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Life after childhood cancer
The number of cancer survivors among children and young people in the Nordic region has never been greater, but little is known about the challenges this patient group faces in the aftermath of cancer treatment. Survivors of childhood cancer may experience difficulty concentrating, fatigue or depression due to various late effects from the disease and the treatment, and also have an increased risk for a wide array of other diseases. More knowledge is needed about the impacts of childhood cancer on subsequent education, working life and family life. With the help of Nordic health registries, the NordForsk-funded SALiCCS project is taking steps to learn more.
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NordForsk receives 56 applications under call for proposals on Sustainable Urban Development and Smart Cities
14.06.2019
Decisions on which projects will be awarded funding are expected in October-November 2019.
Read moreCybersecurity on the agenda in The Hague
07.06.2019
The Nordic countries have cooperated closely on societal security for several decades. In recent years, this tradition has been supplemented by several political initiatives across national borders. In 2016, it was allocated funding to four projects under the Nordic Societal Security Programme’s call for proposals on society, integrity and cyber-security. Recently, they met in The Hague to exchange experiences and lessons learned so far.
Read moreThreats in the air
06.06.2019
According to the World Health Organization, air pollution is the world’s largest single environmental health risk. Each year approximately 10 000 people in the Nordic region die prematurely as a result of air pollution exposure, but the question of which pollutants are the most detrimental to health has yet to be resolved. Professor Jørgen Brandt and other participants in the NordForsk project NordicWelfAir are hunting for the answer.
Read more- 27.05.2019 Invitation for e-infrastructure collaboration
- 22.05.2019 Concerted effort to develop personalised medicine
- 14.05.2019 Nordic Bioethics conference in Copenhagen
