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Name: Lund University

First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

Lifelong effects of whooping cough found by Swedish researchers

People born during whooping cough outbreaks are more likely to die prematurely even if they survive into adulthood, a Swedish study has found.Researchers at Lund University in Sweden found women suffer more complications during and after pregnancy when ... [Published Community Practitioner - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Pertussis, Lund University, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Database

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 reports

Lund University

Whooping cough has lifelong health impact, study finds

People born during whooping cough outbreaks are more likely to die prematurely even if they survive into adulthood, re at Lund University in Sweden has found. Women had a 20% higher risk of an early death, and men a staggering 40%. Women also suffered ... [Published Noodls - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Pertussis, Lund University, Database

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated 23 hours ago - 2 reports

Protein block stops vascular damage in diabetes

(NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Diabetes Week -- Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered how to stop the destructive process that leads to cardiovascular disease in diabetic laboratory animals.It is well known that ... [Published NewsRX - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Protein, Diabetes, Blood Glucose, Cardiovascular Disease

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

Men hit harder by stroke

Researchers at Lund University have discovered that there are major differences in how men and women are affected by strokes. Men reportedly are more adversely affected because the female hormone estrogen has a protective effect. Biological differences ... [Published Radio Sweden - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Oestrogen, Lund University, Hormone

First reported Jun 11 2013 - Updated Jun 11 2013 - 2 reports

Smartphones, drones, to save lives in Malawi

A mobile phone equipped to measure heart rate, body temperature and breathing, with a digital medical manual for health care staff. Unmanned drones that can drop medicine and collect blood samples in remote areas. Researchers from Lund University in Sweden, ... [Published Bio-Medicine - Jun 11 2013]

Entities: Malawi, Drone, Sven Carlsson, Smartphone, Health Care

First reported Jun 11 2013 - Updated Jun 11 2013 - 1 reports

Men?s Suicide Rate is 3 Times That of Women

Researchers have taken advantage of Sweden’s comprehensive health records to determine important risk factors for suicide.The landmark study, a collaboration between Lund University in Sweden and Stanford University, showed that the rate of suicide among ... [Published Psych Central - Jun 11 2013]

Entities: Suicide, Lund University, collaboration, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

First reported Jun 11 2013 - Updated Jun 11 2013 - 1 reports

Stanford University

Risk factors for suicide revealed

Washington, June 11 (ANI): A collaborative study between Lund University in Sweden and Stanford University has revealed that the rate of suicide among men is almost three times that of women.It also found that being young, single and having a low level ... [Published News Track India - Jun 11 2013]

Entities: Suicide, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Stanford University, Lund University

First reported May 30 2013 - Updated May 31 2013 - 3 reports

Move over Mediterranean diet - the Nordic diet is here

A healthy Nordic diet lowers cholesterol levels, and therefore the risk of cardiovascular disease, a pan-Nordic study in which Sweden’s Lund University participated has found. There was also decreased inflammation associated with pre-diabetes, said the ... [Published IFI Online - May 31 2013]

Entities: Diet, Rapeseed Oil, Cholesterol

First reported May 29 2013 - Updated May 30 2013 - 4 reports

Nordic Diet Shown to Lower Cholesterol

Type:Nutrition & Health NewsSector:General Company & Ingredient Information30 May 2013 --- A healthy Nordic diet lowers cholesterol levels, and therefore the risk of cardiovascular disease, a pan-Nordic study where Lund University participated has found. ... [Published Nutrition Horizon - May 30 2013]

Entities: Diet, Cholesterol, Lund University, Rapeseed Oil, Nutrition

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 2 reports

Breakthrough on Huntington’s disease

Researchers at Lund University have succeeded in preventing very early symptoms of Huntington’s disease, depression and anxiety, by deactivating the mutated huntingtin protein in the brains of mice. We are the first to show that it is possible to prevent ... [Published Health Canal - May 23 2013]

Entities: Huntington's Disease, hypothalamus, Lund University, Mutation

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 2 reports

New Tumor-Killer Shows Great Promise in Suppressing Cancers, Nanyang Technological University and Lund University Study

Staying up-to-date has never been simpler. Sign up for the today! Scientists from (NTU) and Lund University, Sweden, have bioengineered a novel molecule which has been proven to successfully kill tumour cells. This molecule is based on a natural protein ... [Published BioSpace - May 22 2013]

Entities: Nanyang Technological University, Lund University, Molecule, Lipids

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 6 reports

Singaporean and Swedish universities work together on cancer treatment

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Lund University in Sweden have bio-engineered a molecule which can kill 40 different types of tumor cells.The molecule is based on a natural protein present in human breast milk.The molecule, ... [Published ScandAsia.com - May 22 2013]

Entities: Singapore, Tumor, Cancer, Molecule, Bladder Cancer

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"The results show the importance of following up patients with exposure to whooping cough in childhood, particularly pregnant women" , says Luciana Quaranta, the PhD student at Lund University behind the findings

Whooping cough has lifelong health impact, study finds [Published Noodls - 11 hours ago]

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Protein block stops vascular damage in diabetes [Published NewsRX - 23 hours ago]

...As Edward Snowden pointed out in his Guardian interview, Americans are "not even aware of what is possible. The extent of the [government's] capabilities is horrifying"

From Snowden to Syria: Lies, hypocrisies and red lines [Published Al Jazeera - Jun 17 2013]

...Biological differences are also involved. Hilda Ahnstedt, one of the researchers, tells the newspaper Sydsvenskan, "We have found that the harmful contractions of blood vessels after a stroke are much worse in men than in women."

Men hit harder by stroke [Published Radio Sweden - Jun 17 2013]

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Men?s Suicide Rate is 3 Times That of Women [Published Psych Central - Jun 11 2013]

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Scientists develop new tumour-killer [Published EarthSky - May 21 2013] This molecule is based on a natural protein present in human breast milk, which has been found to have strong and wide-ranging tumour killing properties when bound to certain lipids. Lipids are organic molecules like amino acids and carbohydrates, made ...
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Hop, skip or jump? Study says no to all of the ... [Published MIT News feed - Apr 17 2013] Osteoarthritis, which affects at least 20 percent of adults in the United States, leads to deterioration of cartilage, the rubbery tissue that prevents bones from rubbing together. By studying the molecular properties of cartilage, MIT engineers have ...
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