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Is Arctic medicine a distinct science? A Russian perspective [PDF]

International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2013
Results of research conducted over the past 50 years in the Arctic region showed that the health of the population is influenced by many factors, including the physical environment, climate, genetics, health-related behaviours, and living conditions.
Dimitrii G. Tiknonov
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The Russian Vector of Japan’s Policy in the Arctic

Russian Japanology Review, 2021
The article addresses the Russian vector of Japan’s Arctic policy. The main areas of Japan’s interest in cooperation with Russia in the Arctic region are energy, transport, and security.
D. V. Streltsov
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Genetic resources and genetic technologies for the development of the Northern Territories: on the results of the Second Conference (March 13–15, 2023)

Биотехнология и селекция растений, 2023
A series of events in honor of the centenary of the Polar Experiment Station of VIR founded by Nikolay Ivanovich Vavilov, was opened by the Second Scientific Conference “Genetic Resources and Genetic Technologies for the Development of Northern ...
E. K. Khlestkina, Yu. V. Ukhatova, L. Yu. Shipilina, A. A. Zavarzin   +3 more
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Specific environmental health concerns and medical challenges in Аrctic and sub-Аrctic regions

Analiz Riska Zdorovʹû, 2022
The paper concentrates on reviewing results of studies that address the influence exerted by climate change in the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions on local population health, ecological situation and ongoing sanitary-epidemiological processes. The systemic
J. Reis, N.V. Zaitseva, P. Spencer
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Complex lifestyle intervention among inactive older adults with elevated cardiovascular disease risk and obesity: a mixed-method, single-arm feasibility study for RESTART—a randomized controlled trial

Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 2021
Background Physical inactivity and obesity are global public health challenges. Older adults are important to target for prevention and management of disease and chronic conditions.
Trygve S. Deraas, Laila Hopstock, Andre Henriksen, Bente Morseth, Anne Sofie Sand, Inger Njølstad, Sigurd Pedersen, Edvard Sagelv, Jonas Johansson, Sameline Grimsgaard   +9 more
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Is A Common Goal A False Hope in Convergence Research?: Opportunities and Challenges of International Convergence Research to Address Arctic Change

Earth's Future, 2021
The Arctic faces multiple pressures including climate change, shifting demographics, human health risks, social justice imbalances, governance issues, and expanding resource extraction.
J. G. Ernakovich, N. Eklund, R. K. Varner, N. Kirchner, J. Jeuring, K. Duderstadt, A. Granebeck, E. Golubeva, ASIAQ participants   +8 more
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The association between health anxiety, physical disease and cardiovascular risk factors in the general population – a cross-sectional analysis from the Tromsø study: Tromsø 7

BMC Primary Care, 2022
Background Health anxiety (HA) is defined as a worry of disease. An association between HA and mental illness has been reported, but few have looked at the association between HA and physical disease.
Anja Davis Norbye, Birgit Abelsen, Olav Helge Førde, Unni Ringberg   +3 more
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Trends in known and undiagnosed diabetes, HbA1c levels, cardiometabolic risk factors and diabetes treatment target achievement in repeated cross-sectional surveys: the population-based Tromsø Study 1994–2016

BMJ Open, 2021
Objectives The aim of this study was to investigate time trends in known and undiagnosed diabetes, glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) levels and other cardiometabolic risk factors in the general population as well as treatment target achievement among those ...
Tom Wilsgaard, Laila Arnesdatter Hopstock, Inger Njølstad, Petja Lyn Langholz, Rolf Jorde   +4 more
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Health anxiety is an important driver of healthcare use

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Background Healthcare use is increasing, and health anxiety (HA) is recognized as an important associated factor. Previous research on the association between HA and healthcare use has mostly explored HA as a dichotomous construct, which contrasts the ...
Anja Davis Norbye, Birgit Abelsen, Olav Helge Førde, Unni Ringberg   +3 more
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Succeeding with prolonged usage of consumer-based activity trackers in clinical studies: a mixed methods approach

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Lack of physical activity (PA) is a risk factor for death and non-communicable disease. Despite this, more than one fourth of adults worldwide do not follow PA guidelines.
André Henriksen, Anne-Sofie Sand, Trygve Deraas, Sameline Grimsgaard, Gunnar Hartvigsen, Laila Hopstock   +5 more
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