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FRIMED-Klinisk medisin og folkehelse

Emotional factors and individual differences in placebo analgesia. Psychophysiological experiments.

The relationship between the pain stimulus (wounds, lesions, external stimuli) and experienced pain can be modified by the context in which pain occurs: Some patients can have intolerable pain but without any physiological sign of damage. On the other han d, severe wounds may not cause pain under...

Tildelt: kr 2,5 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2010

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

FRIMED-Klinisk medisin og folkehelse

Genetic and environmental influences on reading development and reading disability: A longitudinal twin study

The proposed research will complete the first international longitudinal twin study of genetic and environmental influences on pre-reading and early reading and related skills from preschool (age 5) through the end of kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grades, wh en children "learn to read", and at the e...

Tildelt: kr 2,1 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2010

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

FRIMED-Klinisk medisin og folkehelse

Tracking and prediction of health-related behaviour and physiological risk factors: 27 years follow up of a prospective cohort study

Worldwide the prevalence of overweight and obesity have increased the last decades. Obesity is associated with increased mortality, reduced life expectancy and an increase in several chronic diseases. It is important to identify risk factors for obesity t o make effective prevention strategies. O...

Tildelt: kr 2,9 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2010

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

FRIMED-Klinisk medisin og folkehelse

True exposure, measurement error and risk estimation in clinical and epidemiologic research

In epidemiology as well as in clinical studies our main interest lies in the estimation of the effect of exposure on disease. Most exposure data are subject to measurement error, and when ignored, they will bias our estimates of exposure-disease associati ons. It is important to understand the si...

Tildelt: kr 2,3 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2009

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

FRIMED-Klinisk medisin og folkehelse

Do socio-economic community factors affect mortality in Norway? An analysis based on unique multilevel longitudinal data.

The intention is to find out whether community characteristics exert an effect on an adult person's cause-specific mortality, above and beyond that of the person's individual characteristics. The focus will be on socio-economic community factors, such as average income and education and unemploym...

Tildelt: kr 0,90 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2008

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

FRIMED-Klinisk medisin og folkehelse

Hormone replacement therapy, gene expression profile and breast cancer

The project is mainly a collaboration between the University of Tromsø and INSERM, France. We will pool together information from the E3N cohort of about 100 000 French female teachers with the 150 000 participants in the Norwegian Women and Cancer study , NOWAC, both started in the early nineti...

Tildelt: kr 2,5 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2008

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

AS-HEL-Samfunnsmedisin og helsetj.

Social determinants of oral health during 35 years. The fourth study of two birth cohorts 1929-1938 and 1959-1960

There is a shortage of oral health epidemiological studies in Norway. There are no register data on oral health and oral disease to gain any knowledge from. All data must be collected by field studies. The section of Community dentistry at the University of Oslo have carried out three major oral ...

Tildelt: kr 0,61 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2006

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

FRIMED-Klinisk medisin og folkehelse

Life span development and decline in cognition- biological foundations

We focus on life span development and decline in cognition (attention,memory and executive functions) in healthy persons from 7 to 75 years. The projects include measures of structural MRI, functional imaging, genetics, cognitition and neuropsychology. Th e study builds on an established biobank ...

Tildelt: kr 3,5 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2009

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

AS-HEL-Samfunnsmedisin og helsetj.

Statistical methods for investigating disease candidate genes: SNP haplotype association analyses, with orofacial clefts as a case study

Background: Over the last few years the availability and use of densely spaced SNPs (Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms) in genetic mapping and association studies has exploded. The candidate genes suggested by full genome scans or by functional studies need to be tested in separate epidemiological...

Tildelt: kr 0,11 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2005-2006

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

FRIMED-Klinisk medisin og folkehelse

From Divided Objects to Whole Subjects. Holistic Philosophy in Medicine.

In the project From Divided Objects to Whole Subjects a theoretical study shall be carried out with the aim of developing and imparting a perspective in medicine that has been given little attention in today’s medicine. This perspective is the one that co ncerns the sick person and that attempts ...

