Siw Ellen Jakobsen
Surprising scientists five years after the pandemic, coronavirus has not disappeared but continues to mutate and spread
"We thought SARS-CoV-2 would follow the same pattern as influenza, with a clear winter peak. But the virus has been ...
Viewpoint: ‘The rise in autism rates cannot solely be attributed to more accurate diagnoses’
The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) recently presented startling figures on the increase in autism diagnoses from 2010 to ...
130 lung cancer patients from six countries given experimental mRNA vaccine as study commences
The first jabs were recently administered in London. There, researchers are testing a vaccine designed to hunt down and kill ...
Nuance needed: Teen social media use has positive influences as well
Researchers, media and politicians all tend to focus on the negative aspects of social media, according to psychologist and researcher ...
Brain scans reveal how parental education and income affect kids’ development
Researchers have studied images of the brains of 10,000 American children finding parental education and income impact brain development ...
Anti-aging elixirs: As search for life-extending drugs expands, ethical questions emerge
Scientists are now researching drugs in many places around the world that might enable us to live even longer ...
‘Deep theoretical crisis’: How valid is psychotherapy?
As a therapist, you need to be ready to abandon the method you know and like if it doesn’t make ...
Why are there 500 different types of psychotherapy?
Treatments can vary widely and are sometimes even contradictory. But no one is making sure that the method you use ...
Reports of debilitating ‘climate anxiety’ fill the news. Is it real and widespread?
Forest fires, floods, hurricanes, drought, extreme heat. Our planet is now experiencing climate change unprecedented in human history. For some, ...
How can you distinguish normal aging from dementia — and what do you need to do to diagnose your situation?
A blood test that can be used to make a precise diagnosis of people with symptoms of dementia is just ...
Ethical dilemma: Blood test can reveal dementia risk — but we are no closer to a cure
It can be discomforting when your memory fails. It can cause people to worry that dementia is right around the ...
What makes some societies more radicalized and violent than others?
What makes a society resilient against radicalization? The researchers want to determine if there are any common features. And they ...
Higher education doesn’t slow the aging of the brain
If you find it difficult to remember things as you get older, it’s partly because your brain is shrinking gradually, ...
Lifebrain project: Education has almost no effect on brain health and does not protect against dementia
If you find it difficult to remember things as you get older, it’s partly because your brain is shrinking gradually, ...
Obesity, epilepsy, fatty liver and sleep disorders genetically linked to ADHD in adults
Obesity, epilepsy, alcohol-related liver disease, fatty liver, sleep disorders and COPD. These are some of the many diseases that Swedish ...
Children who finish puberty earlier — usually girls — tend to do better in school
Girls do better than boys in almost all subjects at school. Many researchers are concerned about the growing differences in ...
Exercise may benefit your brain more than any other part of your body
The Norwegian Directorate of Health recommends that people exercise at moderate intensity a total of 2.5 hours each week – ...
Is being married the key to a longer life?
Mortality – or the frequency of deaths – has been steadily declining in Norway over the last hundred years in ...
Pill could put bread back on the plates of people with celiac disease
Celiac disease is caused by the body’s reactions to proteins found in wheat, barley and rye. Nearly 30 different drug ...
Trouble sleeping? Your children may experience the same problems, study suggests
Researchers have long known that severe sleep disorders, such as sleep apnea, are hereditary. But what about common sleep problems, ...
Anxiety in dementia patients is often ‘overlooked, underestimated and not identified’
It’s not uncommon for people with dementia to roam around a lot and to be very restless, both day and ...