March 20, 2010
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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.
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'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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Overweight people die younger: Swedish study
Science & Technology: 25 Feb 09
Researchers in Sweden have found that people who are overweight from a young age run a much increased risk of dying prematurely.
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Older mothers at risk of psychosis: study
Science & Technology: 10 Feb 09
First-time mothers over the age of 35 run a greater risk of suffering psychosis after delivery than younger women, a new Swedish study shows.
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Laid back lifestyle lessens dementia risk: Swedish study
Science & Technology: 21 Jan 09
A laid back outlook, combined with an active lifestyle and outgoing personality may contribute to warding off the onset of dementia, Swedish researchers have found.
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Swedish scientists struggle to explain post-beer munchies
Science & Technology: 18 Dec 08
Swedish researchers found they had jumped out of the frying pan into the fire when their attempts to explain what causes people to eat more after an evening out drinking ultimately failed to satisfy.
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Nobel Committees investigated for bribery
Science & Technology: 18 Dec 08
Swedish prosecutors have launched a preliminary investigation into possible bribery after revelations that members of three Swedish Nobel Committees received free trips to China from the Chinese government.
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Experiment allows people to 'shake hands with themselves'
Science & Technology: 4 Dec 08
Neuroscientists at Sweden's Karolinska Institutet have succeeded in getting subjects to perceive another person's the body as their own.
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Violent video games alter childrens's heart rates: study
Science & Technology: 14 Nov 08
A new Swedish study shows that playing violent video games can alter children’s heart rates, raising concerns about violent games’ long term physiological effects on youngsters.
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Swedish study: heart attack risk and daylight savings linked
Science & Technology: 30 Oct 08
Researchers in Sweden have found that the twice yearly ritual of resetting the clock according to daylight savings time can affect one’s chances of suffering a heart attack.
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Three share Nobel Prize for Medicine
Science & Technology: 6 Oct 08
The 2008 Nobel Prize for Medicine has been awarded to Harald zur Hausen, Francoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier.
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Swedish alternative medicine sector in danger of fragmentation
Analysis & Opinion: 29 Sep 08
Consumers of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) are getting a rough deal in Sweden compared to other Europeans, argues Lysanne Sizoo.
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Happy Meal toys may cause hearing damage
Society: 12 Sep 08
Toys included in McDonald’s Happy Meals sold in Sweden emit sounds loud enough to cause permanent hearing damage and tinnitus in children.
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Swedish study links bipolar disorder to older fathers
Science & Technology: 2 Sep 08
Children of older fathers run an increased risk of suffering from bipolar disorder, a study by researchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet has found.
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Swedes help find genetic link to men's relationship problems
Society: 2 Sep 08
A team of researchers from Sweden and the United States claim to have uncovered a genetic link to help explain the cause of broken relationships between men and women.
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Karolinska 'best university in Sweden'
Education: 15 Aug 08
Stockholm medical university Karolinska Institutet has been named the best university in Sweden by a new international survey.
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Swedish study explores passive smoking and children
Science & Technology: 21 Jul 08
The effects on children of passive smoking varies depending on when the exposure occurs, according to a new study from the Karolinska Institutet.
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Fewer cases of breast cancer in Sweden
National: 12 Jul 08
Fewer woman over age 45 are getting breast cancer in Sweden.
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Karolinska study: hormone spray can help cure social phobia
Science & Technology: 25 Jun 08
Swedish and British researchers have found that a nasal spray with the hormone oxytocin can relieve social phobia, also known as social anxiety disorder.
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Men seek help for female sex abuse
Society: 19 Jun 08
More and more men are seeking professional help to assist them in coming to terms with the sexual abuse they have experienced at the hands of women.
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Nuke test residue aids Swedish fat cell research
Science & Technology: 5 May 08
Cold War era nuclear tests have helped a team of researchers in Sweden to uncover some new insights about the life and death of fat cells in adult humans.
