Sahlgrenska

The following articles have been tagged with "Sahlgrenska":

Swedish research puts stomach cancer vaccine in sight

Science & Technology: 30 Dec 09
New research at Sahlgrenska Academy in Gothenburg in western Sweden might be an important step towards creating a vaccine against ulcers and stomach cancer. READ »

Woman beaten to death in Gothenburg

National: 30 Dec 09
An 18-year-old woman has died after being found severely beaten in the Hjällbo district of Gothenburg in western Sweden early Wednesday morning, prompting a massive police response to hunt down the woman's killer. READ »

Queue at psychiatric clinic – man takes own life

Society: 5 Dec 09
A psychiatric clinic in Gothenburg has come under fire after a man in his forties who was seeking help was waiting so long that he gave up and went home, and then took his own life. 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 »

Mentally ill man behind Gothenburg bomb scare

National: 30 Oct 09
A man wearing a bomb belt paralyzed central Gothenburg on Thursday evening when threatened to blow it a tram. The perpetrator has since been identified as a 61-year-old suffering from a psychological disorder and is known to the police. READ »

Swedes struggle to make sense of a new diet trend

Lifestyle: 24 Sep 09
A new diet has surfaced in Sweden recently, the Low-Carb High Fat diet (LCHF), but experts remain divided over the new method for trimming one’s waistline, The Local’s Caroline Gravel discovered. READ »

Six-year-old survives seven storey fall

National: 5 Sep 09
A six-year-old boy survived a fall from a seventh floor apartment in Gothenburg on Friday evening, due in part to the actions of a quick-thinking passerby. READ »

Gothenburg man critical after knifing

National: 2 Sep 09
A 40-year-old man has received multiple stab wounds after being attacked in an apartment in the Gothenburg suburb of Biskopsgården, on Hisingen island, on Monday night. READ »

Lesbian couples cause run on Swedish sperm banks

Science & Technology: 23 Jul 09
A shortage of healthy sperm and a spike in demand from lesbian couples has caused a backlog of artificial insemination applications at Swedish fertility clinics. READ »

Swedish researchers develop Alzheimer's test

Science & Technology: 22 Jul 09
A major international study has shown that a combination of three different tests could be used to identify incipient Alzheimer's disease (AD) in patients with mild cognitive impairment. READ »

Four young women in GHB overdose

National: 12 Jul 09
Four GHB overdoses in Sundsvall in northern Sweden over the weekend point to a growing worry among health care officials about the prevalence of the recreational drug. READ »

Freckles increase risk of cancer: study

Science & Technology: 6 Jul 09
People with freckles or birthmarks are at greater risk of developing skin cancer, according to a new study from Lund University. READ »

Four killed in holiday traffic accidents

National: 20 Jun 09
At least four people have been killed and several others have been severely injured in Midsummer traffic accidents around the country. READ »

Swedish surgeon forgets swabs in sewn up mum

National: 10 May 09
A Swedish doctor has been cautioned after forgetting to remove two cloth swabs when sewing up a woman who had recently given birth at Sahögrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg. READ »

Eating fish makes teenage boys smarter: Swedish study

Science & Technology: 9 Mar 09
Teenage boys who eat fish at least once a week score higher on intelligence tests, according to a Swedish study. READ »

One dead following Mölndal shooting

National: 23 Jan 09
A man was shot dead on a footpath in a residential area in Mölndal in western Sweden on Thursday night. READ »

Gothenburg bus crash sends 13 to hospital

National: 27 Dec 08
Thirteen people were taken to hospital after a bus collided with a car in Gothenburg on Saturday morning. READ »

Swedish researchers uncover addiction's genetic roots

Science & Technology: 24 Sep 08
Researchers in Gothenburg studying the connection between alcoholism and the hormone ghrelin have found that a single genetic cause may lie behind several forms of dependency. READ »

More elderly Swedes prescribed anti-psychotic drugs

Society: 10 Sep 08
Around 45,000 people over age 75 were given anti-psychotic drugs last year despite questions about the medical necessity of the prescriptions. READ »

Sword-wielding man shot by Gothenburg police

National: 10 Sep 08
A man under the influence of drugs and armed with a sword was shot twice in the leg by police on Hisingen in Gothenburg on Tuesday night. READ »

Woman dies from mushroom poisoning

Society: 31 Aug 08
A 50-year-old woman in the care of Sahlgrenska Hospital in Gothenburg for mushroom poisoning died on Sunday morning. The woman is thought to have eaten a death cap mushroom which contains the poison amatoxin. READ »

Swedish researchers find strokes linked to depression

Science & Technology: 23 Jul 08
Depression can increase the risk for a stroke among the elderly, a Swedish study has revealed. READ »

Liseberg funfair accident caused by broken drive shaft

National: 21 Jul 08
The accident at the Liseberg amusement park in Gothenburg last week was caused by a broken drive shaft, investigators have announced. READ »

Eighteen people hurt in Gothenburg funfair accident

National: 16 Jul 08
Eighteen people were injured on Tuesday, two of them seriously, when a mechanical fault sent a fairground ride at Liseberg leisure park in Gothenburg crashing to the ground. READ »

