For patients with Parkinson’s disease, early signs of a certain part of the brain being broken down has been shown to have a negative impact on the course of the disease. The results of a study which researchers from Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital are behind can potentially alter current practice and help target the treatment of patients.

The risk of suffering a blood clot in the legs or lungs as an adult is higher for people who were overweight as a child. But the good news is that losing weight before becoming a teenager reduces the risk. This is shown by research from Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital.

Four talented junior researchers have received grants from the Danish Diabetes Academy that enable them to complete either their PhD or postdoc programme at Health. This is good news for diabetes research both nationally and internationally, as the junior researchers collaborate with colleagues from elite universities.

New research from the national psychiatric project, iPSYCH, shows that a specific gene is associated with an increased risk of cannabis abuse. The gene is the source of a so-called nicotine receptor in the brain, and people with low amounts of this receptor have an increased risk of cannabis abuse.

On Friday 7 June, a number of employees received a phishing email from the email address ‘IThelpdesk@au.dk’ trying to persuade the recipient into revealing their password. If you think an email may be a phishing attempt, please contact your local IT support team or the information security department.

This autumn, the Central Denmark Region and Aarhus University will offer seven different courses which will give researchers and PhD students training in how to communicate health science research to people who are not academics and specialists.