Research states that diabetes and heart disease increase the risk of dementia
Patients with type 2 diabetes and heart disease, are much more likely to develop dementia, according to research a recent research conducted by Karolinska Institute, Sweden. “Few studies have looked at how having over one of these health conditions concurrently affect the chances of developing dementia in an individual,”...
Read morePatients with primary Hyperparathyroidism are more likely to suffer a hip fracture, a heart attack, or a stroke
Primary hyperparathyroidism patients have a 51% increased risk of hip fracture and a 45% increased risk of stroke or heart attack. These are the findings of a large study conducted by the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, which also discovered that surgery is linked to a lower risk of...
Read moreMedication administration via remote access: Patients could soon use electronic pills to release drugs
GOTHENBURG— If you forgot to take your medicine this morning, Don’t worry. Scientists have developed a new material which may enable individuals to take pills that release medication through a remote control! Chalmers University of Technology researchers believe their invention may lead to drug implants and electronic capsules that...
Read moreA study discovered differences in pain modulation in the brains of self-injurers
Researchers at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute in Solna believe they have found why self-injurers feel less pain than others. A better effective pain-modulation system appears to be the key, which could aid those seeking self-harm treatment. The findings of the research were published in Molecular Psychiatry journal. Maximum people try to avoid...
Read moreResearchers have repurposed a cancer drug for the treatment of neuroinflammatory diseases
The use of FDA-approved drugs to treat various diseases helps to accelerate the development of new treatments. The Karolinska Institutet in Sweden has re – purposed a cancer drug to treat neuroinflammatory diseases like multiple sclerosis. A new drug carrier was also built to support drug delivery to target...
Read moreThe new coronavirus variant common in bank voles
Uppsala University’s Zoonosis Science Center has found a new coronavirus. According to their study of nearly 260 bank voles caught in Grimsö, Rebro County, the virus is commonly found in Sweden’s red-backed voles. “Between 2015-17, we repeatedly found that we have the ‘Grimsö Virus’ in 3.4% of these voles, which...
Read moreSweden’s legislators are criticizing the government’s handling of COVID-19
Stockholm, June 3 (Sweden) – On Thursday, a parliamentary committee unanimously condemned the Swedish government’s management of the COVID pandemic. 5 of the Committee on the Constitution’s 17 members are from the governing Social Democratic Party (SAP). The deputies discovered that, in addition to criticizing the Swedish government’s crisis management, the...
Read moreCOVID death tolls: Scientists admit WHO estimates are inaccurate
World Health Organization researchers explain why high-profile mortality estimates for Germany and Sweden were incorrect. Following a barrage of questions about the original WHO report, which was published in early May, scientists in the World Health Organization (WHO) have rectified some surprising errors in the pandemic’s death toll estimates. In a...
Read moreIn Stockholm, the number of covid patients has increased slightly
Johan Bratt, the chief physician for Region Stockholm, is unconcerned about the slight increase in the number of covid patients. In Stockholm, 125 patients are being treated with covid-19, a tenfold increase from the previous week. “We need to wait and see if this is just a one-time small increase or...
Read moreThe United Kingdom and Sweden have agreed to expand their life sciences collaboration
Lord Kamall, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Innovation at the Department of Health and Social Care, and Anna Ekström, Swedish Minister of Education, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) pledging continued collaboration in the life sciences between the UK and Sweden. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed at the Swedish...
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