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Weight structure and commodity basket of the Consumer Price Index updated for the year 2024

Seasonal affective disorder: How to handle the winter blues, no matter where you live

What seasonal affective disorder (SAD) can tell us about ourselves.

Finnish study highlights high suicide risk for depression patients after hospital discharge

A comprehensive study conducted in Finland has shed light on the heightened risk of suicide among patients suffering from depression in the days immediately following their discharge from psychiatric hospital care. According to research by the Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District (HUS) and the University of Helsinki, the risk of suicide for these patients peaks in the first three days post-discharge, being 330 times higher compared to the general population.

Elevated mortality rates in Finland in November 2023 linked to COVID-19 and aging population

In November 2023, Finland experienced an unusually high number of deaths, 40% more than expected based on averages from 2016–2019, according to data released by Eurostat, the EU’s statistical office. This spike in mortality has been attributed to the ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the rapid aging of the Finnish population. Eurostat, which has been providing monthly data on mortality rates across EU countries since the onset of the pandemic, uses a metric called relative excess mortality .

Finnish food education startup Vegemi raises €0.5 million in funding and received invitation to SDG Lab in Davos