Tildelt: kr 1,9 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2005-2010

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

FRIMED-Klinisk medisin og folkehelse

Norwegian Epidemiological Osteoporosis Studies. Why does the risk of osteoporotic fractures vary within Norway?

Norway has the world’s highest incidence of osteoporotic fractures. This large public health problem has severe consequences for the individual and for society. Bone mineral density (BMD) is the most widely used measure of bone strength. In spite of larg e regional differences in fracture risk, ...

Tildelt: kr 2,2 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2005-2008

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

AS-HEL-Samfunnsmedisin og helsetj.

Statistical Analysis of Complex Event History Data

Together with prof. Ørnulf Borgan, Institute of Mathematics, University of Oslo, the applicant has been invited to organize a research group named Statistical Analysis of Complex Event History Data at the Centre of Advanced Study, Norwegian Academy of Sci ence and Letters, during the academic yea...

Tildelt: kr 99 999

Prosjektperiode: 2005-2005

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

FRIMED-Klinisk medisin og folkehelse

Pregnancy, one-carbon metabolism and related single nucleotide polymorphisms

The proposed project is possible/feasible because of two parallel ongoing scientific activities in Norway: First, the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (NMCCS) is currently collecting information on life-style, diet, anthropometric measures and bloo d samples and have recruited about 38,000...

Tildelt: kr 1,8 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2005-2010

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

FRIMED-Klinisk medisin og folkehelse

Caesarean delivery; indications and consequences

In Norway the occurrence of caesarean section (CS) has increased from 1.8% in 1967 to 15.7% in 2002, when almost 9000 CSs were performed. The increase may be attributed to changing indications for CS, a changing panorama of implications during delivery, a nd changing attitudes among women. A CS i...

Tildelt: kr 1,8 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2005-2008

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

FRIMED-Klinisk medisin og folkehelse

Mortality from cardiovascular disease- Is Norway still a high risk country and do we all need statins?

Population studies have demonstrated a striking effect of the combination of several risk factors, such as cholesterol, blood pressure and smoking, on the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). A measure of the combined effect, which can be used for scient ific purposes and clinical practice is im...

Tildelt: kr 2,4 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2005-2009

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

FRIMED-Klinisk medisin og folkehelse

Diet, vitamin A and K, genetics and orofacial clefts

Several factors have been shown to promote orofacial clefting eg genetic factors, teratogenes, maternal alcohol and cigarette use, herbicides and nutrient intake like folate and other B-vitamins. Our primary aim is to study the association between materna l dietary intakes of the first three mont...

Tildelt: kr 2,3 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2005-2010

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

FRIMED-Klinisk medisin og folkehelse

Structure and dynamics of sexual networks: Implications for the spread of sexually transmitted infections

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are a serious and increasing problem in the world with severe personal and public health consequences. In Norway the Chlamydia incidence is high and increasing among young adults, primarily transmitted through hetero sexual contact. Mathematical modelling a...

Tildelt: kr 2,2 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2005-2008

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

FRIMED-Klinisk medisin og folkehelse

Negative thinking as dysfunctional habit

Persistent negative thinking about oneself is considered as pathological. Beck incorporated schematic negative thinking as a core element in his model of depression. However, the conceptual status of this phenomenon is less clear. While most stress the ne gative content of thinking, we propose to...

Tildelt: kr 0,54 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2005-2007

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

FRIMED-Klinisk medisin og folkehelse

Generation, reproduction and birth outcome

Causes for disease late in life can be found in events around birth, but also in events before the birth itself. A huge interest in the determinants of birthweight has recently re-emerged due to consistent results showing increased risk of poor health out comes for individuals born with low birth...

Tildelt: kr 2,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2005-2010

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

FRIMED-Klinisk medisin og folkehelse

Interactive effects of emotional valence and processing fluency on stimulus evaluation

Perceptual fluency is the subjective ease with which people can process incoming information. Several studies have shown that high perceptual fluency is affectively positive: experimental participants preferred stimuli that were easy to process. However, the existing studies with single exposure ...

Tildelt: kr 0,81 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2005-2008

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

FRIMED-Klinisk medisin og folkehelse

High- and low-level mechanisms of human memory

The project represents a broad-scale approach to the study of human memory. Memory is studied in the laboratory and in everyday contexts, with experiments aiming at the various memory systems or formats of memory representation, and looking at how memory is embedded in emotional and social inform...

