Gender differences in health information behaviour: a Finnish population-based survey.

Narrowing the gaps in health outcomes, including those between men and women, has been a pronounced goal on the agenda of the Finnish health authorities since the mid-1980s. But still there is a huge gap in favour of women when it comes to life expectancy at birth. People's health information behaviour, that is how people seek, obtain, evaluate, categorize and use relevant health-related information to perform desired health behaviours, is a critical prerequisite to appropriate and consistent performances of these behaviours.

Use of and trust in health information on the Internet: a nationwide eight-year follow-up survey.

Already in its infancy, the World Wide Web was predicted to be a prime tool to promote healthier behaviors. The purpose of this paper is to compare the use of and trust in health information on the Internet during two points of time, 2001 and 2009. The target group of the study is the Finnish population aged 18-65 years.

Health information literacy in everyday life: a study of Finns aged 65-79 years.

This article examines the health information literacy of elderly Finns. The results are based on a survey conducted in January 2011. The questionnaire was distributed to 1000 persons that were randomly drawn from the Finnish Population Register.

Extraction of explosives from soil followed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis with negative chemical ionization.

A new, simple and accurate method for extraction of explosives from soil was developed and validated. The method includes one hour gentle extraction of compounds from soil in acetonitrile:dichloromethane 50:50 at 30°C. Further analysis was made with GC-MS using cool on-column injection and negative chemical ionization.

Monitoring or avoiding health information--the relation to inner inclination and health status.

Background: The way a person responds to health information, for instance by actively seeking it out or avoiding it, is an important part of overall coping with health issues. This study starts from the assumption that there are individual differences in information behaviour in charged contexts such as when faced with the stress and anxiety of compromised health.

Objective: To shed light on mechanisms through which personal characteristics (locus of control) and world views (sense of coherence) influence health information interest and health information seeking in relation to health status.

Dystrophia Smolandiensis: a novel morphological picture of recurrent corneal erosions.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to describe morphological changes in Dystrophia Smolandiensis, a corneal disease that is characterized by recurrent corneal erosive episodes and the formation of central corneal keloid-like opacities in approximately half of those affected.

Methods: The corneas of seven affected individuals were examined using in-vivo confocal microscopy. Specimens of one primary corneal graft, one regraft and one biopsied keloid-like region--all obtained from members of a large family with the disease--were re-examined with a light microscope.

Survival of transplanted human corneal stem cells. Case report.

Purpose: To report a case history involving long-term survival of transplanted human corneal stem cells.

Methods: A male patient with severe bilateral chemical burns received six corneal transplants, all of which failed. He subsequently received combined corneal transplants and stem cell transplants, which have remained clear for 3 and 4 years respectively.