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Vomiting

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Researchers nearing Norovirus treatment in Sweden

Science & Technology: 16 Jul 11
Swedish researchers have uncovered the mysterious reasons for why we vomit when infected with the Norovirus. A medicine, already in circulation, can be used in future to help both sick Swedes and third world children risking death from stomach flu. READ »

Nurse pressed vomit down patient's throat

National: 6 Jul 11
Two nurses at a nursing home in Norrköping, in central Sweden, harassed their patients both verbally and physically. The scandal was revealed in March, but the two nurses are already back at work, according to a local newspaper report. READ »

Fishing industry quiet on worms in cod: report

National: 3 Jul 11
The cod worm, capable of causing vomiting and diarrhea, is steadily becoming more common in the Baltic Sea, but the Swedish fishing industry has kept a tight lid on information about the growing numbers, according to a newspaper report. READ »

Swedish projectile vomiting TV ad cited for being 'distasteful'

Business & Money: 17 Jun 11
A television commercial for a Swedish travel website featuring a graphic depiction of its "sickeningly low prices" tagline has drawn scorn from the Sweden's advertising watchdog. READ »

Dog show sparks new Swedish EHEC outbreak

Science & Technology: 16 Jun 11
Around 50 dog owners and several dogs are believed to have been infected with the enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) bacteria following a dog show in eastern Sweden. READ »

'Bad airplane food' sends 17 Swedish tourists to hospital

Society: 10 Jun 11
A group of tourists from northern Sweden had an unpleasant start to their holiday in Turkey after a suspected case of food poisoning sent 17 to the hospital. READ »

Stomach bug strikes second Swedish town

National: 19 Apr 11
The drinking water in Skellefteå in northern Sweden has been contaminated by the same intestinal parasite that sickened thousands of residents in Östersund earlier this winter. READ »

India worst for stomach ailments for Swedes

Science & Technology: 5 Jan 11
Sweden's infectious disease control agency has determined that India is the worst country for stomach ailments for Swedish travellers. READ »

Swedish city takes fight to water parasite

National: 1 Dec 10
Ozone and chlorine are among the measures deployed by Östersund municipality in northern Sweden to try kill off the parasite which has afflicted the stomachs of thousands of residents and rendered the water undrinkable. READ »

Stomach bug outbreak prompts criminal probe

National: 30 Nov 10
As authorities work to find out how an intestinal parasite made its way into the municipal water supply in Östersund in northern Sweden, a local prosecutor has launched a probe into possible criminal negligence. READ »

Stomach bug wreaks havoc on Swedish town

Science & Technology: 29 Nov 10
More than 2,000 residents of Östersund in northern Sweden have become ill with a suspected intestinal parasite. Officials confirmed on Monday the city's drinking water may is to blame. READ »

Auschwitz theft suspect claims persecution

National: 24 May 10
Swedish former neo-Nazi leader Anders Högström, held in Poland in connection with the theft of the "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from Auschwitz, has reported the tax agency for denying him protected identity, arguing that he is being victimized. READ »

Parental 'child sick leave' peaks in February

National: 9 Feb 10
Each February, Swedish parents take an estimated 600,000 paid leave days to take care of sick children, according to new Social Insurance Agency statistics. READ »

No one safe from vomiting bug: study

National: 24 Jan 10
A new study from Linköping University suggests the so-called winter vomiting bug is far more infectious than previously thought. READ »

Two charged with rape of 16-year-old

National: 4 Dec 09
Two men, aged in their twenties, have been charged with the rape of a 16-year-old girl in Höör, north of Malmö. The men are accused of forcing their way into a toilet and then taking turns to rape the girl. READ »

November in Sweden: Shoes at the door for dinner party season

Lifestyle: 23 Nov 09
The Year in Sweden - November: Journalist Kim Loughran sketches a month by month account of the country he has called home ever since his accidental migration in 1966. READ »

Swine flu toddler dies in Swedish hospital

National: 2 Nov 09
A 3-year-old boy suffering from the swine flu died at the weekend at the Astrid Lindgren Children’s Hospital in Stockholm. Doctors have not yet established whether the boy's death was caused by the virus. READ »