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Swedish anti-smoking vaccine to undergo tests
Science & Technology: 28 Apr 08
Swedish researchers believe they may have developed a successful anti-nicotine vaccine.
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Snus causes premature death
National: 19 Apr 08
The use of snus, Swedish moist tobacco, causes premature death, a new 30-year study has shown.
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Convicted sex offender leaves second academic post
National: 17 Mar 08
A professor previously convicted for sexual molestation has resigned from his position at Södra Älvsborg hospital.
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Hormone treatment could save hearing: Swedish study
Science & Technology: 5 Mar 08
Hearing loss could be prevented with simple hormone treatment, a new study shows.
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Professor resigns after sex offence conviction
National: 4 Mar 08
A professor convicted of groping a teenage girl has resigned from his job at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm.
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Convicted murderer trains as doctor
Society: 7 Nov 07
Sweden's top medical university has said it cannot expel a man accepted onto its medicine course who later turned out to be a convicted murderer. The man could now become licensed as a doctor in Sweden without a formal criminal check being carried out.
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Swedish study criticizes prostate cancer test
Science & Technology: 4 Apr 07
A new study from Karolinska Institutet has shown that the PSA test used to detect prostate cancer is unable to predict whether a tumour is malignant or benign.
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Swedish women shun contraceptives
Science & Technology: 9 Feb 07
Women in Sweden are more inclined than before to take risks with contraception. Use of the morning-after pill has become much more common, and more women are having abortions.
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Sweden pays double for depression
Society: 23 Jan 07
Depression is not just a burden for individual sufferers - it is also a weight borne by taxpayers and employers. And it is becoming ever more expensive.
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Many Swedish women drink while pregnant
Science & Technology: 9 Nov 06
Twelve percent of Swedish women drink alcohol for the duration of their pregnancies, according to new research being presented today. Some drink enough to damage their babies.
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Fizzy drinks 'can cause cancer'
Science & Technology: 8 Nov 06
A Swedish study shows that large consumers of fizzy drinks and diluted fruit drinks are at increased risk of pancreatic cancer. People who consume fizzy drinks twice a day doubles the risk of contracting the disease.
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Washington welcomes the House of Sweden
National: 23 Oct 06
Sweden's royals are in the American capital for a three-day bash to mark the opening of the spectacular new Swedish embassy, in one of the best locations of any foreign embassy in the city.
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Oral sex can cause cancer
Science & Technology: 13 Sep 06
Giving oral sex can give you cancer, according to a new survey by scientists at Stockholm's Karolinska Institute. Changed sexual habits and more oral sex are causing the number of cases to rise.
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Swedish scientists identify "common disease gene"
Science & Technology: 14 Apr 05
Scientists at Karolinska Institutet and the Centre for Molecular Medicine have shown that there is a common risk factor for heart disease, MS and rheumatism.
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Drugs "to be tested on children"
Science & Technology: 25 Nov 04
... is the rather dramatic way in which the tabloids dealt with the news of a new EU law to ensure that medicines for children go through the same rigorous trials as medicines for adults.
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Smoking can increase arthritis risk
Science & Technology: 13 Oct 04
A new Swedish study gives smokers "the best motivation yet" to quit: if you have a genetic predispostion to arthritis, smoking dramatically increases your chances of getting it.
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Karolinska Institutet opens office in Singapore
Smörgåsbord: 5 Oct 04
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E.coli on the attack in Gothenburg
Science & Technology: 6 Aug 04
A dramatic rise in the nasty tick disease TBE, the mystery of stomach ulcers is revealed, and food poisoning strikes at a football tournament. Insert your own joke about the players' dazzling runs.
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"Recently I’ve been thinking of how much mental space we could create if we collectively agreed to get rid of stereotypes. All of those small compartments we walk around with in our heads would suddenly be cleared away and we’d feel so much lighter. Just think of all of that space for real new perceptions..." READ »
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