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Girl to friend: 'I think I've got a knife in my throat'

National: 7 Feb 12
Police continue to hunt for the man suspected in the stabbing a 10-year-old girl outside of her school in Gothenburg on Monday. As the girl recovers in hospital, local residents remain on edge following the attack. READ »

10-year-old girl stabbed in the throat at school

National: 6 Feb 12
A 10-year-old girl had her throat slashed with a knife outside a school in Gothenburg in western Sweden on Monday morning, according to police. READ »

Addicts die after smoking pain-relief patches

National: 18 Jan 12
After several deaths in southern Sweden have been linked to the use the drug fentanyl, a pain-relief patch meant for cancer patients, local police are now calling it the “most serious drug problem” in the area. READ »

Birth control pills help painful periods: study

Science & Technology: 18 Jan 12
Researchers in Sweden have now proven what many women have long suspected about the pain relief powers of birth control pills. READ »

Somalis 'shut out' of Sweden's health system

Science & Technology: 28 Dec 11
Many Somalis in Sweden feel dismissed when visiting a doctor in Sweden, according to a new study, which shows that many end up looking abroad for medical treatment as a result. READ »

Higher death risk for men with low vitamin D: Swedish study

Science & Technology: 27 Dec 11
The lack of sun in a Swedish winter may be deadly, as well as depressing. Elderly men with low levels of vitamin D have a "substantial excess risk of death", according to a new Swedish study. READ »

Patient dies after nine-hour ER wait

Science & Technology: 27 Dec 11
A patient who was forced to wait for nine hours in the emergency room at a hospital in Gothenburg in western Sweden died just fifteen minutes after finally being admitted. READ »

Thirsty fireman guzzled ammonia by mistake

Society: 3 Dec 11
A firefighter from Gothenburg in western Sweden was rushed to hospital after drinking from a water bottle that turned out to be filled with ammonia following a routine smoke diving exercise. READ »

Nine years for blowing up lover's husband

National: 30 Nov 11
A 58-year-old man in western Sweden has been sentenced to nine years in prison after attempting to blow up the husband of his mistress. READ »

Man catches fire in Gothenburg train station

National: 21 Nov 11
An unidentified man sustained serious injuries after suddenly catching fire in Gothenburg on Sunday evening, leaving police flummoxed as to who he is and what really happened. READ »

117 skin cancer cases misdiagnosed

Science & Technology: 18 Nov 11
Several more missed skin cancer cases have been detected in the retesting of diagnoses after the Sahlgrenska University hospital cancer scandal became public earlier this year. So far more than 100 misdiagnoses have been revealed. READ »

Woman severely injured by airplane propeller

National: 13 Nov 11
A woman in her seventies suffered life-threatening injuries when hit by a propeller. The accident occurred on Saturday at Viared's air field outside Borås, in southern Sweden. READ »

Alcohol damages women's brains faster than men's: Swedish study

Science & Technology: 9 Nov 11
Women alcoholics suffer damage to their brains three times faster than men who abuse alcohol, according to a new Swedish study released on Wednesday. READ »

New tick-borne disease discovered in Sweden

Science & Technology: 25 Oct 11
Swedish researchers have discovered a new tick-borne illness that can cause blood clots in the legs and lungs, with three cases having been reported in Sweden. READ »

Time runs out for 90-year-old deportee

National: 18 Oct 11
90-year-old Ganna Chyzhevska, suffering from dementia and heart disease, is scheduled to be deported to Ukraine on Tuesday afternoon, after all efforts by her family to keep her with them in Sweden have failed. READ »

Man shot at Gothenburg night club

National: 15 Oct 11
A man was shot at a strip club in central Gothenburg late Friday night, and has been taken to Sahlgrenska hospital. READ »

Blood donors targeted in social media push

Science & Technology: 5 Oct 11
Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg in western Sweden has launched a massive social media campaign to encourage blood donors to sign up to a "nag me until I become a blood donor" contract and help tackle a shortage. READ »

Swedish researchers in 'depression gene' find

Science & Technology: 28 Sep 11
Swedish researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy in Gothenburg have managed to identify a gene which they believe has a strong connection to bipolar disorder. READ »

Swedish docs set for mother-daughter womb transplant

Science & Technology: 13 Jun 11
Doctors in Sweden are preparing to transplant the womb of a 56-year-old woman into her own daughter. READ »

Gothenburg cancer scandal grows

National: 8 Jun 11
At least 24 more cases of missed cancer diagnoses from a doctor employed at Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg in western Sweden have been discovered. READ »

EHEC search 'detective work': Swedish specialist

Science & Technology: 3 Jun 11
Swedish scientists are concerned that it may be some time before the properties of the bacteria causing the current EHEC infection in Europe are fully understood. READ »

