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First molecule identified that promotes gut healing while inhibiting tumour progression

8 days ago news.ki.se cancer

Long-term use of antihypertensive, cholesterol-lowering, diuretic, and blood-thinning drugs is linked to a 4% to 25% reduced risk of dementia

14 days ago news.ki.se medicine

Researchers found that a damaged heart's ability to generate new muscle cells is up to six times greater than that of a healthy heart

12 days ago news.ki.se biology

New imaging method enables detailed RNA analysis of the whole brain

8 days ago news.ki.se brain

An abnormal BMI in children – be it high or low – can now be associated with impaired lung function, but if their BMI is normalised before they reach adulthood, the impairment can be offset

32 days ago news.ki.se health

Researchers mapped the neural processes behind how morphine relieves pain: it targets a group of neurons in the brain's rostral ventromedial medulla

3 months ago news.ki.se brain neuroscience

Being at home is as safe as at the hospital when a medical abortion after twelve weeks of pregnancy is initiated, and women are satisfied with the treatment

3 months ago news.ki.se health

Increased risk of dementia after acute kidney injury

3 months ago news.ki.se neuroscience

India’s high air pollution counts for a large share of deaths: Air pollution could be responsible for 7 out of 100 deaths in India, and mortality is high even at levels well below national limit values

5 months ago news.ki.se health

Nanorobot with hidden weapon kills cancer cells

4 months ago news.ki.se cancer

High or persistent stress levels are associated with reduced social interactions, impaired ability to engage in leisure and physical activities, and an increased risk of dementia

6 months ago news.ki.se health

Researchers have developed a new method for detecting malignant melanoma: a patch equipped with microneedles

6 months ago news.ki.se cancer

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is associated with a slightly (19%) increased risk of heart failure up to 20 years after diagnosis

6 months ago news.ki.se disease health

Women with obesity do not need to gain weight during pregnancy

8 months ago news.ki.se health

New discovery reveals how the egg controls sperm entry: After the egg has been fertilized by a sperm, the surrounding egg coat tightens, mechanically preventing the entry of additional sperm and the ensuing death of the embryo.

8 months ago news.ki.se biology

International research on 264,574 mobile users found no association between long-term (more than 15Y) cell phone use and the risk of brain tumors

8 months ago news.ki.se brain cancer

Regular erections could be important for maintaining erectile function, according to a new study on mice: "an increased frequency of erections leads to more fibroblasts cells that enable erection and vice versa"

9 months ago news.ki.se health

Bacterial meningitis injures one in three children for life

10 months ago news.ki.se neuroscience

Finding that statins could slow dementia stimulates further research: A new study shows that people with Alzheimer's dementia deteriorated more slowly in their cognitive functions if they were also treated with a lipid-lowering statin…

11 months ago news.ki.se neuroscience

Researchers have developed a microscale device for implantation in the eye, which presents new opportunities for cell-based treatment of diabetes and other diseases

11 months ago news.ki.se diabetes engineering

Drones enabled the use of defibrillators before ambulance arrival

12 months ago news.ki.se drone medicine

People who have a higher biological age than their actual age, calculated using 18 biomarkers, have a significantly (+40%) increased risk of stroke and dementia, especially vascular dementia

13 months ago news.ki.se health

Study on 45213 Sweden women, who receive a false positive mammography result, found women aged 60–75, with low breast density and a false positive mammography result, are more likely to develop breast cancer over the subsequent 20 years

13 months ago news.ki.se cancer

Study in mice found that an early phase in the process of developing Alzheimer’s disease is a metabolic increase in a part of the brain called the hippocampus

13 months ago news.ki.se brain disease neuroscience

Allergy study on 'wild' mice challenges the common hygiene hypothesis: mice with high infectious exposures from birth have the same, if not an even greater ability to develop allergic immune responses than 'clean' laboratory mice

14 months ago news.ki.se health

Study indicates possible link between chronic stress, depression and Alzheimer’s disease: people (N= 44,447 ) aged between 18 and 65 with a previous diagnosis of chronic stress and depression were more likely than other people to be diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer’s disease

14 months ago news.ki.se disease neuroscience

One radiologist supported by AI detected more cases of breast cancer in screening mammography than two radiologists working together

15 months ago news.ki.se ai cancer

Children of a parent with alcohol or drug use disorder have a greater risk of intellectual disability, even if the problem only lies with the father

14 months ago news.ki.se

Precarious employment conditions can increase risk of early death

15 months ago news.ki.se health

Antioxidants found to spur cancer growth and metastasis in mice

15 months ago news.ki.se cancer

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