Sleep apnea is a prevalent nocturnal breathing disorder and causes a high burden to the affected individuals, as well as to society and economy. However, current diagnostic methods for sleep apnea are complicated and labour-intensive processes involving various shortcomings related to measuring, analysing and reporting of data.
The Nordic e-Infrastructure Collaboration (NeIC) facilitates the development of advanced IT tools and services in areas of importance to Nordic researchers.
Four forms of treatment against rheumatoid arthritis have been tested in a comprehensive Nordic research trial, which is the largest of its kind in the world. The results help to put the Nordic Region on the world map, the researchers emphasise.
The Nordic countries are on a par with the rest of Europe when it comes to health inequality. If we’re to reverse the trend, we need to include as many people as possible in the labour market and give them the health care they need, researchers claim.
337. That is the number of pre-proposals generated by NordForsk’s call for interdisciplinary research proposals. The purpose of the NordForsk initiative is to encourage high-quality interdisciplinary research, and the call for proposals has a budget of NOK 120 million.
With a new call The Joint Committee for Nordic research councils in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NOS-HS) and NordForsk want to encourage young researchers to establish networks early in their careers which in turn, hopefully, will lead to more Nordic collaboration in a longer perspective.
