News from REMEDY

Brown has researched personal treatment. Can her research be the solution for patients who do not benefit as much from drugs as others?

The environmental commitment is strong in the rheumatological environment at Diakonhjemmet Hospital. A new action plan is working to reduce the environmental footprint. Here are some examples of measures across research groups and clinical departments. 

EULAR 2025: Four hectic days of lectures, posts, debates and practical sessions gathered around 14,000 professionals from all over the world in Barcelona. Norway posed strongly, with broad participation from researchers, clinicians, health professionals and patient representatives. . Here are some of the contributions. 

Digital home follow -up by axial spondyloarthritis - a possible alternative? The doctoral fellow at Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Emil Eirik Kvernberg Thomassen has been researching for the past three years. Now we can congratulate him on the PhD degree.

Dr. John Knitza, a leading figure in digital treatment technology in the rheumatology field, gave an interesting lecture when WP5 organized a summer seminar. The theme was about where the research in the digital area stands today and the direction going forward. Inger Jorid Berg and Emily V. Langballe presented exciting Norwegian research in the field.

At a time marked by climate change, loss of biodiversity and increasing environmental challenges, we need voices that manage to convey the complexity of nature's crises with both academic weight and human warmth. Dag O. Hess is one of them.

An important milestone is reached in the Picasso study, which is the largest of its kind. Over 200 participants are now included - and with that the project is well over halfway in goal with the inclusion. The study compares different treatments in painful osteoarthritis in the root of the thumb.

A new study shows that both digital home follow -up and patient -controlled follow -up can save health resources, without compromising patient safety or satisfaction. It can provide more flexible and effective health services for patients with chronic illness.