More EHEC cases reported in Sweden

National: 3 Jun 11
More Swedes have been infected with the virulent enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) bacteria which some health experts believe comes from an entirely new strain of the bacteria. READ »

Man found shot near isolated pedestrian path

National: 1 Jun 11
A man in his fifties with life-threatening gunshot wounds was found lying near a walking path in south central Sweden late Tuesday night in what police have classified as attempted murder. READ »

Man hurt in Gothenburg bomb attack

National: 23 May 11
An explosion ripped through a house in Kungälv in western Sweden early Monday morning sending one man to hospital in what police believe was an attempted murder. READ »

Swedish doc missed 27 skin cancer cases

Science & Technology: 18 May 11
A doctor employed at Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg in western Sweden missed at least 27 skin cancer diagnoses over a period of several years, the hospital confirmed on Wednesday. READ »

Single transplant drains Swedish blood supplies

Science & Technology: 2 May 11
A single organ transplant operation in Gothenburg emptied blood supplies throughout southern Sweden, forcing the hospital to buy blood from Finland. READ »

Gothenburg police hunt for shootout suspects

National: 23 Apr 11
Police say no suspects have been arrested in connection with a shootout at an ice cream cafe in Gothenburg Friday, leaving three men seriously wounded. READ »

Four wounded in Gothenburg shootout

National: 22 Apr 11
Two men were gunned down at 2pm Friday on a busy street in northern Gothenburg while two others were rushed to the hospital. All four have survived. READ »

Swedish alcoholism drug awaits human study

Science & Technology: 14 Feb 11
A new drug to combat alcoholism developed at the University of Gothenburg's Sahlgrenska Academy may become reality in the future. READ »

Icy conditions overwhelm Swedish hospitals

Society: 12 Feb 11
The recent slippery conditions across Sweden have resulted in record overcrowding in the country's emergency rooms. READ »

Pots and pans sound hospital patient alarms

Society: 4 Feb 11
An overcrowded hospital in Gothenburg has resorted to giving patients in a children's ward saucepans and spoons to summon assistance in emergency situations, according to a union report. READ »

Mother of three 'knew suspected killer'

National: 30 Nov 10
A woman who was shot in a suburb of Gothenburg in western Sweden on Saturday night, and died of her injuries on Tuesday, was acquainted with the man wanted by police, the prosecutor has confirmed. READ »

Police baffled by man with 'no identity'

National: 21 Nov 10
Police in Gothenburg have been unable to identify an injured and confused man found wandering around the city’s harbour on Sunday morning. READ »

Halloween blood drive scares would-be donors

Society: 5 Oct 10
A campaign launched with the intention of attracting blood donors in Gothenburg has been scrapped after recipients reacted in horror to its "threatening and frightening" message. READ »

Swedish researchers in womb transplant success

Science & Technology: 3 Oct 10
Swedish researchers have moved step closer to performing the world's first womb transplant, providing women unable to have children an alternative to adoption. READ »

Middle-age stress linked to Alzheimer's

Science & Technology: 5 Jul 10
Those who often feel stressed while middle-aged carry a greater risk of developing dementia, especially Alzheimer's, later in life, a new study by Swedish researchers has shown. READ »

Stolen Milles statue found in woods

National: 11 May 10
A bronze statue by Swedish sculptor Carl Milles, stolen from a Gothenburg hospital five years ago, has been found in a nearby forest. READ »

Gothenburg sweet shop selling 'cannabis'

Society: 13 Apr 10
A sweet shop in central Gothenburg has started selling synthetic drugs that have not yet been classified as narcotics but whose effect is the same as cannabis. READ »

Assault victim dumped in cemetery

National: 11 Apr 10
A police unit in Gothenburg discovered a 22-year-old man in a cemetery on Saturday evening with one of his legs broken and his body covered in bruises. READ »

Three cases of rare meat allergy at Stockholm hospital

Science & Technology: 8 Apr 10
Three people have been diagnosed with rare red meat allergies at a Stockholm hospital over the past six months, as the extremely rare condition gains increasing attention among researchers. READ »

Snow and ice cause traffic havoc

National: 22 Mar 10
Heavy snowfalls and treacherous ice resulted in a slew of road accidents across both eastern and western Sweden on Sunday. READ »

Swedish lab offers hope on genital herpes vaccine

Science & Technology: 17 Mar 10
Researchers in Gothenburg have developed a promising new vaccine against genital herpes, with successful tests on mice offering hope of an STD-free future for millions. READ »

Hospital probed as patient dies in wait of operation

National: 13 Mar 10
Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg has come under steep critcism after a woman with a serious bowel condition died, having been forced to wait seven hours for emergency treatment. READ »

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 »

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