May 28, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Heart_attack":
Politics: 22 May 12
The American intelligence service CIA prompted an investigation by Sweden into the Wallenberg case in the 1970s, using false witness statements, according to a new Swedish book.
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National: 18 May 12
Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg had at least 15 kilogrammes of gold and jewellery in his car when the Red Army arrested him in 1945, according to a new book by a Swedish author.
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Society: 20 Apr 12
US president Barack Obama praised the "selfless acts" of Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg in a special video message released Thursday to coincide with Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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Science & Technology: 5 Apr 12
Suicide and fatal heart attack rates are distinctly higher among people who have been diagnosed with cancer, according to a new Swedish study.
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Science & Technology: 24 Mar 12
Don't forget to set your clocks forward one hour on Saturday night. Once again, the time has come to change to daylight savings time, marking the start for longer and brighter evenings in Sweden.
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Science & Technology: 14 Mar 12
A 75-year-old Stockholm man suffering from a heart attack was forced to call three times and wait 13 hours before emergency services operator SOS Alarm finally sent an ambulance. He died in hospital the following day.
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National: 5 Mar 12
A Swedish man has been arrested after injuring a female security guard so badly in a Norway bar fight during the weekend that she was pronounced dead on Sunday evening.
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Science & Technology: 4 Jan 12
Gastric bypass surgery make obese patients less likely to die from heart attack and stroke than patients receiving more conventional treatment for their condition, a Swedish study showed on Tuesday.
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Analysis & Opinion: 2 Jan 12
The Swedish government has announced that it will designate 2012 as the official "Raoul Wallenberg Year" and the honour is more than deserved, according to historian Susanne Berger.
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Society: 21 Dec 11
Stieg Larsson's former partner has slammed the commercialization of the late Swedish writer's best-selling novel, “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo”, in connection with the release of Hollywood's adaption of the book.
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Politics: 19 Dec 11
The fact that the death of Kim Jong Il wasn't announced until two days after the North Korean dictator had died is a sign of the “uncertainty” in the region, Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt said on Monday.
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Society: 22 Nov 11
Swedish crime drama Millennium, based on the novels by Stieg Larsson, has won the prize for best TV movie at the International Emmy Awards in New York.
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Society: 26 Oct 11
Swedish fashion retailer H&M is planning a line of clothing inspired by the hacker heroine made famous in the first of the best-selling Millennium crime thrillers, "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo".
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Society: 26 Oct 11
Swedish writer Stieg Larsson, author of the world acclaimed Millennium trilogy, has cracked Forbes magazine's list of top ten stars who are still earning big in the afterlife.
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Society: 11 Oct 11
A letter to late Swedish author Stieg Larsson rejecting his application to journalism school due to doubts about his writing skills is set to go on the auction block.
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Science & Technology: 30 Aug 11
Users of moist snuff or 'snus' who have suffered a heart attack can greatly reduce their chances of dying if they give up the habit, a new Swedish study has shown.
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Science & Technology: 29 Aug 11
Female heart attack patients in Sweden still receive inferior treatment than men, according to a new study.
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National: 4 Aug 11
A furious Swedish family has blasted a Ryanair cabin crew after a passenger slipped into cardiac arrest and was just offered a sandwich and soda.
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Business & Money: 21 Jul 11
Anglo-Swedish pharmaceuticals firm AstraZeneca announced on Thursday that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its Brilinta heart drug for use on patients in the United States.
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Business & Money: 1 Jun 11
Sweden's housing market shows signs of a bubble and is on the verge of a sustained price decline, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned in a new report.
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National: 17 May 11
Quick action by the head of a Canadian choir touring Sweden narrowly averted an accident when the driver of their tour bus suffered a heart attack at full speed, Swedish media reported Monday.
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National: 17 May 11
Sweden's emergency response service SOS Alarm has been put under review by the health board after a man died after being refused an ambulance and a series of other recent cases deemed to endanger the welfare of patients.
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Society: 7 Apr 11
A doctor's sub-par Swedish languages skills likely played a role in the death of a 66-year-old man in western Sweden, the country's health board has ruled.
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Analysis & Opinion: 26 Jan 11
With Swedish journalist Dawit Isaak in prison in Eritrea and questions still swirling about the fate of Raoul Wallenberg, historian Susanne Berger argues that Sweden needs to do more to shorten its ignominious line of unsolved disappearances.
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Science & Technology: 25 Jan 11
Behaviour therapy to help patients with heart disease learn to better manage stress can greatly reduce the risk of heart attacks in the long run, according to a new Swedish study.
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Society: 22 Jan 11
In a rare public interview, the younger brother of late Swedish author Stieg Larsson rejected claims that he and his father have jealously guarded the author’s inheritance from his longtime partner Eva Gabrielsson.
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Society: 13 Jan 11
Eva Gabrielsson, the longtime partner of Swedish author Stieg Larsson, as said she could complete the unfinished fourth volume of the wildly-successful Millennium crime trilogy if she could secure the rights.
