.Background: Good nutrition is the foundation for health and well-being. Malnutrition among institutionalized older people is common despite attention paid to serving energy-rich meals and providing protein/energy supplements. In addition, chewing difficulties due to loss of teeth or poor oral health and swallowing difficulties (SWD) complicate eating and food intake among older people. SWD and chewing problems due to poor oral health may restrict the diet to only foods that are easy to chew and swallow. This in turn may limit variety of the diet and intake of adequate nutrients. Although these difficulties are common among residents in long-term care (LTC), they are often only considered when the resident has already become malnourished. D...
Various reasons, such as ethical issues in maintaining blood resources, growing costs, and strict re...
Despite of improving levels of hygiene, the incidence of registered food borne disease has been at t...
The aim of this thesis on primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) was to improve preoperative imaging, to...
Natural coniferous resins and other terpenic wood extracts have been raw materials for various produ...
Successful aging has been defined as good physical, psychological, and social functioning in old age...
Some manifestations of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection are indolent and self-limiting, while ot...
Introduction Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are ubiquitous and they have become more common than...
Campylobacter is the main bacterial genus of gastroenteritis in Finland and C. jejuni accounts for m...
Years of genetic selection of breeding sows have considerably increased the number of piglets born i...
ABSTRACT This study formed part of a developmental project in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area of Fi...
Type 2 diabetes occurs as a consequence of aging, family history, physical inactivity, unhealthy die...
The first part of this thesis summarizes the current literature on small choroidal melanomas (CMs). ...
Background: Nutrition among older people is associated with functional ability and quality of life (...
Introduction: Otitis media (OM), inflammation or infection of the middle ear, is a very common ch...
Diagnosis and treatment of bloodstream infections (BSIs) and infective endocarditis (IE) remain a ch...
Various reasons, such as ethical issues in maintaining blood resources, growing costs, and strict re...
Despite of improving levels of hygiene, the incidence of registered food borne disease has been at t...
The aim of this thesis on primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) was to improve preoperative imaging, to...
Natural coniferous resins and other terpenic wood extracts have been raw materials for various produ...
Successful aging has been defined as good physical, psychological, and social functioning in old age...
Some manifestations of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection are indolent and self-limiting, while ot...
Introduction Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are ubiquitous and they have become more common than...
Campylobacter is the main bacterial genus of gastroenteritis in Finland and C. jejuni accounts for m...
Years of genetic selection of breeding sows have considerably increased the number of piglets born i...
ABSTRACT This study formed part of a developmental project in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area of Fi...
Type 2 diabetes occurs as a consequence of aging, family history, physical inactivity, unhealthy die...
The first part of this thesis summarizes the current literature on small choroidal melanomas (CMs). ...
Background: Nutrition among older people is associated with functional ability and quality of life (...
Introduction: Otitis media (OM), inflammation or infection of the middle ear, is a very common ch...
Diagnosis and treatment of bloodstream infections (BSIs) and infective endocarditis (IE) remain a ch...
Various reasons, such as ethical issues in maintaining blood resources, growing costs, and strict re...
Despite of improving levels of hygiene, the incidence of registered food borne disease has been at t...
The aim of this thesis on primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) was to improve preoperative imaging, to...