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25.06.2013: Gigantic research projects in the USA and EU are set to probe deeper into the mysteries of the brain. Brain research is an investment for the future. Now is the time to achieve a level of research and development not seen since the height of the Space Race. With these words, President Barack Obama...

19.02.2013: It is said that medical truths are short-lived. They are also hard to find. The question sounds plausible: Which is the best treatment for distal radius fractures? Two review articles in this issue of our journal investigate exactly this issue (1, 2). Both articles emphasise the inadequacy of...

12.11.2012: Our journal is now printed on a new type of paper. At the same time, we are launching the iPad version. In combination, the changes represent the best of two worlds. «Can’t you decide what channel to watch!» I recently exclaimed to one of my teenage children, who was zapping incessantly between the...

26.06.2012: There will be fewer problems for everyone if all required permissions have been obtained before the data collection starts. Afterwards it may be too late. «Ask first, dig later», the former Norwegian telecommunications agency exhorted us. This was back when the telephone book was a real book and not...

15.11.2011: Dementia is a progressive and fatal brain disease. Assessment and diagnosis largely take place in the primary health service. Should it be like that? At the time of writing, it is 105 years since Alois Alzheimer (1864 – 1915) presented for the first time the case history of the then recently...