Faculty of Medicine

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News from the Faculty of Medicine and the field of medical science.

14.11.2019

Health news

A step closer to cancer precision medicine

Researchers from the Faculty of Medicine and the Institute for Molecular Medicine (FIMM) at the University of Helsinki have developed a...

14.11.2019

Health news

Smokers and hypertensive individuals have higher risk of sudden death from brain bleed

Contrary to the previous data, a Finnish study clarifies that smoking and high blood pressure do not protect from death in patients suffering...

4.11.2019

Health news

Study decodes gene function that protects against type 2 diabetes

An international research collaboration led by researchers from the Universities of Helsinki and Oxford has identified the biological mechanism...

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Makers of the future

The Faculty of Medicine educates health care specialists, including physicians, dentists, psychologists and speech therapists as well as Master’s degree holders in translational medicine. In addition to carrying out teaching and research, the Faculty serves as an important authority in the field of health care and participates in ethics debates. The Faculty of Medicine is part of the Academic Medical Center Helsinki (AMCH).