, as night and day. – When CBT entered the market, it was perceived by many as harsh and mechanistic. In the beginning, I stood on the barricades and fought for it. From then until today, when CBT […]
Sex hormone replacement therapy harmed Swedish children’s media
As many as 13 children have suffered from side effects from hormone treatment when they received treatment for gender dysmorphy in Sweden, according to the national broadcast SVT. In a report published on Wednesday, SVT revealed that doctors at Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm discontinued new hormone treatments for children suffering from gender dysmorphy in […]
University entrance exams will be digitized and streamlined
In Finland, the vice-rectors of universities have mapped out changes to the national selection tests, which will digitize future testing, change its content and significantly reduce the number. Exams in several fields of study in the joint selection process will launch electronic exams as early as next spring. For the first time, entrance examinations in […]
One hundred years ago, Maria Skłodowska-Curie was gifted with a gram of radium
As reported by RÚV, the visit of the Polish physicist and chemist Maria Skłodowska-Curie to the United States in 1921 was commemorated yesterday with a ceremony at the French Embassy in Washington. During this visit from one hundred years ago, she received the element radium there as a gift. Her research includes the basis of […]
NBI sign "significant progress" In connection with the break-in of the reception room, a blackmail investigation
The Central Criminal Police announced on Wednesday that it has made significant progress in investigating the massive hacking of the psychotherapy center Vastamo. In October 2020, a privately owned center reported that hackers had stolen sensitive data from about 30,000 patients, who then tried to extort money from the company and its customers. The data […]
So good is the new season of The Bonus Family
Also hear the interview with the actor Erik Johansson, who plays Patrik in the series, about one of the series’ strengths – that it is so close to reality.“Sometimes I went from my own couples therapy directly to the recording’s couples therapy. You do not know what is what in the end “, says Erik […]
Understand the needs of the teenager and avoid conflict
This is the opinion of family therapist Fie Hørby, who has written the book “About teenagers – for parents”. Many conflicts with the teenager come from a desire for greater independence. The first sign that this process has started is when the teenager moves into his room at the age of 12, the family therapist […]
Miss Li: The lyrics are my therapy (extra podcast)
Miss Li continues her personal journey inward The lyrics are even more in focus on the new album “Wonderful in all misery” and Miss Li continues her personal journey inwards. Miss Li reveals, among other things, that she still has difficulty absorbing praise, feels social phobia when she goes out and how it actually helps […]
Swedish government industry increases cell therapy and RNA production
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Wool festival
The “Wool Week” ends at Flói’s gallery in Þingborg. If anyone thought that the gallery would be visited by few people interested in wool products, he was wrong. Þingborg Social Home was full of people. “Groups from both Germany, Switzerland, Belgium and the United States came. Lots of people came to us “ – says […]
The upper limit for the victim’s bankruptcy estate is 2,500 euros
The bankruptcy estate of the hacked therapy center Vastamo has proposed limiting the compensation to be paid to the victim to 2,500 euros. Thousands of people have applied for compensation from the bankruptcy estate. The legacy proposed a payment of € 2,500 in a statement it sent to creditors. At this point, the amount is […]
The Supreme Court decides that the police cannot use Vastamoamo’s sensitive patient data
The Supreme Court has ruled that police cannot use patients ’personal information when investigating a hack at a psychotherapy center in Vastamo. The private mental health services database was hacked at least twice between November 2018 and March 2019, and hackers tried to blackmail both the company and its customers. Evidence obtained by police during […]
The princess with the good connections
She had then been criticized because during a lecture tour with her American boyfriend she called the lecture “The Princess and the Shaman”. Now she called the title “a mistake” on Instagram. So it’s over using the title when she’s talking about her special interest in and her abilities in healing and alternative therapy for […]
Two out of three elderly people on anxiety medication do not receive other treatment
Antidepressant medication is in most cases the only form of treatment that older people over the age of 65 receive when they suffer from anxiety or depression. It shows a statement from the Danish Health and Medicines Authority, writes Kristeligt Dagblad. The same does not apply to other age groups. More than two out of […]
Ex-con opens a rage room in Helsinki
Twenty-four years old Jasmin Vertanen says hitting scrapped household appliances is a good way for him to release the anger caused by coronavirus restrictions. But not everyone agrees that this is the best way to deal with silenced emotions. In rage rooms, customers pay for the crushing of broken appliances. Hate rooms have emerged around […]
Money Anxiety – Are You A Saving Or A Waste?
