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  1. What we do

    What we do

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    We have several projects on Global non-communicable diseases.
    Article
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  2. Osteoporosis and fractures in Norway - fact sheet

    Osteoporosis and fractures in Norway - fact sheet

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    Each year, approximately 9,000 adult Norwegians fracture their hips and 15,000 fracture their wrists. A large number also suffer from vertebral compression fractures in the back. Women and men in Norway have among the world’s highest fracture incidence.
    Article
    Bilde av eldre hender
  3. New study links number of children to dementia risk

    New study links number of children to dementia risk

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    Individuals with no children, one child or more than four children have a higher risk of dementia at age 70 than those with two or three children, according to a study from The Norwegian Institute of Public Health.
    Research findings
    Illustrasjonsbilde av en familie
  4. Registry tool for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation in Norway – RegTool AFNOR

    Registry tool for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation in Norway – RegTool AFNOR

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    The overall aim of the project is to identify targets and tools for better stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation patients.
    Project
  5. ENABLE: Enabling environments for non-communicable disease (NCD) risk reduction in Ethiopia

    ENABLE: Enabling environments for non-communicable disease (NCD) risk reduction in Ethiopia

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    ENABLE aims to reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by reducing the life-long prevalence of major NCD risk factors among pregnant women in Ethiopia.
    Project
  6. Palliative cancer care (Indicator 20)

    Palliative cancer care (Indicator 20)

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    The indicator describes the following: Access to palliative care assessed by morphine-equivalent consumption of strong opioid analgesics (in grams of morphine) per death from cancer.
    Indikatorer for ikke-smittsomme sykdommer NCD
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  7. Statistics

    Statistics

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    Statistics from the Norwegian Cardiovascular Disease Registry can be found in our statistic banks. The statistic banks and annual reports are only available in Norwegian.
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    Forstørrelsesglass med tabeller inni glasset
  8. About the Norwegian Cardiovascular Disease Registry

    About the Norwegian Cardiovascular Disease Registry

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    The Norwegian Cardiovascular Disease Registry is a registry of diseases of the heart and blood vessels. Here is a short description of what is registered.
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    Hjerte med en graf inne i ved siden av en dame som jobber på en pc. Illustrasjon.
  9. Hip fractures in Norway: Predictors, incidence and survival. Norwegian Epidemiologic Osteoporosis Studies (NOREPOS)

    Hip fractures in Norway: Predictors, incidence and survival. Norwegian Epidemiologic Osteoporosis Studies (NOREPOS)

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    The aim of the project is to explore the possible causes for the high incidence of hip fractures in Norway.
    Project
  10. The maternal effect on childhood asthma

    The maternal effect on childhood asthma

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    The background for this project is that the risk of asthma in children is higher when the mother has asthma than when the father has asthma.
    Project
  11. Prevention of injuries in the home – Mapping of systematic reviews published between 2019 and 2024

    Prevention of injuries in the home – Mapping of systematic reviews published between 2019 and 2024

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    The purpose of this project was to identify and carry out a simple survey of existing systematic reviews published from 2019 to 2024.
    Mapping review
    Forsiden til rapporten. Bilde
  12. Less dementia among occupational groups with cognitively demanding jobs

    Less dementia among occupational groups with cognitively demanding jobs

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    A study from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health shows that people with cognitively demanding jobs during their 30s to 60s have a lower risk of mild cognitive impairment and dementia after 70 years of age than people with less cognitively demanding jobs.
    Research findings
    Illustrasjonsbilde av en skolelærer
  13. PainFACT publications

    PainFACT publications

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    Here is a list of publications from PainFACT.
    Article
    Illustrasjon over publikasjoner
  14. Our team

    Our team

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    To achieve the objectives of PainFACT we have on board a solid team of partner institutions, collaborators and personnel with leading expertise within their respective fields.
    Article
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  15. Our work

    Our work

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    To achieve our overall aim of identifying molecular mechanisms of pain related disorders, we have organized our work into 8 work packages (WP1-WP8).
    Article
    Stetoskop og tastatur
  16. Overview of health registries at FHI

    Overview of health registries at FHI

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    The mandatory national health registries were established to maintain national functions.
    Article
    Helsefagperson med PC
  17. Understanding the link between cardio-metabolic diseases and severe psychiatric disorders - a national multigenerational register study

    Understanding the link between cardio-metabolic diseases and severe psychiatric disorders - a national multigenerational register study

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    Project
  18. EPHI welcomes ENABLE: a global consortium working with pregnant women in Ethiopia

    EPHI welcomes ENABLE: a global consortium working with pregnant women in Ethiopia

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    The Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) and the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) have launched the ENABLE project: Enabling environments for non-communicable disease (NCD) risk reduction in Ethiopia.
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  19. Enabling environments for non-communicable disease (NCD) risk reduction in Ethiopia

    Enabling environments for non-communicable disease (NCD) risk reduction in Ethiopia

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    ENABLE aims to reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by reducing the life-long prevalence of major NCD risk factors among pregnant women in Ethiopia.
    Project
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  20. Changing lives, changing brains

    Changing lives, changing brains

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    We will study life-course effects of and interactions between family and work in adulthood for risk of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias and cognitive impairment in older adults.
    Project
  21. Exposure to heat and air pollution in EUrope – cardiopulmonary impacts and benefits of mitigation and adaptation (EXHAUSTION)

    Exposure to heat and air pollution in EUrope – cardiopulmonary impacts and benefits of mitigation and adaptation (EXHAUSTION)

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    The EXHAUSTION project aims to quantify the changes in cardiopulmonary mortality and morbidity due to extreme heat and air pollution (including from wildfires) under selected climate scenarios
    Project
  22. About the PAGE-study

    About the PAGE-study

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    We believe the PAGE-study can provide a novel insight that may lead to preventive measures against type 1 diabetes and coeliac disease in the future.
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  23. Allergy - food allergy, respiratory allergy and skin allergy

    Allergy - food allergy, respiratory allergy and skin allergy

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    The word allergy is Greek and means altered reaction. Allergy involves changes in the body's response to harmless substances in our environment.
    Article
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  24. No increased risk of malformations with metformin use in pregnancy with diabetes

    No increased risk of malformations with metformin use in pregnancy with diabetes

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    Results from a Nordic study on pregnant women with type 2 diabetes indicate that use of the medication metformin does not lead to congenital malformations in the foetus.
    Research findings
    Gravid afrikansk kvinne som holder en pille i hånden
  25. No increased risk of cardiovascular disease among women who have used IVF treatment

    No increased risk of cardiovascular disease among women who have used IVF treatment

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    Women who have used in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment to conceive have no increased risk of cardiovascular disease, according to a new Nordic study including more than two million women who had delivered in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland.
    Research findings
    Tre hoder ved siden av hverandre, vektor/Three human heads, Vector