Karolinska

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Study: Low IQ linked to suicide risk

Science & Technology: 4 Jun 10
A study involving a million Swedish men has shown that there is a higher risk of attempted suicide later in life among those with lower IQ at the age of 18. READ »

Half a million Swedes to fill giant gene bank

Science & Technology: 30 May 10
Scientists are hoping that genetic data gathered from half a million Swedes will help improve our understanding some of the world's most pressing public health problems. READ »

New cancer medicine starves tumours

Science & Technology: 25 May 10
Swedish researchers have developed a new cancer DNA vaccine which restricts the supply of blood to tumours, with research results indicating success in delaying the growth of breast cancer tumours in mice. READ »

One dead in bus crash

National: 19 May 10
One person has died and 14 others were injured in a bus accident on Färingsö west of Stockholm. READ »

Choir singing can ease irritable bowels: study

Science & Technology: 19 May 10
Singing is a popular pursuit in the Nordic countries and while it is often associated with alcohol consumption it can also have positive health effects - such as easing irritable bowel syndrome, Swedish research suggests. READ »

Fine line between genius and insanity: study

Science & Technology: 18 May 10
The distinction between psychological illness and creative thinking is wafer thin, new Swedish research confirms, arguing that there is a feasible explanation for why the age-old myth of genius bordering on insanity could in fact be true. READ »

Mobiles 'don't increase brain tumour risk'

National: 17 May 10
There is no increased risk of brain tumours in people who have used a mobile phone regularly for 10 years, a study by Stockholm's Karolinska Institute has revealed. READ »

Skanska profits boom in upbeat report

Business & Money: 7 May 10
Swedish construction firm Skanska has reported a profit after financial items of 936 million kronor ($120 million) for the first quarter 2010, over double the 449 million kronor posted in the period last year, and above analyst forecasts. READ »

Anna Lindh memorial inaugurated in Stockholm

Politics: 5 May 10
A memorial square to Anna Lindh, the former Swedish foreign minister murdered in 2003, was inaugurated in Stockholm on Tuesday near where she made her final public appearance. READ »

Skanska lands Karolinska hospital contract

Business & Money: 5 May 10
Swedish construction firm Skanska has won the contract for the development and construction of the New Karolinska Solna (NKS) hospital near Stockholm in a deal worth around 14.5 billion kronor ($2 billion). READ »

Stockholm universities top student wish list

Education: 23 Apr 10
Stockholm universities are among the top choices for students this autumn, with medicine, law and economics the most popular fields of study, according to a new report. READ »

Health experts warn of volcano ash fallout

National: 16 Apr 10
Swedish and Norwegian health authorities and experts have urged caution after volcanic ash blew across the region from Iceland, although the grounding of helicopter ambulance services caused more concern than air quality. READ »

Thinner girls at greater risk of cancer: study

Science & Technology: 16 Apr 10
The risk of contracting cancer after the menopause is greater for girls who are considered thin at the age of seven than their chubbier counterparts, a new Swedish study published on Wednesday claims. READ »

Toddler badly hurt in driveway accident

National: 12 Apr 10
A 15-month-old boy has been badly injured after being knocked down by a reversing car at a farm near Gnesta south of Stockholm on Monday. READ »

Vitamin pills can increase cancer risk: study

Science & Technology: 9 Apr 10
Women who take multivitamin pills daily have a higher incidence of breast cancer than those that do not take vitamin supplements, according to a new Swedish study which has been unable to explain why. READ »

Karolinska tops university rankings: report

National: 5 Apr 10
Karolinska Institutet (KI), Handelshögskolan in Stockholm, and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet – SLU) top the 2009 rankings of Swedish institutions of higher education. READ »

Health experts call for candy tax

Society: 1 Apr 10
Health experts have called for a sugar tax as Swedes remain the highest global consumers of sweets and soft drinks with an escalating public health situation as a result. READ »

Sewage exposes Stockholm cocaine use

Society: 22 Mar 10
Clubbers and partygoers in Stockholm consume around 3,000 doses of cocaine per weekend night, according to tests on the city's sewage water. READ »

Stockholm institute honours Michael J Fox

Business & Money: 5 Mar 10
Canadian-born actor Michael J Fox is to receive an honorary doctorate from Stockholm's Karolinska Institutet in recognition of his work with Parkinson's disease. READ »

