NLS Research

In a study involving almost 250,000 people, scientists have found a connection between high levels of vitamin D in the blood and the risk of suffering a stroke or a coronary thrombosis, according to a ScienceNordic article. The findings cannot directly link the two, because it was an observational study. But the study results should […]

A study by Norwegian researchers in New Delhi indicates that young children suffering frequent bouts of diarrhea experience developmental delays compared to healthy children, according to a Science Nordic article. “Incidences of diarrhea need to drop in order for children in India to develop optimally. Brain development can be affected,” says psychologist Ingrid Kvestad. “Child […]

Danish researchers at the University of Copenhagen have discovered how to map more than one protein at a time, when proteins repair damaged DNA. The discovery could help accelerate the process of developing better and gentler cancer treatments. The research is described in an article in the scientific journal, Science. When DNA is damaged, several […]

People with celiac disease, which is an  intolerance for gluten, are about 2.5 times more likely to be diagnosed with nerve damage than those without the disease, according to a study at Karolinska Institutet. The study involved 28,232 individuals from Sweden whose celiac disease was confirmed with small-intestine biopsies, alongside 139,473 age- and sex-matched controls, […]

Researchers at the Developmental Neuroscience Laboratory at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology are trying to understand the underlying processes that control neurological development by studying infants. The tests are performed using electroencephalography (EEG), which is a recording system that uses voltage fluctuations along the scalp to record the brain’s spontaneous electrical activity. Researchers […]

A Danish study shows that infections can impair one’s cognitive ability as measured on an IQ scale. The largest of its kind to date, the study indicates a clear correlation between infection levels and impaired cognition. “Our research shows a correlation between hospitalization due to infection and impaired cognition corresponding to an IQ score of […]