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Sweden affirms swine flu vaccine narcolepsy link
Science & Technology: 26 Mar 13
The swine flu vaccine Pandemrix has a direct link to causing narcolepsy, especially among the younger people who were vaccinated, a new Swedish study revealed on Tuesday.
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Doctors warn Swedes are abusing painkillers
Science & Technology: 17 Jan 13
Since the Swedish government reformed the pharmacy system three years ago, Swedes are popping paracetemol-based painkillers like never before, warn doctors working with overdose and accidental poisoning cases.
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Swede offers naming rights for cancer 'cure'
Science & Technology: 10 Sep 12
A Swedish professor has designed a virus touted as a potential cure for the cancer that killed Apple-founder Steve Jobs. He talks to The Local about the virus, how it works, and the prospect of making "medical and fundraising history”.
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Elderly Swedes turn to potency pills: report
Science & Technology: 20 Aug 12
A growing number of elderly men in Sweden are choosing to go on erectile-dysfunction drugs in order to keep up their virility, according to a new report.
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Use of 'Barbie drug' on the rise in Sweden: police
Science & Technology: 16 Jul 12
More young Swedish people are using Melanotan, a drug that makes the user’s skin appear more tanned, despite health risks and unknown long term affects.
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Narcolepsy traced to specific vaccine batches
Science & Technology: 1 Jun 12
A new Swedish study shows that all Swedes who developed narcolepsy from the swine flu vaccine Pandemrix received the vaccine from 12 of the 35 batches, despite the claim by the responsible agency that no such connection exists.
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Viagra helps Swedish gangs get profits up
National: 21 May 12
Viagra and other impotency drugs appear to have replaced cocaine as the drug of choice for Swedish motorcycle gangs looking to profit from the illegal drugs trade.
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Skåne hardest hit by 'swine flu' narcolepsy
National: 19 Feb 12
Thirty-three of Sweden's 177 cases of narcolepsy have been reported in Skåne after Sweden's massive vaccination campaign against swine flu in 2009. The southern region has been unusually hard struck by the vaccine Pandemrix's side effects.
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Sweden approves medical 'marijuana'
Science & Technology: 12 Feb 12
Medicinal cannabis is now available as a prescription medicine in Sweden after the Medical Products agency approved a cannabis-based mouth spray for the treatment of multiple sclerosis.
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Rat poison found in erectile dysfunction pills
Science & Technology: 14 Jan 12
Buying cures for erectile dysfunction from unknown websites can prove useless, if not actually dangerous, according to Swedish medical authorities, as one recently confiscated aphrodisiac was shown to contain the rat poison strychnine.
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Bursting implants widely unreported in Sweden
Science & Technology: 4 Jan 12
The Swedish Medical Products Agency can't estimate how many of the French PIP breast implants, used by some 4,000 Swedish women, have burst. Despite what the law says, beauty clinics often fail in reporting potential side effects.
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Swedish women warned over French fake boobs
Science & Technology: 23 Dec 11
Thousands of Swedish women have substandard breast implants from France-based company PIP. These women have now been urged to surgically remove their implants by French authorities.
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Cancer vaccines 'equally efficient': agency
Science & Technology: 28 Sep 11
Cancer vaccines Gardasil and Cervarix offers equally efficient protection against the most common types of cervical cancer, according to a statement from the Swedish Medical Products Agency.
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Penis enlargement ops linked to erection trouble
National: 26 Sep 11
A dozen men in Sweden have suffered pain and erectile dysfunction after undergoing penis enlarging surgery, prompting one clinic to launch an inquiry into the use of a popular augmentation gel.
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Sweden mulls ban on boob job jabs
Science & Technology: 8 Sep 11
Swedish medical authorities are considering banning injections to enhance the size of women's breasts due to concerns that the substance used makes it hard to detect breast cancer.
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Medical 'marijuana' coming to Sweden
Science & Technology: 18 Aug 11
Doctors in Sweden may soon be writing prescriptions for cannabis, as authorities are close to approving a new cannabis-based mouth spray aimed at patients suffering from multiple sclerosis (MS).
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Sweden fails to warn users of 'tainted' cocaine
Science & Technology: 22 Jun 11
Swedish health officials have neglected to issue warnings about contaminated cocaine circulating in the country, despite evidence that cocaine in Sweden may contain an antibacterial agent primarily used to rid animals of parasites.
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Narcolepsy cases rising after swine flu vaccine
Science & Technology: 28 May 11
Ninety-three people in Sweden, most of them children, have been diagnosed with narcolepsy since taking the swine flu vaccine Pandemrix last winter, according to figures from the Swedish Medical Products Agency.
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More Swedish children thought to suffer from narcolepsy
Science & Technology: 10 Apr 11
There may be many more children than previously thought who have suffered from narcolepsy as a side effect of the swine flu vaccine. The Swedish drug authority is reviewing the records of some 135 cases.
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Swedish study links swine flu vaccine to narcolepsy
Science & Technology: 29 Mar 11
The risk of developing narcolepsy is four times higher for children vaccinated with the Pandemrix swine flu vaccine, according to a study by Sweden's Medical Products Agency.
