Deadline for Nordic colleges to send in nominations to the editorial board: 15th March 2015. For further information about the award please, contact the editorial offi ce at www.sjphc.org The fi nal decision of who is going to be awarded Paper of the Year is judged by the full editorial board of the Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care. A specifi c focus is put on explicit criteria: Impa...

Health inequalities pose an important public health challenge in European countries, for which increased social mobility has been suggested as a cause. We sought to describe how the relationship between health inequalities and social mobility varies among welfare regime types in the European region. Data from six rounds of the European Social Survey was analyzed using multilevel statistical tec...

Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) is an enzyme involved in metabolic pathways of importance for nucleotide synthesis and methylation of DNA, membranes, proteins and lipids. The MTHFR gene includes a common polymorphism (rs1801133 or C677T), which is associated with enzyme activity. The T-allele of the C677T polymorphism has been associated with earlier age at onset of schizophrenia in...

Nordic general practice is something to be proud of. Our doctors are well educated and competent. Furthermore, Nordic medical care stands on rather unique ideological grounds, seen from a global perspective: an ambitious social contract characterized by uniform public funding, solidarity, and equitable distribution of services [1 6]. The Nordic medical systems show many similarities with the Br...

BACKGROUND Central neuraxial blocks (CNBs) for surgery and analgesia are an important part of anaesthesia practice in the Nordic countries. More active thromboprophylaxis with potent antihaemostatic drugs has increased the risk of bleeding into the spinal canal. National guidelines for minimizing this risk in patients who benefit from such blocks vary in their recommendations for safe practice....

Academic researchers in the Nordic countries participate in many common projects that process large amounts of data. To function effectively, such collaborations need a grid computing infrastructure that works across a wide area and uses distributed resources efficiently. Initial evaluations of existing grid solutions, however, showed that they failed to meet this requirement. The Globus Toolki...

Quality of Life Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark Research Clinic for Holistic Medicine Nordic School of Holistic Medicine, Copenhagen, Denmark Scandinavian Foundation for Holistic Medicine, Sandvika, Norway Interuniversity College, Graz, Austria National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Office of the Medical Director, Division for Mental Retardation, Ministry of Social Affai...