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The Paediatric Pain Knowledge Centre at Rigshospitalet and the virtual reality (VR) company Khora have developed a specially designed VR game that can help children sit still, for example while blood samples are being taking, and distract them from the needle and the pain. 

​European efforts to test whether the Remdesivir drug works against COVID-19 are to be managed from Rigshospitalet.

​Taking fish oil supplements may improve sperm quality in healthy young men, a new study Danish study suggests.

​The Novo Nordisk Foundation has granted DKK 60 mill. (EUR 7.9 mill.) to a new research centre in persistent bacterial infections. Such are hard to treat with antibiotics and are one of the most serious global health problems.

​With grants totalling more than DKK 10 mill. (EUR 1.3 mill.), TrygFonden’s Centre for Physical Activity Research at Rigshospitalet can now examine whether targeted physical training can help cancer patients through major surgery.

​COPENHAGEN - A new study finds that pregnancy loss, even if repeated, is not associated with later cancer development. The study is the largest of its kind, investigating multiple types of cancer, and both common and rare types of pregnancy loss. 

​The biotech company ADCendo ApS, a spinout-company from the Biotech Research and Innovation Centre within University of Copenhagen and Rigshospitalet, has been accepted into the start up-programme Creation House at the BioInnovation Institute. Along with the enrolment comes guidance, support, advanced laboratories and a convertible loan of 10 million DKK.

​With a donation of DKK 40 million from William Demant Foundation, the Capital Region of Denmark can now consolidate all specialist treatment of hearing and balance problems at a new Copenhagen Hearing and Balance Centre at Rigshospitalet.

​The sinuses are a bacterial reservoir that can infect the lungs and cause life-threatening pneumonia in patients with chronic lung disease. Groundbreaking keyhole surgery and local treatment with antibiotics spray inhibit bacteria migration.

​Blood depletion for astronauts can endanger Mars missions. Danish-led pioneering research in blood measurement is gathering important knowledge in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA).

​20% more patients are receiving hyperacute treatment for thrombosis in the brain since new treatment criteria were introduced. A number of patients have also received treatment much quicker. This all increases their chances of survival.

​Researchers from the University of Copenhagen and Rigshospitalet have used data on more than 230,000 intensive care patients to develop a new algorithm. Among other things, it uses disease history from the past 23 years to predict patients’ chances of survival in intensive care units.

​Overweight and obesity are enormous problems for society and health care. In Denmark, 10-12 of children before school age are overweight or obese. However, having too much fat starts before birth, in the womb. 

​Surgery on tiny foetuses in their mother's womb is very much a question of accuracy. The Centre for Fetal Medicine and Pregnancy performs surgery on foetuses as young as 15 weeks.

​Quit eating convenience food and eat less meat. Pure produce, vegetables and fruit are the way forward if you want to be good to your kidneys. Kidney-friendly everyday food helps chronic kidney patients cut down on their medicine and prevents cardiovascular diseases. 

​It seems that a combination of several advanced examinations could accurately predict sites in the brain at the greatest risk of developing tumours in brain cancer patients. 

​Some of you may have made a New Year’s resolution to hit the gym to tackle that annoying belly fat. But have you ever wondered how physical activity produces this desired effect? A signaling molecule called interleukin-6 plays a critical role in this process, researchers report December 27 in the journal Cell Metabolism. 

​A Danish-Finnish study will examine and compare semen from Danish and Finnish fathers and their sons for the first time. The head of the Finnish part of the study, Professor Jorma Toppari, has just received Rigshospitalet's International KFJ Award.

​A large international commission of cancer experts recommends integrating alleviating palliative care into oncology, and offering such care early during a cancer treatment pathway. "In Denmark, palliative care is only an option for terminally ill patients," said Per Sjøgren, Professor in palliative medicine.

​A new project will revolutionise monitoring of hospitalised patients at special risk, thus reducing the incidence of complications and deaths.

​The Danish Research Center for Precision Medicine of Blood Cancer will work to improve treatment for blood cancer patients, for example by testing and developing medicines targeting the 'specific version' of the disease in each individual patient.

​Seriously ill intensive-care patients do not benefit from being treated with preventive stomach ulcer medicine, according to a large-scale clinical trial conducted by the CRIC research centre at the Department of Intensive Care, Rigshospitalet.

​​Peter Gøtzsche has been suspended by Rigshospitalet until further notice

​The Lundbeck Foundation grants DKK 24 million in funding for the Research Initiative on Brain Barriers and Drug Delivery centre. The researchers will use the funding to continue their research into the mechanisms of the blood-brain barrier and the development of new molecules. 

​New research results show that six-week-long hospital admissions for patients with heart infections can be halved, without this affecting the patients’ prospects of recovery.

​Results from the PARTNER2 study confirm that effective HIV treatment prevents transmission of virus between gay men. This will improve the quality of life for HIV positive people and their partners globally.

​The use of genetic analyses is increasing rapidly. A new survey shows that genetic analyses are being used for diagnostic evaluation, diagnostics and research projects in 22 out of 30 specialist areas at Rigshospitalet.

​Successful screening for cystic fibrosis in newborns means that children with the disease receive early treatment and have better chances of living a long and good life

​It is bad for your health, and the risk of dying is twice as high if you suffer from a heart disease and feel lonely at the same time. These are the results of a new Danish study from Rigshospitalet that has attracted global media attention.