– Financial illiteracy is based on the fact that you experience that you have difficulty paying your bills every month, that you lack basic knowledge, eg that you can not count, that you do not save and that you do not know what a fund is. That’s what Charlotta Bay, a teacher and researcher in […]
FACTS: These groups are recommended to get third plugs
The National Board of Health has made a table with all diseases and conditions, where it is assessed that after completion of vaccination, a reduced or lacking effect of vaccination against covid-19 can still be expected. People with the following diseases and conditions are therefore recommended revaccination. Get an overview of the various diseases and […]
The National Board of Health will provide third plugs for 50,000 sick citizens
The National Board of Health will provide a third plug for people with a severely weakened immune system. This is stated by the National Board of Health in a press release. These include people with certain types of serious blood and bone marrow diseases, organ transplant recipients, people on dialysis and people who have received […]
Danish research can provide knowledge about who should have the third plug
A research project at Odense University Hospital has mapped how the immune system of 524 cancer patients develops after they have been vaccinated against covid-19. The results can be used in relation to who should be offered a third plug with the vaccine against covid-19. This is the opinion of Henrik Ditzel, who has been […]
The government will ban conversion therapy for young people under 16
It shows a new study prepared by Als Research based on data from 2015 and 2020. Therefore, the government wants to ban conversion therapy for young people under 16 years of age. – Some of the stories about what this is for a method are very disgusting and horrible. – It does not belong in […]
The government will investigate bans on conversion therapy
It shows a new study prepared by Als Research. And against that background, the government wants to investigate the possibility of banning conversion therapy for young people under 16 years of age. It writes the Ministry of Employment in a press release. – No one should be converted from their sexuality or gender identity, and […]
New guidelines on the way: Very sick people can get third stings
– However, it suggests that certain individuals with significant immunodeficiency need a third plug to prevent serious disease outbreaks in the event that they are infected with covid-19, even though they have been fully vaccinated. – Already in the coming week, the National Board of Health expects to come up with a guideline on revaccination […]
Björn Hedensjö about the common mistake of couples who go into therapy
The interview was done by Victor Linnér and Ison Glasgow in P3 on 14 August 2021.
This is how you get your sex life out of hibernation
It is completely normal for sex life to be quieter at times, states Lea Treebak Jensen, who is a psychologist at the Sexology Center at Aalborg University Hospital. But there is also a lot you can do to get closer to each other again. – It’s not anyone’s fault, but now you’re in the soup […]
Study: Pregnant women’s trauma can be passed on to the child
Children born to women who have exhibited symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder during pregnancy are also at risk of being affected. This indicates a study by researchers from Denmark, Australia and Kosovo. It writes Kristeligt Dagblad. The study is based on a study of 120 children between the ages of 6 and 17, who were […]
Katy Perry – the long teenage revolt
In a room with brown walls, a patterned rug, bookshelves and floor lamps, Katy Perry has settled down in an armchair. Opposite her sits the therapist Dr. Siri Sat Nam Singh. In Viceland’s program series The therapist, he has an open therapy conversation with various artists. This time it’s Katy’s turn to sit in the […]
Stretching can increase your tolerance for pain
To stretch or not stretch? Should you do it before or after training? Does it prevent or heal injuries? Stretching is always a hot topic. Although effective in improving flexibility, its usefulness in reducing pain is questioned. Back pain is one of the most common health conditions in our society. Up to 80 percent of […]
Trauma therapist: The fear is fast and sudden
The conflict in Gaza is hitting the children in the area hard. Our correspondent Cecilia Uddén has spoken with Judith Spanglet, an Israeli trauma therapist, who treated children in Sderot. “Never ask a shocked person how they feel, it only makes the fear make an even bigger impression and becomes more difficult to process,” says […]
Pfizer, Moderna Vaccines Effective Against Covid Variants Found in India: A Study
according to a preprinted paper sent to the web server biorxiv.org on Sunday.“Therefore, there is good reason to believe that vaccinated individuals will remain protected from B.1.617 and B.1.618 variants,” researchers at the University of New York wrote in their paper. But more research is needed to find out how effective Pfizer / BioNTech and […]
Danish vaccination program full of errors: Ineffective shocks and planning problems mean that 1,150 must be protected again
The official number of people who have been vaccinated against corona is probably 1,150 too high, according to documents from the Statens Serum Institut seen by TV2. In some cases, errors in time differences have invalidated vaccinations, meaning that the recipients must be jabbed again, while in other cases, patients have been registered as fully […]
Pilot study: Therapy helps sex buyers quit
More research is needed on the treatment given to sex buyers in Sweden, both researchers believe. According to a new pilot study in Gothenburg, the men who participated state that treatment helped them to stop. But the data is too small to be able to draw general conclusions, now the Gender Equality Authority wants a […]
Hormone therapy is discontinued for children with gender dysphoria
Astrid Lindgren’s Children’s Hospital ends with anti-puberty hormone treatment for people under the age of 16 who have been diagnosed with gender dysphoria – ie that they were born in a body with the wrong biological sex. According to the hospital management, this is for precautionary reasons. For patients between 16 and 18 years of […]
Hormone therapy for transgender people is stopped by hospitals
Astrid Lindgren’s Children’s Hospital in Stockholm stops hormone treatment of transgender people under the age of 16, writes Svenska Dagbladet. Hormone treatments inhibit puberty and are recommended by the National Board of Health and Welfare under certain conditions for minors with gender dysphoria. But the hospital stops the treatment, and refers to precautionary measures.