'Most peanut allergies misdiagnosed': study

Science & Technology: 24 Feb 10
Swedish researchers have found that as many as two out of three people diagnosed as allergic can eat peanuts without any problems at all. READ »

Hospital morgue wrestles with rotting corpses

Society: 26 Jan 10
Corpses at the morgue of the Karolinska University Hospital in Huddinge, south of Stockholm, have started to rot due to a breakdown in procedures related to renovation of the facility. READ »

Hat-trick of Swedish universities make world top 100

Education: 8 Jan 10
Karolinska Institutet, Uppsala University and Stockholm University have made the grade in a new list of the world’s top 100 higher education establishments. READ »

Give young transsexuals special ID cards: doc

Society: 7 Jan 10
Young Swedes who suspect they are transsexuals ought to be issued special ID cards allowing them to hide their undesired gender during their trial phase as the opposite sex, a leading child psychiatrist argues. READ »

Gender-reassigned face health hurdles: study

Science & Technology: 12 Dec 09
This year 60 people have applied to change their sex in Sweden. Most gender-reassigned people achieve a better life through their surgery, but a new study shows that the risk of attempted suicide and psychological problems remains high. READ »

Murderer’s admission to medical school sparks debate

Science & Technology: 4 Dec 09
The controversy surrounding a convicted murderer turned medical student continues as Sweden struggles to balance the right to education with protecting patients’, and society’s, best interests. READ »

Swede listed among world's most influential thinkers of 2009

Science & Technology: 1 Dec 09
Swedish international health and statistics expert Hans Rosling has been named as one of 2009’s Top 100 Global Thinkers by Foreign Policy magazine. READ »

Swedish museum in Hawaiian skull handover

Science & Technology: 15 Nov 09
The return of 22 skulls taken from the Hawaiian community in the late 19th century was completed at a ceremony at the Museum of National Antiquities in Stockholm on Saturday. READ »

Swedish researchers reveal key to forming lasting memories

Science & Technology: 10 Nov 09
Researchers at Sweden's Karolinska Institutet have uncovered the mechanism that controls how the brain creates long-term memories, marking a significant step forward for developing new treatments for Alzheimer's disease. READ »

Lax procedures raise risk of accidental abortion

Science & Technology: 2 Nov 09
Healthy foetuses risk being aborted by mistake due to procedural deficiencies and misinterpreted ultrasounds at Swedish hospitals, a recent investigation shows. READ »

Swine flu toddler dies in Swedish hospital

National: 2 Nov 09
A 3-year-old boy suffering from the swine flu died at the weekend at the Astrid Lindgren Children’s Hospital in Stockholm. Doctors have not yet established whether the boy's death was caused by the virus. READ »

'Anti-depressants cut suicides': Swedish study

Society: 23 Oct 09
The number of suicides reported among the Swedish adult population has declined considerably and anti-depressants are credited with saving up to 500-600 lives per annum, a new study argues. READ »

Encouraging results for Swedish HIV vaccine

Science & Technology: 19 Oct 09
A Swedish HIV vaccine, Hivis, has shown the best preliminary results the world has seen so far, according to experts. READ »

Hazardous roads in Sweden as ice arrives

National: 15 Oct 09
A number of motorists were left needing hospital treatment on Thursday morning as icy road conditions caused accidents across Sweden. READ »

Growth hormones 'could repair brain damage': Swedish study

Science & Technology: 30 Sep 09
Brain damage due to alcohol abuse, previously considered irreversible, may by repairable with the help of growth hormones, Swedish researchers have learned. READ »

Top researcher 'too old' to work in Sweden

Science & Technology: 22 Sep 09
Award-winning professor Jan Åke Gustafsson of the world-renowned Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm is set to quit Sweden due to rules that force him to retire at 67. READ »

Sweden wants EU 'snus' tobacco ban to go up in smoke

Analysis & Opinion: 15 Sep 09
As countries across the EU curb smoking in public, Sweden is fighting to get a European-wide ban lifted moist tobacco, AFP's Marc Preel reports. READ »

Breast cancer rate doubles among pregnant Swedish women

Science & Technology: 14 Sep 09
The occurrence of breast cancer among pregnant women in Sweden has more than doubled since the 1960s, a new study shows. READ »

Swedish dad in bid for breast milk

Society: 2 Sep 09
Swedish father Ragnar Bengtsson has entered into an experiment that he hopes will help him breastfeed his future children. READ »

