Some migraine patients can cut down on medication or stop using it completely by using a newly developed inhaler which changes the composition of the air we breathe. This is the result of a pilot study conducted at Aarhus University, Denmark

Everyone is welcome to attend Health's Education Fair on 13 December 2018. The day will feature presentations by students and experts that are intended to provide inspiration for how we can create better transitions to the university for both Bachelor’s and Master's degree students.

Last week, the two programme groups being launched in the Human First partnership, which comprises VIA University College, the Central Denmark Region and Aarhus University, had their kick-off meetings. The programme groups are now charged with preparing proposals for how collaboration on research, education and development can be strengthened in relation to ‘diseases and brain injuries’ and ‘people with rehabilitation needs'.

Per Rugaard Poulsen has been appointed professor at Aarhus University. Here he will conduct research into how to give the best radiation therapy with the fewest possible side effects.

On 8 October, the Faculty of Health will inaugurate the Department of Biomedicine's new research building, which is named after the recently deceased Nobel Prize winner Jens Christian Skou. Fittingly, the inauguration takes place on what would have been his 100th birthday. The Minister for Transport, Building, and Housing, the Mayor of Aarhus and Skou's family will be among the participants.

A team of researchers from Aarhus University and the University of São Paulo have demonstrated that the compound cannabidiol from the cannabis plant works effectively against depression in rats and mice. Professor Gregers Wegener predicts great potential for the compound – perhaps already within the next five years.