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21.06.2023: If we want to change the population's eating habits, we need to understand why we eat the way we do. In March 2023, the revised Nordic Nutrition Recommendations were released for public consultation (1). The recommendations are based on knowledge summaries of several thousand scientific studies...

25.04.2023: I asked ChatGPT to write an editorial about the use of ChatGPT in research. It enthused about itself, but I am more sceptical. The technology is immature, and its use needs to be discussed and regulated. New, large language models such as ChatGPT are based on deep learning and the gathering of...

20.02.2023: Hard-pressed hospital finances will be further squeezed in 2023. But there are those who will profit from it. In her speech to the hospital sector on 17 January 2023, Ingvild Kjerkol, the Minister of Health and Care Services, announced austerity measures, reduced wiggle room for hospitals and cuts...

12.12.2022: When there is no room at the inn, women in labour lose the battle for beds – just like 2,000 years ago. 'And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in...

16.08.2022: Norway only trains a bit more than half of its own doctors. In a global perspective, this is a shameful statistic. Almost half of all doctors working in Norway (45.2 %) undertook their medical training abroad (1). In terms of how many doctors each country trains per inhabitant, Norway is ranked 26...

14.06.2022: The global food crisis has gained pace due to war, the pandemic, and climate change. The vulnerability of the global food systems puts global health progress at risk. The massive increase in food production that we have witnessed over the last decade is one of humanity's greatest technological and...