Sweden - Treatment changes in a decade reduced mortality rates for patients...
Various changes in treatment practices were associated with reductions in mortality and a decreased likelihood of cardiovascular events for patients who received hemodialysis...
View ArticleSweden - Overweight patients with RA exhibit less joint space narrowing...
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis, particularly older women, who are overweight demonstrate less joint space narrowing progression, independent of smoking status, according to...
View ArticleSweden - Pediatric GH therapy elevates risk for CV events in adulthood
Children in Sweden who were treated with recombinant human growth hormone, or rhGH, have an increased risk for cardiovascular events in adulthood vs. controls; however, the...
View ArticleSweden - PPI use increases risk for asthma by 57% in children
Risk for asthma in children grew with use of proton pump inhibitors compared with no-use, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics. “In this nationwide cohort study...
View ArticleSweden - Lifestyle changes in pregnant women linked to epigenetic alterations...
A study led by researchers at Lund University in Sweden showed a connection between lifestyle intervention in pregnant women with obesity and epigenetic alterations in the...
View ArticleSweden - Limited transmission of COVID-19 from open schools but teachers were...
In Sweden, upper-secondary schools moved online while lower-secondary schools remained open during the spring of 2020. A comparison of parents with children in the final year...
View ArticleSweden - Mainly children sick in Swedish Salmonella outbreak
Swedish health officials are investigating a national outbreak of Salmonella that has affected a dozen people. Twelve Salmonella enteritidis cases have been linked by whole...
View ArticleSweden - More European countries suspend vaccine rollout, perplexing experts
Several more European countries have halted the rollout of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine following reports of blood clots in people who have received it. However, regulators...
View ArticleSweden - High HbA1c in type 1 diabetes linked to increased risk for...
Children with type 1 diabetes have an increased risk for developing neurodevelopment disorders, with the risk greater for those with a high HbA1c, according to a study...
View ArticleSweden - Child abduction specialist in 60 Minutes scandal guilty of...
The Australian ex-soldier at the centre of a 60 Minutes child abduction scandal in Lebanon has been convicted in Sweden of assaulting two teenage boys.
View ArticleSweden - Preterm birth associated with increased risk for heart failure into...
Preterm birth is associated with an increased risk for heart failure into adulthood, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics. The risk is more than 2-fold for people...
View ArticleSweden - Probiotic Lp299v may help women maintain healthy iron levels during...
Supplementation with Lactiplantibacillus plantarum 299v may improve iron levels in healthy pregnant women and help to prevent iron deficiency for this important group...
View ArticleSalmonella outbreak in Sweden linked to chocolate wafers
Swedish officials have traced the source of a Salmonella outbreak to a brand of chocolate wafers from Poland. Between late December 2020 and early April 2021, 32 people living...
View ArticleSweden - Study finds low risk of infection in babies born to mothers tested...
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and the Public Health Agency of Sweden have studied newborn babies whose mothers tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy or childbirth.
View ArticleSweden - Infection Risk Mild for Babies Born to COVID-19 Mothers
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and the Public Health Agency of Sweden have studied newborn babies whose mothers tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy or childbirth.
View ArticleSweden - Great Debate: Joint tissue impacts nerves, or vice versa, in OA
This year's iteration of the Great Debate at the OARSI 2021 World Congress centered on the role of nerves in pain, functionality and pathogenesis of osteoarthritis. Stefan...
View ArticleSweden's largest children's hospital bans use of puberty blockers on minors
Sweden's largest children's hospital has put new safeguards against the use of puberty-blockers and cross-sex hormones for minors claiming “gender dysphoria.” The Karolinska...
View ArticleHormonal Tx of Youth With Gender Dysphoria Stops in Sweden
A number of centers in Sweden, most notably the Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Stockholm, have become the latest to hit the pause button in the medical treatment of...
View ArticleSweden - Children's experiences of participating in a school-based health...
Children's voices are seldom heard in process evaluations concerning health promotion programmes. A Healthy School Start Plus is a parental support programme, conducted in...
View ArticleSweden - Lower education linked to higher mortality in patients with...
Lower education is associated with higher all-cause and cause-specific mortality, as well as a greater burden of cardiovascular diseases, in patients with osteoarthritis...
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