One in three cancer patients does not make antibodies despite being vaccinated
This means that the cancer patients in question are at risk of becoming infected and having a serious course of the disease, even if they have been vaccinated. – Our preliminary results show that not all cancer patients develop an immune response despite vaccination. – So we want to make cancer patients aware that they […]
HUS is experimenting with stool transplantation in Parkinson’s patients
A one-year certificate concept study is underway at Helsinki University Hospital to find out if a stool transplant could help treat patients with Parkinson’s disease. Some patients with Parkinson’s disease have different intestinal microbes, and researchers hope to find out if stool transplant therapy could help relieve the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, a degenerative disorder […]
Voluntary vaccination with AstraZeneca is possible but a hassle
The vaccine is due to a new and dangerous side effect that rarely affects, taken out of the Danish mass vaccination program. – Overall, the Danish Health and Medicines Authority assesses that it is possible to establish an offer where citizens who wish to do so can choose to be vaccinated with Vaxzevria outside the […]
Mats Strandberg – has fears such as therapy and livelihood
He has fears like therapy and livelihood
Lena Hallengren is being treated for breast cancer
Minister of Social Affairs Lena Hallengren is being treated for breast cancer. She told this herself during an interview in TV4’s Nyhetsmorgon. Hallengren recently underwent surgery and will now undergo chemotherapy. How the ministerial job is affected is currently unclear, and even though Hallengren herself expresses in the interview that she is feeling well, she […]
Big differences in rehabilitation after breast cancer
The availability of rehabilitation after breast cancer varies greatly across the country. This is what the Breast Cancer Association and the Cancer Foundation write in a report presented today. This includes providing patients and relatives with conversational support and physiotherapy. Although both legislation and national guidelines give cancer patients the right to do so, according […]
Woman was discriminated against by insurance company
A woman must receive DKK 5,000 in compensation from an insurance company that discriminated against her on the basis of her gender. It writes the Equal Treatment Board in a press release. The insurance company would not cover the woman’s expenses for physiotherapy because the pain had occurred in connection with childbirth or pregnancy. – […]
Insurance company would not cover pregnant woman’s physiotherapy
A woman must receive DKK 5,000 in compensation from an insurance company that discriminated against her on the basis of her gender. It writes the Equal Treatment Board in a press release. The insurance company would not cover the woman’s expenses for physiotherapy because the pain had occurred in connection with childbirth or pregnancy. – […]
Right to extend the confiscation of the founder of problematic psychotherapy companies by EUR 10 million
On Wednesday, the Helsinki District Court ordered the seizure of an average of EUR 10 million from the former CEO of Vastamo’s psychotherapy company and his parents. A private mental health service company was caught in the midst of a hacking and blackmail scandal after it emerged that highly sensitive information about thousands of patients […]
Important message to the public in Björklinge, Skuttunge, Läby in Uppsala municipality, Uppsala county.