Far-right extremists in violent clash with leftists

National: 6 Jun 08
Far-right extremists clashed with a gang of left-wingers on the streets of Gothenburg early on Friday morning. READ »

Swedish teen girls have more sex with one another

Society: 30 May 08
More Swedish teenage girls than boys have had sex with someone of the same gender, according to a new dissertation from the Sahlgrenska Academy in Gothenburg. READ »

Hospitals offer care to illegal immigrants

National: 17 May 08
Half of Swedish healthcare authorities give the same care to illegal immigrants as they do to other patients. READ »

Man apprehended following Gothenburg shooting

National: 10 May 08
A man has been arrested in Gothenburg on suspicion of attempted murder following a shooting in the Angered area of the city on Friday evening. READ »

Pupil shot in foot near school

National: 29 Apr 08
A 19-year-old high school student in Gothenburg was shot in the foot at lunch time on Tuesday. READ »

Patients feel effects of nurses strike

National: 21 Apr 08
Health services in several parts of Sweden began redirecting ambulance traffic so that emergency rooms participating in the healthcare workers strike can close as planned at noon on Monday. READ »

Swedish ice cream trucks 'a form of torture'

National: 7 Apr 08
Selling ice cream and candy with enticing melodies ought to be outlawed, says a Swedish professor. READ »

Skin cancer figures rising in Sweden

National: 24 Mar 08
More Swedes are being diagnosed with skin cancer than in previous decades. READ »

Hunt continues for Gothenburg killer

National: 23 Mar 08
The hunt is continuing for the man suspected by police of murdering one man and attempting to murder another in Gothenburg on Friday. READ »

Man wanted for Gothenburg shootings

National: 22 Mar 08
A 30-year-old man is wanted for the murder and attempted murder of two men in Gothenburg on Good Friday. READ »

Gothenburg mulls public perfume ban

Society: 21 Mar 08
The 49 municipalities in the Gothenburg region are considering introducing a complete perfume ban in the region's hospitals. READ »

Hospital in HIV needle mix up

National: 19 Feb 08
A nurse at Sahlgrenska University Hospital injected a patient with a syringe previously used on a patient infected with HIV. READ »

Woman found dead after gas accident

National: 27 Oct 07
One woman died of carbon monoxide poisoning and four others were found unconscious in a building in Härryda, Gothenburg, on Saturday morning. They were organising a Buddhist event in the premises. READ »

'Too fat to be a father'

Society: 8 Aug 07
Jan Karlsson from Tibro in western Sweden has been told by staff at an artificial insemination clinic that he is too fat to become a father. READ »

Refrigerator leak claims second victim

National: 26 Jul 07
A 13-year-old boy who was being treated in hospital in Gothenburg after a gas leak two weeks ago has died. His older sister died two weeks ago. READ »

Police arrest 15-year-old murder suspect

National: 13 Jul 07
A 15-year-old boy has been taken into custody by police in Gothenburg in connection with the robbery and murder of a 45-year-old man at a kiosk in the city on Tuesday. READ »

Teenagers arrested for Gothenburg murder

National: 11 Jul 07
Police have arrested six people in connection with the stabbing to death of a shop worker in Gothenburg on Tuesday afternoon. READ »

Man stabbed to death in Gothenburg

National: 11 Jul 07
A 45-year-old Gothenburg man was stabbed to death on Tuesday afternoon at the shop where he worked. READ »

Hillary Clinton honoured by Gothenburg University

National: 4 Jul 07
Hillary Clinton has been awarded an honorary doctorate by Gothenburg University. The Sahlgrenska Academy pointed to the US presidential candidate's work for vulnerable children and improved healthcare. READ »

Man dies after failed bridge jump

National: 2 Jul 07
A 22-year-old man who jumped from a bridge in Gothenburg during a music festival on Saturday night has died from the injuries he sustained. READ »

Sleeping man fell from fortress

National: 11 Jun 07
A man is being treated for serious injuries after falling from the wall of a western Swedish fortress in the early hours of Monday morning. READ »

Man arrested over hospital shooting

National: 26 Mar 07
A man was arrested on Sunday night after shots were fired at the entrance of Gothenburg's Sahlgrenska Hospital's casualty ward. READ »

Builders more prone to heart attacks

Science & Technology: 1 Mar 07
Builders exposed to airborne particles in the workplace are more prone to heart attacks than other workers, a major new study has shown. READ »

Men hunted after Gothenburg street killing

National: 25 Feb 07
Two men are being hunted by police in Gothenburg after a man was murdered in the middle of a street in the city. The dead man, 27, was attacked and robbed in the Bergsjön district. READ »

Man crashes into hospital in stolen ambulance

National: 16 Feb 07
A man has been arrested in western Sweden after he stole an ambulance - and promptly drove it through the wall of a hospital. READ »

Woman dies after Brit drives on the left

National: 7 Feb 07
A 75-year-old woman has died in a frontal collision in Gothenburg with an British driver who veered over to the the left hand side of the road. READ »

'Children need to consume more fat'

Science & Technology: 25 Jan 07
A Swedish study has shown that eating lots of fatty foods is good for healthy four-year-olds. READ »