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Science & Technology: 13 Nov 10
Swedish researchers fear that the number of people suffering from diabetes stands to double in the country over the coming years, with the condition creeping down the ages.
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Science & Technology: 6 Oct 10
Only a little over half of Swedish smokers who have suffered heart attacks manage to kick the habit, a new study shows.
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National: 15 Aug 10
Two participants in Stockholm’s 10 kilometre Midnight Run died during Saturday night’s race as hot weather conditions caught many runners off guard.
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Business & Money: 28 Jul 10
Sweden's Stieg Larsson has become the first author to sell more than one million books in Amazon's Kindle electronic bookstore, the company announced on Tuesday.
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Society: 9 Jul 10
Online retail giant Amazon has named the final installment of the Millennium trilogy, "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest," in its list of "Best Books of the Year... So Far" as the film of the second instalment opens in US cinemas.
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Society: 17 Jun 10
Stieg Larsson's partner Eva Gabrielsson has said she has "flatly refused" an offer of 20 million kronor ($2.57 million) and a board seat in the company that manages the Millennium books.
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Society: 16 Jun 10
The family of late Swedish crime writer Stieg Larsson have been unable to reach an agreement on the division of his estate, made lucrative by the huge success of the Millennium trilogy.
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Society: 8 Jun 10
A raft of unpublished manuscripts by the Swedish writer Stieg Larsson, author of the popular Millennium trilogy books, have been unearthed at Sweden's National Library in Stockholm.
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Science & Technology: 13 Apr 10
People with fewer of their own teeth run a greater risk of dying from heart disease than those carrying a full set of pearly whites, a new Swedish research report shows.
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National: 3 Apr 10
Two researchers have said there is strong evidence to suggest that Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg was still alive after the date on which the Soviet Union claimed he had died of a heart attack.
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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.
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Society: 29 Mar 10
The relatives of a man who spent the last three decades collecting empty cans on the streets of a town in northern Sweden have settled out of court over the division of his unlikely fortune.
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National: 2 Feb 10
A 45-year-old woman from Småland in southern Sweden has been killed by a jellyfish while on holiday in the Malaysian resort of Pantai Cenang, Langkawi.
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Society: 19 Jan 10
Eva Gabrielsson, long-time partner of best-selling author Stieg Larsson, has slammed a new book claiming he was a mediocre journalist who lacked objectivity.
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Society: 16 Dec 09
A major Hollywood studio is close to finalizing a deal to produce an English-language film adaptation of Swedish author Stieg Larsson’s wildly successful “Millennium” trilogy of crime novels.
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Society: 11 Dec 09
The late Stieg Larsson's long-time partner Eva Gabrielsson has refused 20 million kronor ($2.8 million) that the writer’s brother and father offered her in a gesture to alleviate a long-running dispute over the author’s estate.
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Business & Money: 24 Nov 09
New Swedish research shows that men with pent-up frustrations about perceived workplace injustices run twice the risk of suffering a heart attack.
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National: 10 Nov 09
A man in his sixties from central Sweden who was suffering from the swine flu has been found dead in his home, according to a statement from Örebro hospital.
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Science & Technology: 3 Nov 09
Liberal Party politician Jan-Erik Brohede has died of a swine flu-related illness at the age of 48.
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Society: 2 Nov 09
Relatives of Stieg Larsson, the late Swedish author of the popular "Millennium" crime novels, have offered his former girlfriend 20 million kronor ($2.8 million) to settle a protracted inheritance dispute.
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Society: 18 Sep 09
The film adaptation of the second installment of Swedish author Stieg Larsson's cult "Millennium" crime trilogy opened on Friday in theatres across Scandinavia.
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Lifestyle: 11 Sep 09
Financial markets implode, the flow of regular work slows to a trickle, and the only thing expanding is his waistline. Roger Choate explains how he unexpectedly came to wave his wilting wallet in the direction of a personal trainer.
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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.
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Science & Technology: 15 Jul 09
Health authorities in eastern Sweden have reported their own inaction to the National Board of Health and Welfare after an 85-year-old man swallowed his false teeth and died.
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National: 14 Jul 09
A Swedish plastic surgeon may face a criminal investigation in the UK after the wife of a famous footballer died last week from complications attributed to a bungled 2002 liposuction treatment.
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Science & Technology: 19 May 09
The risk of recurrence of an acute heart attack has declined dramatically in Sweden in recent years, a new Swedish study published on Tuesday shows.
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Society: 16 Apr 09
The relatives of a man who spent the last three decades collecting empty cans on the streets of a town in northern Sweden were surprised to learn he was worth millions when he died.
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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.
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Society: 28 Feb 09
Swedish cinema goers rushed to snap up tickets for the long-awaited film adaptation of the first novel in Swedish author Stieg Larsson's cult "Millennium" crime trilogy, which premièred on Friday.
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Lifestyle: 25 Feb 09
With the film based on the first book in Stieg Larsson’s crime novel trilogy due to hit Swedish cinema’s on Friday, the AFP’s Delphine Touitou takes a look at how the late authors work has been adapted for the big screen.