A woman in Mölndal complains that her psychiatrist fell asleep during the talk therapy on several occasions. When she confronted him, he is said to have replied that “it was sleepy to listen to her when she did not get anywhere in her thoughts”, it says in the report. According to the woman, the treatment […]
Kidney patients fear vaccine defects: Forms few antibodies
But now a new concern has arisen. Thus, several kidney transplant patients have found that they do not appear to produce the necessary antibodies after receiving the two vaccine sticks that are mandatory for most vaccines. This is what the national chairman of the Kidney Association, Jan Rishave, says. – Several patients have been found […]
More women who become pregnant use frozen eggs in Denmark
Higher pregnancy rate, smaller multiple pregnancy According to The Danish Health and Medicines Authority, ca. 30 percent of fertility treatments involving frozen eggs lead to pregnancy – up from 16.7 percent in 2013. The probability of having twins or more children has also dropped significantly from 14.3 percent in 2013 to 2.3 percent in 2019. […]
Promising cancer treatment in early trials
An artificial antibody has been developed to act as a medicine against certain types of blood cancer. Now the method has been further refined to give the most possible effect and the least possible side effects. But it has not yet been tested on humans. In recent years, a new type of immunotherapy against cancer […]
The hacked psychotherapy center Vastamo is filing for bankruptcy
Psychotherapy company Vastamo has filed for bankruptcy. The company was liquidated at the end of January. Lassi Nyyssönen The law firm Fennolta was appointed as liquidator, but after assessing the situation, it was decided that the liquidation procedure could not be carried out. "Very quickly it became clear that the company’s clear, undisputed debts exceeded […]
HS: The owner of the counter office is requesting the cancellation of the acquisition due to failure to disclose hacking
Read more: HS: Psychotherapy Center The owner of the office requests an inquiry about the acquisition (January 6, 2021) Column: Cyber attack shocking the nation (December 22, 2020) HS: Finnish Psychotherapy Center staff suspected of a data breach (15 December 2020) Tapio has undeniably denied such allegations and transferred the prosecution for security issues and […]
Kela is terminating several agreements with the therapy center Vastamo
On Wednesday, the Finnish Social Insurance Institution Kela announced that it was terminating several contracts with the private psychotherapy center Vastamo because some of the company’s therapists are not sufficiently qualified. Kela announced that it was terminating the agreement with Vastamo at the company’s units in Turku, Tampere, Seinäjoki, Jyväskylä and Hämeenlinna. According to the […]
Danes are choosing domestic options over foreign travel this summer
Denmark is scheduled to be fully vaccinated at the end of June, just in time for Roskilde Festival and the traditional July break, but most Danes do not wake up abroad, according to a new study. Only 22 percent travel abroad for their holiday and leave 59 percent to spend the holiday at home, according […]
Neuroflow – an active auditory stimulation program
Neuroflow is the first Polish active auditory stimulation program, which has recently also been available in Iceland. Active because it requires cooperation and concentration also on the part of the patient. This is a chance for people who have problems with auditory processing, i.e. understanding speech in noise, focusing on verbal communication, correct pronouncing and […]
HS: Psychotherapy Center The owner of the office is asking for a purchase
Some of the data has been used to blackmail both the service provider and its customers and ended up in a dark network. Based on the information received on Tuesday, Helsingin Sanomat wrote that the infringement report was submitted by the parent company of the current owner of Vastamo, Intera Partners. “We have received a […]
Record number of deaths: Another 42 infected have died
When there are so many who have died, it is probably because there are significantly more infected today than there were in the spring. This is the assessment of Lars Østergaard, professor of infectious diseases and chief physician at Aarhus University Hospital. – It is the case that if you become infected with a disease […]
Sales of psychiatric drugs increased in 2020
According to the Finnish Association of Pharmacies (AFP), sales of psychiatric drugs have increased by about nine percent from last year. Erkki Kostiainen, AFP’s communications director, sales growth for antidepressants has been significant. Total pharmaceutical sales are estimated to have grown by about two percent from last year. Statistics from Kela, the social insurance institution […]
HS: The staff of the Finnish Psychotherapy Center is suspected of a data breach
Read more: Finnish police have received 25,000 reports related to the hacking of the Vastamo (November 10, 2020) Information about the hacking of the counter office would have stopped the acquisition, the owner tells HS (October 28, 2020) Almost EUR 10 million has been confiscated from the former CEO of the office and his parents […]
Successful combination of immunotherapy and transplantation of microbiome
Israeli researchers have now succeeded in combining two notable research fields – transplantation of gastrointestinal bacteria and immunotherapy in cancer patients. That according to a new study published in the journal Science. The study includes a small group of ten patients with skin cancer. All patients have undergone different types of cancer treatments, but without […]
Response: Patients can now receive personal information via encrypted email
Customers at the Answered Vastamo Therapy Center have been told that they can now make secure electronic requests for their personal information. They need to authenticate themselves with either bank IDs or mobile ID services, the company said on its website on Monday. The company, which was hit by a large-scale data breach involving thousands […]
The Finnish police have received 25,000 reports related to the hacking of Vastamo
