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Younger adults who suffer a stroke are more likely to die if they are heavy drinkers, have heart failure, cancer, type 1 diabetes or an infection before their stroke, Finnish researchers report.

Suvi Linden , the Finnish communications minister, said Wednesday that "an independent Finnish Broadcasting Company council" might be more fit for purpose than the current administrative council was but was quick to add that the public broadcaster should remain under Parliament's control.

Since its introduction in 1993, molecular adsorbent recirculating system albumin dialysis has been a subject of research, with the hope of treating effectively patients with acute liver failure.

HELSINKI: For years it was the talk of the wireless industry: beaming television to the world's four billion cellphones would be the icon of the digital age.

Many of the world's premier masters athletes, and several of Wisconsin's finest, will be at their best at the 2009 USA Masters Outdoor Track & Field Championships, contested July 9-12 at the University of Oshkosh.

Finnish regional daily Kaleva on Wednesday quoted an internal Local Government Pensions Institution probe as indicating that Markku Kauppinen, Keva's former managing director, had attempted to hide his links with the Centre party and Nova, a now insolvent company that was the biggest political donor in the run-up to the 2007 general election.

The human papillomavirus vaccine is highly effective at preventing precancerous cervical lesions that can lead to cervical cancer, a new study shows.

Main Category: Cervical Cancer / HPV Vaccine Also Included In: Cancer / Oncology The findings of the PATRICIA study are reported in an article Online First and in a future edition of The Lancet .

IT services company Tieto announced it has deployed OneSpin's formal assertion-based verification solution in its high-end FPGA verification flow.

The Finnish Civil Aviation Administration warned passengers on Thursday that the summer holiday season's check-in and security check queues at Helsinki-Vantaa airport would peak this weekend.

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government and the Finnish government signed an agreement for the promotion and protection of investments on Thursday in Helsinki, the HKSAR government said.

Finland's HardcoreSounds.Net conducted an interview with THE FACELESS vocalist Derek Rydquist and guitarist Michael "Machine" Keene at the 12th annual Tuska open-air metal festival, which was held June 26-28, 2009 at Kaisaniemi in Helsinki, Finland.

Gazprom-led Nord Stream's proposed Baltic Sea gas pipeline poses no serious environmental threat to Finland and can move forward to the next step in the approval process, Finnish environmental authorities said.

PEOPLE who live alone in middle age face nearly double the risk of developing cognitive problems in later life compared with married or cohabiting counterparts, according to a new study.

Via YLE: Swine Flu Aboard Helsinki Cruise Liner . Excerpt: Fourteen cases of the H1N1 virus have been confirmed onboard a cruise liner that docked in Helsinki on Sunday.

Finnish men's fashion group Turo Tailor is to end production in Finland by the end of the year in order to reduce costs, the Finnish Broadcasting Company reported Monday.

The consignment was on a Finnair flight from Mumbai [ Images ] to Moscow when it was stopped during transit at Helsinki on May 28, Defence Ministry sources told PTI in New Delhi [ Images ] on Monday.

During his stay in Finland , Chrysostomos will meet Leon and other senior clergy.

Helsinki Finland is the capital city of Finland. The city describes itself as "where the west meets the east". A large city with a welcoming atmosphere Helsinki offers a glance into the culture and history of the Finnish.

Visiting Chinese vice Premier Li Keqiang on Friday outlined guidelines for boosting Sino-Finnish relations in political, economic and social fields.