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Society: 28 Jan 09
Glamour model Magdalena Graaf, one of the stars of TV4's Let's Dance, was rushed to hospital with a brain hemorrhage on Tuesday night.
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Science & Technology: 28 Nov 08
Ambulance personnel in Malmö have been instructed to play a game of chance when deciding which treatment to apply to heart attack patients.
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Science & Technology: 11 Nov 08
Vibrating tools can increase the risk of a heart attack by 30 percent, according to a new Swedish study.
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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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Science & Technology: 18 Sep 08
Deaths from heart attacks in Sweden have been cut in half in the last 13 years, according to a new report.
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National: 16 Sep 08
A 32-year-old mental patient was discovered on Wednesday of last week hanging unconscious in his room from a noose fashioned out of bed sheets.
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Analysis & Opinion: 20 Aug 08
The most popular work of crime fiction ever published in Sweden is never likely to win a Nobel Prize. But it should, argues Jeanne Rudbeck, who is left spellbound by Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy.
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Sport: 16 Aug 08
British golfer Nick Dougherty rattled off birdies in three of the last four holes to share the midway lead with Swede Peter Hanson at the SAS Masters after Friday's second round.
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Travel: 29 Jul 08
Join Delphine Touitou from AFP as she follows along on Stockholm's newest literary walking tour inspired by the books of the late Stieg Larsson.
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Society: 15 Jul 08
Street violence in Stockholm is rising, according to a study by Stockholm South General Hospital (Södersjukhuset).
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National: 12 Jul 08
Fewer woman over age 45 are getting breast cancer in Sweden.
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Lifestyle: 10 Apr 08
Seven weekend club and concert tips from Kalendarium.
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Society: 20 Mar 08
A newly discovered volume by the late Stieg Larsson will not be published, his father said Wednesday.
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National: 27 Feb 08
Despite a woman’s repeated calls to Sweden’s emergency number, it took two hours before an ambulance arrived.
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Society: 11 Jan 08
Preventable deaths are more common in Swedish hospitals than in a number of other comparable industrial countries.
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Society: 12 Dec 07
A two-year-old Swedish boy has died after a flight from Stockholm to Australia.
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National: 7 Dec 07
Friday saw the beginning of a court case for a murder that shocked Sweden.
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National: 30 Nov 07
Four 16-year-old boys have been charged with murder over the beating of Riccardo Campogiani in Stockholm in October.
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Lifestyle: 12 Nov 07
Tipping Point: Entertaining visitors in the dog days of late autumn is always a challenge, but Kathleen Harman thinks she's found just the place to keep them amused.
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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.
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Science & Technology: 19 Feb 07
People who live in poor areas of Sweden are much more likely to suffer from heart disease than people who live in richer areas. They are also more likely to die from the condition, according to new research.
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Science & Technology: 23 Jan 07
A new study has shown that toothache or jaw pain, especially among women, may be a warning sign of impending heart trouble.
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National: 22 Jan 07
Klas Bergenstrand, director general of the Swedish Security Service, has died of a suspected heart attack at the age of 61. The former civil servant fell ill on Sunday night.
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National: 8 Jan 07
The former Cypriot ambassador to Sweden has been sentenced to seven months in prison after being found guilty of several charges of sexual harassment.
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Society: 6 Dec 06
More Swedes die in the two week period after Christmas than at any other time of the year. New figures show that Christmas time is the deadliest time.
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National: 31 Mar 06
Sweden will carry out a probe of a UN detention unit here where former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic died three weeks ago, the war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia said on Friday.
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Science & Technology: 5 Dec 05
After analysing years of research, Sweden's National Institute of Public Health concludes that snus does indeed cause cancer. But Swedish Match, the country's biggest producer, says that the statement is a political move.
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Science & Technology: 16 May 05
Fears that female heart attack patients in Sweden are receiving worse medical care than men are confirmed by a study conducted at Linköping University hospital.
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Science & Technology: 19 Apr 05
A new Swedish study has shown that living in a polluted area makes you more prone to having a heart attack, and living near an airport gives you high blood pressure.
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Sport: 7 Mar 05
While the organisers delight in the perfect weather, perfect track and a Swedish victory, the world's biggest cross-country ski race ends in tragedy for three participants.
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National: 15 Feb 05
Fatal traffic accidents, packed casualty wards, electricity failures affecting thousands - but none of that bothers the organisers of the annual Vasa Ski Race who are delighted with the latest snowfall.
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Society: 7 Dec 04
The next generation of Swedes could be a bunch of sleep-deprived, over-eaters. And it's the resident evil of the games console that's to blame.
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Science & Technology: 23 Sep 04
With pensioners being sent to Mallorca for treatment, women facing worse healthcare than men and the wrong kidney being plucked out at a hospital in Malmö, the message is clear: keep taking the garlic pills.
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Smörgåsbord: 16 Sep 04
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Business & Money: 9 Sep 04
A series of negative newspaper articles and an airport protest by a trade union provokes a response from Ryanair's famously abrasive chief executive. But does anyone care when you can fly to Paris for 348 crowns?
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