Tildelt: kr 2,1 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2005-2007

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

FRIMED-Klinisk medisin og folkehelse

An Analysis of the Mechanisms that Determine the Effectiveness of Endorsement Advertisements

Many companies spend large sums of money on advertising, and effective vs. ineffective advertising can mean the difference between success and bankruptcy. Furthermore, even award-winning advertising campaigns sometimes fail to produce increases in product sales, suggesting that even industry exp...

Tildelt: kr 1,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2005-2007

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

AS-HEL-Samfunnsmedisin og helsetj.

Childhood diarrheal disease and nutrition prosject

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Tildelt: kr 0,23 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2004-2005

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

FRIMED-Klinisk medisin og folkehelse

The dynamics of fear

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Tildelt: kr 2,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2004-2008

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

FRIMED-Klinisk medisin og folkehelse

Inkluderende arbeidsliv: Hva betyr helseforhold tidlig i livet?

En kohort av alle levendefødte i Norge, 1967-76 (N=626928), er fulgt fra fødsel til 2001 ved hjelp av registerkoblinger i et retrospektivt longitudinelt design. Datakilder: 1. Medisinsk fødselsregister (helse, perinatale forhold) 2. Rikstrygdeverk et (pensjonsregister, årlige pensjonspoen...

Tildelt: kr 1,8 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2004-2007

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

AS-HEL-Samfunnsmedisin og helsetj.

Forelderskap etter kreftbehandling

Bakgrunn: Med et økende antall unge kreftpasienter som blir helbredet kreves det økende kunnskap om tidligere pasienters mulighet til å bli foreldre og hvilke risikomomenter slike svangerskap innebærer. Målsetning: Evaluering av tidligere k reftpasienters rater for fertilitet, svan...

Tildelt: kr 1,2 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2004-2008

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

FRIMED-Klinisk medisin og folkehelse

Kasus-kontroll metoder for analyse av multivariate forløps- og levetidsdata

Kasus-kontroll metoder har etterhvert blitt et mye brukt alternativ til tradisjonell kohortanalyse når en samler inn data på en sjelden sykdom i en stor populasjon. For levetidsdata er imidlertid metodene utviklet nesten utelukkende for univariate data. I situasjoner hvor en har en stor populasj...

Tildelt: kr 2,2 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2004-2007

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

FRIMED-Klinisk medisin og folkehelse

Urininkontinens under svangerskap og etter fødsel

Målet for prosjektet er todelt: 1. <.zeta.> undersøke sammenhengen mellom urinlekkasje senere i livet og mors alder ved fødslene, samt tidsperioden mellom fødslene. 2. <.zeta.> undersøke forløpet av urinlekkasje som oppstår i svangerskap og etter barnefødsler. Tidligere studier har vært...

Tildelt: kr 2,4 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2004-2007

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

FRIMED-Klinisk medisin og folkehelse

Tiltaksforskning - langsiktige perspektiver, sosiale ulikheter og kjønn: Frukt og grønt i 6.

Den helsemessige positive effekten av et kosthold rikt på frukt og grønnsaker er godt dokumentert. Undersøkelser viser imidlertid at nordmenn knapt spiser halvparten av det som anbefales. Videre ser vi at det skjer en markert reduksjon i inntak av frukt o g grønnsaker i løpet av ungdomsperioden. ...

Tildelt: kr 2,5 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2004-2007

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

FRIMED-Klinisk medisin og folkehelse

Kva innverknad har angst, depresjon, smertetilstander og somatiske diagnosar på sjukepengar og uføretrygding?

Trygdeforskinga har i liten grad hatt høve til å nytta seg av insentivfri rapportering og prospektive epidemiologiske design i undersøkingar på ulike risikofaktorar for å verta trygda. Prosjektet vil studere sentrale faktorar i forhold til trygd somangstl idelse, depresjon, smertetilstandar og so...

Tildelt: kr 1,7 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2004-2007

Sted: Ukjent Fylke