NLS Research

A new study at Denmark’s Aalborg University Hospital shows that the chance of a person returning to work after a heart attack increases by 40 percent if that person gets immediate first aid in comparison with those who don’t get any help until an ambulance arrives. “When a bystander gives heart massage and artificial respiration […]

A recent Norwegian survey showed that melatonin use among children between ages 4 and 17 has increased annually from 2004 to 2012, and that children as young as 4 take the medication for several years. Melatonin is used to help people fall asleep. But some studies have shown that the drug delays puberty in some […]

Researchers at iNANO at Aarhus University are testing a type of “scaffolding” made from biodegradable nanofibers that takes over for structures in the body that hold cells together and support body tissue. “So far we’ve tested it on mice and rats. But there’s still some way to go before we can use this scaffolding on […]

A new study from the research project ADEX at the University of Copenhagen shows that just one hour of moderate physical exercise three times a week can slow the development of Alzheimer’s disease when it is at its earliest stages, according to ScienceNordic.  “We’ve known for a long time that physical activity reduces the risk […]

Scientists have devised a new method for predicting whether a woman will develop breast cancer within two to five years. “The method may not be perfect, but it’s seriously good,” says Rasmus Bro, co-author of the study and professor of chemometrics at the Department of Food Science at the University of Copenhagen. “At the same […]

A consultant and his colleague at the laboratory department at the University of Southern Denmark discovered bacteria they had never seen before in a sample taken from a patient with blood poisoning.  “We ran a number of comprehensive DNA analyses in an attempt to find out what we had found,” explains Ulrik Stenz Justesen, an […]