Pregnant woman ill in suspected swine flu case

Science & Technology: 28 Aug 09
A pregnant young Swedish woman is critically ill with a life-threatening lung infection that is suspected to be swine flu. READ »

Four Swedes critically ill with swine flu

Science & Technology: 26 Aug 09
Four Swedes are described by medical authorities as having a life-threatening condition following infection with the A/H1N1 swine flu. READ »

'Chocolate is good for your heart': study

Science & Technology: 13 Aug 09
Eating chocolate two or more times per week strongly reduces the risk of heart disease for people who have previously survived a heart attack, new Swedish research has shown. READ »

15-year-old girl stabbed in Stockholm

National: 9 Aug 09
A 15-year-old girl in Tyresö south of Stockholm was stabbed in the chest and stomach on Saturday night by an unknown man. She is being treated at Karolinska Hospital, where her condition remains serious but stable. READ »

Scottish swine flu patient no longer critical

National: 8 Aug 09
The condition of the 26-year-old pregnant Scottish woman being treated for swine flu in a special ward at Karolinska Hospital is no longer life-threatening, doctors say. READ »

Nobel corruption probe dropped

National: 8 Aug 09
An investigation into the alleged corruption of several members of the Nobel prize science committee will be laid down, a Swedish prosecutor announced Friday. READ »

Refugees died after HIV misdiagnosis

National: 8 Aug 09
Several female refugees from Africa have died of AIDS after Swedish doctors failed to test them for HIV, reports Dagens Nyheter newspaper. READ »

Karolinska slammed over newborn deaths

Science & Technology: 29 Jul 09
Sweden’s prestigious Karolinska University hospital has been criticized by health authorities after three newborns died from infections caused by drug-resistant bacteria. READ »

Rinkeby fire claims seventh victim

National: 28 Jul 09
The 13-year-old girl that was badly burned in the fire in an apartment in Rinkeby in western Stockholm on Saturday evening has died of her injuries. The fire has now claimed seven victims. READ »

Swine flu Brit flown to Sweden for care

Science & Technology: 24 Jul 09
A gravely ill pregnant woman from Britain who is suffering from the swine flu is in Sweden for treatment due to a lack of specialist beds in Britain. READ »

Staff concerns plague Sweden's swine flu planning

National: 21 Jul 09
There are enough respirators in Sweden's 21 counties to handle the care of the patients who have been infected by swine flu. But questions remain as to whether there are enough trained staff to operate the machines. READ »

Swine flu infection threatens Swede's life

Science & Technology: 20 Jul 09
Doctors at at Vrinnevi hospital in Norrköping in eastern Sweden fear for the life of the 22-year-old Swede being treated for a swine flu infection after he failed to respond to treatment. READ »

Suicide risk rises as grades sink: study

Science & Technology: 17 Jul 09
Youth and young adults who receive low marks in primary school are more likely to attempt suicide or self-mutilation compared with those who achieve high marks, according to a Swedish study. READ »

Low IQ does not kill: Swedish study

Science & Technology: 13 Jul 09
A new Swedish study reveals that the connection between low intelligence and increased risk of premature death becomes non-existent when individual lifestyle factors are taken into account. READ »

Caesarean delivery can alter DNA: study

Science & Technology: 29 Jun 09
Researchers in Sweden believe they have discovered the DNA mutations explaining why children delivered by planned Caesarean section run a higher than average risk of contracting immunological diseases. READ »

Swedish parents keep 2-year-old's gender secret

Analysis & Opinion: 23 Jun 09
A couple of Swedish parents have stirred up debate in the country by refusing to reveal whether their two-and-a-half-year-old child is a boy or a girl. READ »

'Sweden needs an abortion register'

Society: 15 Jun 09
A Swedish government inquiry has proposed establishing a national abortion register and distributing free contraceptives to students over fifteen in a bid to lower the number of unwanted pregnancies and abortions. READ »

Axeman rampage comes to bloody end

National: 14 Jun 09
A man was seriously injured when he was attacked by an axe-wielding man near Stockholm on Saturday. The axeman fled, crashed his car and was later found bleeding at a nearby metro station. READ »

Breast milk less toxic: study

Science & Technology: 7 Jun 09
Levels of PCBs and other toxic substances that babies consume via breast milk have declined considerably since the middle of the 1990s, a new Swedish study has shown. READ »

