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Health Science news

30/08-10 kl. 14:38 Campus / Health Science

Health scientists: We are also favourites

While university favourites face each other down, they forget the third team

See also:: DHL victory was stolen; Food institute: Physicists »cheated« in DHL too; Teams pull up their socks for DHL relay dash; New record: 1,800 staff to run DHL

21/06-10 kl. 06:00 Research / Health Science

Midnight snacks mean bad teeth

Watch out for those late evening World Cup soccer snacks. Eating food late at night can cause serious damage to teeth, warn University of Copenhagen researchers

24/05-10 kl. 12:45 Research / Health Science

Schizophrenia tied to late development

There is a link between late development and schizophrenia, starting as early as the first year of a child's life. This is according to a recent University of Copenhagen study

See also:: Study links creativity and mental illness

13/04-10 kl. 06:00 Research / Humanities / Health Science / Theology

Self-awareness, norms, and emotions, all on video

The Center for Subjectivity Research, led by Professor Dan Zahavi, is an interdisciplinary melting pot of neuroscientists, theologians and philosophers. If that wasn't interdisciplinary enough for you, they have also started making films

09/04-10 kl. 06:00 Culture / Health Science

Scalpels and dentist chairs are also works of art

Medical Museion is to focus more on art, culture, and aesthetics. Is hiring new associates

19/08-10 kl. 06:00 Campus / Life Science / Science / Health Science

Teams pull up their socks for DHL relay dash

Physicists and life scientists are fired up after their controversial showdown in 2009. But other teams will not let them just run away with it. Read the University Post guide to the fastest university teams this year

See also:: DHL victory was stolen; Food institute: Physicists »cheated« in DHL too; New record: 1,800 staff to run DHL; Health scientists: We are also favourites

24/03-10 kl. 10:28 Research / Health Science

Dean: Courageous and visionary Novo gift

Dean says Novo Nordisk Foundation’s new lifestyle centre will be and integrated part of Faculty of Health Sciences

See also:: Copenhagen gets DKK 885m donation for diabetes

24/03-10 kl. 07:00 Politics / Health Science

Weak Student Council smile

The huge Novo donation to the University of Copenhagen is fine. But education should not be given a low priority while fancy specific research projects are embellished, say student representatives

See also:: Copenhagen gets DKK 885m donation for diabetes

09/02-10 kl. 12:59

Medical exhibition: Healthy aging - A lifespan ...

The Medical Museion's new exhibition 'Healthy Aging - a lifespan approach' in the Panum Institute buildings shows how new technologies in recent history have enhanced the human senses. Check out the exhibition in our gallery.

The pictures are by Marie Czuray.

Read the related article here.

See also:: New professor at »aging« exhibition

09/02-10 kl. 07:00 Research / Health Science

New professor at »aging« exhibition

Bacteria you can eat, a PhD disaster, and the link beween yeast and a cure for cancer. All delivered by Oxford professor Ian Hickson in his inaugural lecture at the Centre for Healthy Aging

Protests against job losses at the the university

03/02-10 kl. 13:15 Politics / Pharma / Life Science / Science / Health Science

Firing at home, hiring abroad

The University of Copenhagen is firing its own staff while actively seeking international PhDs. This apparent paradox has a simple explanation, according to the Faculty Director of Life Sciences

03/02-10 kl. 13:01 Politics / Pharma / Life Science / Science / Health Science

82 employees named for layoffs

Rector Ralf Hemmingsen has informed the university board of the exact number of University of Copenhagen employees to be fired. This was at a board meeting yesterday Tuesday

25/01-10 kl. 16:11 World / Health Science

Doctors in warzones

Global response 2010, a conference on violent conflict and health, held its closing session today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The first of its kind, the conference gathered experts from fields relating to healthcare and humanitarian efforts in warzones, as well as eyewitnesses from Rwanda, Serbia, Sudan and Gaza

19/01-10 kl. 07:00 Research / Health Science

Vikings found in Denmark

University of Copenhagen scientists have excavated the remains of several Vikings in an effort to prove that it is possible to study uncontaminated ancient DNA

16/01-10 kl. 07:00 Research / Pharma / Humanities / Life Science / Science / Health Science

DKK 210 million for research

The Danish Ministry of Science has delegated DKK 210 million to establish a new research infrastructure. The University of Copenhagen is receiving DKK 58 million for three different projects

15/01-10 kl. 12:34 World / Health Science

Disaster Management students to help in Haiti

Three University of Copenhagen students will use their expertise in Disaster Management in the aid efforts following Tuesday's catastrophic earthquake in Haiti

16/12-09 kl. 07:00 Research / Health Science

Young-looking people live longer

Everyone at the University Post head quarters is staring at each other, judging - in some cases even placing bets. A recent Danish study indicates that people who look young for their age live longer