Siw Ellen Jakobsen
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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 ...
