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Why I tried the Nordic Cycle and why you should too! Health benefits of sauna and cold plunge

Posted by Tade - Nutrition Science

In the Nordic countries it is a tradition in the winter to first sweat in the sauna and then dip in icy water. This procedure is repeated multiple times, therefore […]

14 February, 2023

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• Health and fitness
• Life in Sweden
• Nutrition

How to stay active during the winter!

Posted by Tade - Nutrition Science

With the sun going down early and temperature decreasing. You know winter is coming! Karolinska Institutet is a medical university and we are taught that physical activity is essential for […]

15 November, 2022

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• Academics
• course review
• Health Informatics

The building blocks of being a health informatician – part 1 of 3 (Course review)

Posted by Winner Ng - Health Informatics

I am in the halfway of the spring semester, the semester where we are “getting real” with learning to be a health informatician. As I said before in my other […]

26 March, 2019

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How to unwind from stress?

Posted by Sara Abu Ajamieh – Biomedicine (MSc)

Stress. Some know how to cope with it while others are just good at ignoring it. You might have had a moment where you wanted to scream outside of the […]

10 February, 2019

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• Academics
• course review
• General
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Master’s in Nutrition Science: Does soy cause the ‘boob growth’ in men & other relevant questions of the diet and health (Part 2)

Posted by Dasha Shvaikovskaya - Nutrition Science (MSc)

So, here comes the second blog-post of the series “Nutrition Science – Significant Questions & Significant Answers” PART 2! The whole October (and a significant part of November) we, students […]

4 December, 2018

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• Life in Sweden
• Pre-arrival

Swedish health care explained

Posted by Rahel Odonde - Global Health

Reading time: 3 minutes. Being a doctor, at some point every month I get asked by a family member, friend or colleague for some advice. Being in a foreign country […]

31 October, 2018

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• Academics
• Bioentrepreneurship
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• Global Health
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My Nordic Life Science experience

Posted by Sara Abu Ajamieh – Biomedicine (MSc)

One of the best advantages about studying Biomedicine at KI is getting the chance to attend conferences. During the summer, I received an email from my previous BSc course leader […]

25 October, 2018

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• Academics
• Career
• General
• Life in Sweden
• Orientation

From #BiomedsLife to #NutritionistToBe: continuation of my journey at KI

Posted by Dasha Shvaikovskaya - Nutrition Science (MSc)

Hello and TERE TULEMAST! Yes, I just greeted you in Estonian! You know, living this expat life in Stockholm & slowly, but steadily forgetting your own national language calls for […]

8 October, 2018

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