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  1. Five years after HPV vaccine introduction: Significant decline in HPV prevalence

    Five years after HPV vaccine introduction: Significant decline in HPV prevalence

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    The first cohort of girls offered the HPV vaccine in the 7th grade has a significantly lower prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) than girls in older cohorts who were not eligible for HPV vaccination.
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    Modell av HPV-virus
  2. ADHD diagnoses poorly documented

    ADHD diagnoses poorly documented

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    Many ADHD diagnoses are not well documented, according to a review of the medicals records of 549 children with an ADHD diagnosis.
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    Gutt drikker vann
  3. Maternal history of miscarriages and measures of fertility in relation to childhood asthma

    Maternal history of miscarriages and measures of fertility in relation to childhood asthma

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    Children of parents who have had difficulty conceiving, or who are the result of assisted reproduction, are at increased risk of asthma according to a Norwegian study.
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  4. Children exposed to many environmental contaminants

    Children exposed to many environmental contaminants

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    Children across Europe are exposed to a wide range of contaminants in foetal life and childhood but their exposure varies by country and compound, according to a recent study.
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  5. Decrease in new type 2 diabetes cases in Norway

    Decrease in new type 2 diabetes cases in Norway

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    There are fewer new patients with type 2 diabetes. The number of newly diagnosed cases declined from more than 16 000 in 2009 to 11 000 in 2014.
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  6. Meningococcal disease: Short way from harmless bacteria to major epidemics

    Meningococcal disease: Short way from harmless bacteria to major epidemics

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    With just two gene mutations, harmless bacteria transform into a strain that could cause major epidemics in Niger and Nigeria. This is shown by a research study at the Norwegian Institute of Public
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    Figure 1. The map shows how the outbreak, starting in one province in northern Nigeria, spread like an epidemic to nearby provinces and the neighbouring country, Niger over the next four years.  Illustration: Brynildsrud et al., 2018
  7. Narcolepsy after swine influenza pandemic

    Narcolepsy after swine influenza pandemic

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    A study confirms that the risk of narcolepsy increased after vaccination with Pandemrix during the influenza pandemic 2009/2010. It also suggests that the narcolepsy risk increased after influenza.
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