Read more: HS: Hacking of a correspondence can become the biggest criminal case in Finnish history (October 29, 2020) KRP: Hacking of the Finnish Psychotherapy Center was detected at the end of September (October 26, 2020) He also assured that the backlog of reports is not currently expected to affect the pre-investigation into hacking, which […]
Almost 10 million euros have been confiscated from the former CEO of the office and his parents
Helsinki District Court issued an order ex parte basis on the grounds that the hearing of the other party could endanger the purpose of the operation, wrote Ilta-Sanomat. “There is a risk that the defendant will conceal, destroy or dispose of the property or take any other action that will jeopardize the appellant’s claim,” the […]
IS: The manager separates the CEO by saying he knows about hacking for 18 months
The Psychotherapy Center has stated that its database was hacked in November 2018. The Finnish cybersecurity company Nixu later found in its investigation that the center was also targeted at another hacking in March 2019. “It is very likely that the CEO knew about it at the time,” Kahri told Ilta-Sanomat. PTK Midco, a holding […]
Consumer organizations provide free legal advice to victims of security breaches
The consumer NGO provides free legal advice to people who have been targeted by a private psychotherapy company on a large-scale data breach and subsequent blackmail attempts. The Finnish Consumers’ Association announced on Monday that, as a result of an unprecedented crime, it has set up its own free counseling service for people who have […]
Sudoku aims to strengthen patients’ brains
But the life that awaits after discharge is never for many as it was before they became ill. In half of the patients, the brain is slightly congested, and for every third to such an extent that it corresponds to incipient Alzheimer’s. This is shown by a new study from 24 intensive care units, which […]
Psychotherapy Center security breaches receive personal blackmail emails
The extortionist now sends individual emails to psychotherapy center patients and asks them to transfer hundreds of euros at Bitcoin to stop publishing their patient information online. In addition to their personal information, the blackmail authority told them that a book of discussions with their therapists would be published. It is not known whether the […]
The private psychotherapy sector is not supervised, Valvira explains
Earlier this week, a private psychotherapy center Vastaamo announced that its patient database had been hacked and that factors require payment of nearly half a million euros of data recovery. However, the blackmailer began publishing highly sensitive personal information on the dark network of at least 200 Patient patients, including information about their personal lives […]
The blackmail publisher publishes more sensitive information about patients in psychotherapy centers
The blackmailer, who demands money from a group of psychotherapy centers, has released highly sensitive personal information about more than 200 patients. The author has threatened to publish more on a daily basis, unless Vastaamon psychotherapy center company to pay nearly half a million euro ransom. Another batch of about 100 patient reports appeared early […]
Psychotherapy center database hacked, patient data ransom
The privately owned psychotherapy center Vastamo announced that sensitive information about its clients will be leaked after the hacking of its database, according to a corporate publication released on Wednesday. According to a Helsinki-based company, the hackers who stole the data tried to extort money in return for returning it. Chairman of the Board of […]
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Long-term Finnish study links smoking to increased risk of fatal stroke
There appears to be a significant association between smoking and subarachnoid hemorrhage, a fatal stroke. a new study published by Finnish researchers in a scientific journal, Apoplexy. Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) refers to a life-threatening stroke caused by hemorrhage around the brain. The researchers studied the health data of more than 16,000 twins from the Finnish […]
Ruth Bader Ginsburg is dead
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a liberal judge in the US Supreme Court, has died at the age of 87. She died on Friday at her home in Washington, as a result of pancreatic cancer. “Our nation has lost a lawyer of historical proportions. We in the Supreme Court have lost a well-liked colleague. Today we mourn, […]
Give yourself a chance: Find your true north
Do you need to start your own business or work for someone else? Your true northThis is a difficult question to answer as we all have different values and motivators. My answer, looking into yourself may sound like zen advice, but it’s probably the only way you’ll ever find your true north. Many people like […]
New research: Hormone therapy saves the lives of corona patients
Researchers from Rigshospitalet, in collaboration with colleagues from 12 other countries, have had a breakthrough in the treatment of the sickest covid-19 patients. Experiments with three forms of adrenal cortex hormone have shown that the very common drug has a marked effect on corona patients who lie with oxygen in intensive care units. In Denmark, […]
Summer & Winter in P1
Salt, cormorant, dare chance – I have almost always said yes, says host Gry Forssell in his Summer. Sometimes it has been a success and sometimes it has been a failure. And, she says: If you drive on, say yes, test different things and jobs and then maybe make the wrong decision at some point […]
Summer & Winter in P1
“I think I love her. My psychologist. ” – I gesture on the two-seater sofa, talk quickly and laugh at myself and my stupid fears, says Therese Lindgren in her Summer.But the psychologist sitting opposite is not laughing. On the contrary, she explains that many of her patients share this fear and that it is […]
Professor: Effect of blood plasma treatment is uncertain
It is difficult to assess the efficacy of coronavirus blood plasma therapy at present. This is what professor and chief physician Lars Østergaard from Aarhus University Hospital says. The announcement comes after US President Donald Trump late Sunday night described it as “a historic breakthrough” that the US Drug Administration has approved the use of […]