Woman shot herself on Stockholm street

National: 31 May 09
A woman in her twenties shot herself by accident during an argument on a Stockholm street on Saturday afternoon. Police now suspect attempted murder. READ »

Kidney transplant for Princess's fiancé

National: 27 May 09
Daniel Westling, the fiancé of Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria, has received a new kidney from his father, royal officials have announced. READ »

Teenage boy arrested for bus stop stabbing

National: 26 May 09
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested for the attempted murder of a 16-year-old girl at a bus stop in Upplands-Väsby near Stockholm on Monday afternoon. READ »

Hospital exposed patients to infection

Science & Technology: 26 May 09
Patients at Karolinska University Hospital in Solna were housed last summer in the same department as those with the resistant MRSA bacteria, due to overcrowding. READ »

Girl stabbed in the back at bus stop

National: 25 May 09
A manhunt is underway in eastern Sweden after a 16-year-old girl was stabbed in the back at a bus stop in the town of Upplands Väsby on Monday afternoon. READ »

Elderly man kills wife with axe

National: 11 May 09
An 81-year-old man from Norrtälje in eastern Sweden reported to police on Monday morning that he had hit his 67-year-old common law wife with an axe. The woman died from her injuries during the afternoon. READ »

Foreign students help boost numbers at Swedish colleges

Education: 27 Apr 09
The number of students enrolled at Swedish universities climbed in 2008 for the first time since the early 2000s, new statistics show. Foreign students account for a large part of the increase. READ »

Bouncer remanded in custody for Gamla Stan shooting

National: 27 Apr 09
The 41-year-old bouncer suspected of having shot a couple in Gamla Stan in central Stockholm last Tuesday was remanded in custody on Sunday on suspicion of attempted murder. READ »

Police step up hunt for missing baby corpse

National: 24 Apr 09
Police confirm that they have received a wealth of tips and information about the dead baby that went missing from a Stockholm church mortuary prior to burial this week. READ »

Bouncer arrested over Gamla Stan shooting

National: 24 Apr 09
A second person has been detained in connection with the shooting earlier this week of a Swedish aristocrat and his girlfriend in Gamla Stan in central Stockholm. READ »

Mother of two held over Gamla Stan shooting

National: 23 Apr 09
The ex-wife of a Swedish aristocrat has been arrested on suspicions that she hired a gunman in an attempt to have her former husband and his new girlfriend killed. READ »

Couple wounded in Gamla Stan shooting

National: 22 Apr 09
Two people were shot and seriously injured in Stockholm’s historic Gamla Stan district Tuesday evening. READ »

Prosecutor: giving the pill to teens aids rape

Science & Technology: 16 Apr 09
A Swedish prosecutor thinks that health professionals who prescribe birth control pills to girls younger than 15-years-old should be charged as accomplices to rape. READ »

'Heart cells undergo continual replacement': Swedish study

Science & Technology: 3 Apr 09
Heart cells are replenished throughout life, enabling improved treatments to repair damage caused by cardiac arrest or illness, a new Swedish study has shown. READ »

Cancer expert blasts blood clot study

Science & Technology: 31 Mar 09
Claims made in a recently published Swedish study into the health benefits of suntanning have been dismissed as dangerous speculation by one of Sweden’s leading cancer researchers. READ »

Sun worship curtails blood clot risk: Swedish study

Science & Technology: 25 Mar 09
Exposure to the sun strongly reduces the risk of suffering blood clots, a new Swedish study has shown. READ »

Swede shortlisted for 'best job in the world'

Travel: 23 Mar 09
As Sweden awaits the imminent return of Robinson – the remote island reality TV show - to its screens, Felippe Melá is hoping for a shipwrecked story of his very own. READ »

Two men stabbed in Stockholm

National: 15 Mar 09
Two men were stabbed in Stockholm on Saturday night. A man was found stabbed in a cellar in Skärholmen and another man was stabbed in the back in a fight on Hötorget in the centre of the city. READ »

Welfare board to investigate baby's death

National: 7 Mar 09
The Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen) is to open its own investigation into the death of a newborn baby at a Solna hospital as the arrest of the attending doctor sparks a storm of controversy. READ »

Netball club sets new goals in Sweden

Sport: 4 Mar 09
Sweden is something of a haven for indoor sports, with floorball already established as a popular institution. Netball on the other hand has yet to grip the popular imagination, but a new club in Stockholm is doing all it can to take the sport out of the shadows. READ »