Madonna aftermath: 'People were vomiting and fights broke out'

Society: 12 Aug 09
Madonna's concert in Copenhagen finished in tumultuous scenes on Tuesday as Swedish fans tried to return home by train. READ »

Vomiting bug hits hundreds of pizza fans

Society: 23 Mar 09
A visit to a pizzeria in Jönköping in southern Sweden has left almost 600 customers clutching their stomachs. READ »

Police called on to investigate stomach bug outbreak

National: 15 Sep 08
A severe stomach bug epidemic in a small town in western Sweden may have been caused by effluent unlawfully discharged into the Göta River, say local authorities. READ »

Tito Beltran collapses in court

National: 16 Jan 08
Opera singer Tito Beltran was removed from court in an ambulance after collapsing during his rape trial at Ystad District Court on Wednesday. READ »

'To speak Skånska is to puke a little'

National: 23 Aug 07
Sweden's Chancellor of Justice has ruled that it was perfectly acceptable for a tabloid columnist to insult the dialect spoken by most people in the south of the country. READ »

Sports digest: Dog bite sidelines Björn Borg

Sport: 11 Jun 07
Tennis: A vicious dog puts paid to Borg's return to grass. Athletics: Zimbabwean wins second consecutive Stockholm marathon. Football: AIK fail to rediscover last season's form. READ »

Swedish tourist dies after emergency landing

National: 9 Mar 07
A Swedish woman has died after becoming seriously ill on a charter flight from Phuket to Gothenburg. The plane made an emergency landing in Moscow in a bid to save her life. READ »

Unwelcome bacteria on Christmas menu

National: 22 Dec 06
Intestinal bacteria in the rice pudding, spore-forming bacteria in the jam and staphylococcus in the spring rolls: the uninvited microscopic guests in Stockholm's Christmas menus. READ »

Nine get food poisoning from Swedish foods agency buffet

National: 9 Dec 06
At least nine people are thought to have suffered food poisoning from a buffet at a staff training day - at Sweden's National Food Administration in Uppsala. READ »

Woman dies after eating cake

National: 10 Nov 06
An 86-year-old woman has died and at least 55 others have contracted food poisoning as a result of eating contaminated princess gateau at a funeral wake in Uppsala. READ »

Winter vomiting disease arrives

Science & Technology: 3 Nov 06
The first snows of winter have brought with them an unwelcome guest - winter vomiting disease. Thirty cases of the condition were reported last week, more than at the same point in any of the last three years. READ »

Algae starts blooming in Baltic

Science & Technology: 3 Jul 06
The summer's first blue-green algae has started blooming in the Baltic, just north of Gotland. But scientists say that the sea is unlikely to turn into a soupy mush, as happened last year. READ »

?No kissing? warning after meningitis death

Science & Technology: 13 Apr 06
A 17-year old girl has died of suspected meningitis in the Swedish town of Västerås. Doctors in the town are warning young people in the town not to kiss or share cigarettes or bottles. READ »

Winter vomiting virus strikes late

Science & Technology: 1 Apr 06
Cases of winter vomiting virus have been on the rise during the last few weeks. Possibly a new virus strain, according to the Institute for Infectious Disease Control. READ »

Pork warnings over new stomach illness

Science & Technology: 7 Jan 06
A new stomach bug, which primarily spreads via infected pork, has increased by 45% in Sweden in the last four years. Small children are thought to be particularly at risk. READ »

"Vomit disease" strikes Swedish dogs

National: 22 Dec 04
If you're thinking of surprising your loved one with a dog for Christmas it may be prudent to wait - unless you want to spend the festive period cleaning up the cute little fellow's vomit and diarrhoea. READ »

"Vomit disease" strikes newspaper staff

Science & Technology: 17 Nov 04
Wash your hands and put the toilet lid down - that's the advice being given to people wanting to avoid one of the more unpleasant aspects of the Swedish winter. But it came too late for employees of three of Sweden's biggest daily papers. READ »


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