Hospital 'never checks doctors' criminal records'

Society: 12 Jan 07
A Gothenburg hospital that employed a doctor with a string of convictions for sex offences in its psychiatric unit has admitted that it never checks whether job applicants have criminal convictions. READ »

Sex crimes doctor gets hospital job

Society: 11 Jan 07
A doctor with a string of convictions for sexual offences has been given a job at Gothenburg's Sahlgrenska Hospital. The hospital was unaware of the man's record. READ »

Woman shot dead in Gothenburg

National: 12 Dec 06
A woman in her twenties has been shot dead at an apartment in Gothenburg. Police say they are treating the case as murder. READ »

Dynamite found at Gothenburg hospital

National: 17 Oct 06
A stick of dynamite found by a member of the public at Gothenburg's Sahlgrenska Hospital on Tuesday afternoon has been disarmed by police. READ »

Two die in Gothenburg shooting

National: 10 Oct 06
Two men died after a shooting in a Gothenburg apartment on Monday night. The shooting happened in the Hammarkullen area of the city at around 2am on Tuesday. READ »

Woman seriously injured in Liseberg accident

National: 8 Oct 06
A woman suffered serious head injuries in an accident at the Liseberg amusement park on Sunday afternoon. The incident occured just after 3pm on the popular 'Flumeride' attraction. READ »

Car explodes in Gothenburg

National: 20 Sep 06
A car exploded in central Gothenburg shortly before noon on Wednesday, police have said. Three cars are reported to have been destroyed. READ »

Cancer cases linked to refinery

Science & Technology: 13 Sep 06
An increase in the number leukemia cases in two small towns in south-western Sweden have been linked to a nearby oil refinery by a new study from the Sahlgrenska hospital in Gothenburg. READ »

Three injured as supermarket ceiling collapses

National: 8 Sep 06
Several people were injured when the ceiling of a Gothenburg supermarket collapsed just after 3pm on Friday. READ »

Gothenburg 'gang leader' shot

National: 27 Aug 06
A man, allegedly the leader of one of Gothenburg's most notorious criminal gangs, has been found shot in a parking garage in the city. The shooting was reportedly due to gang rivalry. READ »

Man arrested over bank stabbings

National: 31 Jul 06
A man in his forties has been arrested after the stabbing of two bank workers in Gothenburg on Monday. Police say they are treating the case as attempted murder. READ »

Children die in Gothenburg road crash

National: 16 Jul 06
Two children were killed and two adults were seriously injured when three cars crashed and caught fire on Boråsvägen in Mölnlycke, outside Gothenburg, on Sunday. READ »

21 injured in Liseberg rollercoaster crash

National: 15 Jul 06
Two wagons on one of the rollercoasters at the Liseberg amusement park in Gothenburg collided just after noon on Saturday. READ »

Passenger boat rams Gothenburg jetty

National: 14 Jul 06
Ten people were taken to hospital on Friday morning after a passenger boat carrying some 90 guests rammed a dock near Eriksberg, in Gothenburg. READ »

Elk hunted down after attack on man

National: 7 Jul 06
A man was seriously injured on Thursday after being kicked and shoved by an elk in Gothenburg. The elk had been attacked by children throwing objects at it. READ »

Man killed in wall collapse

National: 18 Apr 06
A man is crushed after a 300 kilo brick wall collapses on him at a building site in Gothenburg. READ »

Man falls from sixth floor - and survives

National: 5 Feb 06
A man in his 20s has miraculously survived after falling from the sixth floor of a building in the Hisingen area of Gothenburg. READ »

Swedish bog man murdered - 700 years ago

National: 24 Jan 06
After seven hundred years, death of Sweden's oldest human skeleton, the Bocksten Man, has been solved. He was murdered - with three blows to the head. READ »

Sweden to create stem cell bank

Science & Technology: 15 Dec 05
Sweden's health minister reveals plans to create a national blood bank containing stem cells from umbilical cords, used to treat deadly diseases like leukemia more effectively. READ »

"Overtime mammographies" lucrative for doctors

Science & Technology: 16 Sep 05
A shortage of qualified mammography staff in Sweden means longer waiting times - while skilled doctors can earn hundreds of thousands of kronor extra each year in overtime payments. READ »

"Too young" kidney donors turned away

Science & Technology: 7 Apr 05
Despite a desperate need for kidney donors in Sweden, health officals have been turning away donors in their twenties, saying that they are not mature enough to make such a decision. READ »

Fabian Bengtsson found alive

National: 3 Feb 05
The boss of the Siba electronics firm, who has been missing for over two weeks, has been found alive in Gothenburg. He's said to be in reasonable condition and police are certain that no ransom was paid for his release. The search is now on for the kidnappers. READ »

Gothenburg University chiefs prosecuted by justice ombudsman

National: 19 Jan 05
More intrigue in Sweden's ivory towers as the vice chancellor, chairman and top professor are charged with misconduct by the justice ombudsman. It's all about research into a psychiatric condition called DAMP - but it's somewhat, erm, academic since all 100,000 pages of documents have been mysteriously shredded. READ »