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Swine flu shots linked to narcolepsy in Sweden
Science & Technology: 9 Feb 11
The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced on Tuesday that Sweden is one of twelve countries that reported cases of narcolepsy after the swine flu vaccine was administered.
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Swedish authority lifts ban on condom brand
Science & Technology: 15 Oct 10
The Medical Products Agency has rescinded its sales ban on the PutOn condoms brand after originally ruling that it failed to meet Swedish safety requirements.
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Swedish authorities put off by PutOn condoms
Science & Technology: 12 Oct 10
Sweden's Medical Products Agency has banned the sale of the PutOn condom brand in Sweden, claiming that the Chinese-manufactured product falsified its EU safety certification. The Swedish distributor vows to appeal the move.
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5,000 Swedish women bear banned fake boobs
Science & Technology: 1 Oct 10
An estimated 5,000 Swedish women have French-made breast implants containing substandard silicone gel, according the Swedish Medical Products Agency.
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Sweden probes swine flu vaccine for narcolepsy
Science & Technology: 19 Aug 10
The Medical Products Agency (Läkemedelsverket) began an inquiry on Wednesday into vaccinations for swine flu made by British pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline suspected of provoking narcolepsy.
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Sweden bans fake boobs over explosion risk
Science & Technology: 1 Apr 10
Sweden's Medical Products Agency has banned three brands of silicone breast implants due to the risk of bursting, while it is unknown how many Swedish women may be bearing the combustible products.
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Hemp farmer wins state pay out
Society: 26 Feb 10
A hemp farmer in Halland in western Sweden has won a court ruling stating that his crop was illegally seized by the Swedish state. The man has been awarded 10,000 kronor compensation after his ten year legal battle.
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Health warnings over diet product
Science & Technology: 4 Dec 09
The Swedish Medical Products Agency has issued a warning about the use of a diet product, Super Slim, after receiving numerous complaints from Swedish consumers.
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Gay men may donate blood: health board
Society: 1 Dec 09
Gay men in Sweden are to be permitted to donate blood provided they have not had sex with another man for at least a year, according to a new health board ruling.
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Six-month-olds should be vaccinated: Sweden
National: 12 Nov 09
Swedish health authorities have lowered the recommended age-limit for the swine flu vaccine from three years old to six months as the number of cases has doubled in the last week.
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Sweden completes pharmacy sell-off
Business & Money: 9 Nov 09
Sweden has secured buyers for some 465 pharmacies up for sale as part of the demonopolization of the country's retail drug market.
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One dose is enough: Swedish health officials
Science & Technology: 6 Nov 09
Swedish health authorities have determined that one dose of vaccine is sufficient to provide adequate protection against the swine flu for healthy people over 13-years-old, including pregnant women.
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Swedish toddlers set to receive swine flu vaccine
Science & Technology: 6 Nov 09
The swine flu vaccine will soon be available to all children younger than three-years-old, according to Swedish health authorities.
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One million Swedes have had swine flu vaccine
Science & Technology: 28 Oct 09
Around one million Swedes have been vaccinated for the swine flu, according to the country’s public health authorities.
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Further deaths linked to swine flu vaccine
National: 24 Oct 09
Health investigators are under more pressure as two elderly women are reported to have died, days after receiving the swine flu vaccine. It brings the total number of deaths linked to the vaccine in Sweden to four.
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Swine flu cases at record high
National: 23 Oct 09
Cases of swine flu reached record levels last week with 198 new cases in comparison to 93 the previous week. Around 200 cases of side effects from the flu vaccine have so far been reported.
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Swedish study finds body temperature best taken from behind
Science & Technology: 15 Oct 09
A Swedish study has shown that inserting a thermometer into a patient’s mouth or ear is not the most reliable way to determine whether or not someone has a fever.
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Kids should not be given swine flu vaccine: agency
Science & Technology: 4 Sep 09
Children under three-years-old should not be vaccinated against the swine flu, the Swedish Medical Products Agency has stated in a new recommendation.
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German firm plans 100 pharmacies in Sweden
Business & Money: 1 Jul 09
German pharmaceutical company Celesio has revealed plans to open a chain of more than 100 pharmacies in Sweden.
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Sweden's pharmacy monopoly finished
Society: 1 Jul 09
Sweden’s state-run pharmacy monopoly ended on Wednesday, paving the way for new entrants into the market for drug sales and for the eventual sale of non-prescription drugs in other retail outlets.
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Investigation launched into DIY HIV test web site
Science & Technology: 16 Jul 05
A Swedish web site selling unauthorised home HIV tests is to be investigated by the Medical Products Agency amid fears that the risks of doing-it-yourself far outweigh the benefits of more people testing themselves.
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Swedish parents warned about umbilical blood collection
Science & Technology: 13 Oct 04
A Norwegian company has been criticised in Sweden for offering to freeze and store umbilical blood as an 'insurance' against children's future illness. Bad science or just bad marketing?
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Swedish mothers older than ever
Science & Technology: 6 Oct 04
New research from Statistics Sweden reveals that life really does begin at 40 for more and more new mothers.
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Acne medication "caused young woman's death"
Science & Technology: 13 Aug 04
The death of a young woman in Kalmar raises concerns about the side-effects of a popular medication, killer algae hits the east coast, and there's an alarming rise in sexually transmitted diseases.
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