Serious loosening of the teeth more than trebles the risk of premature death. Poor oral health increases the risk of death from illnesses such as cancer and cardio-vascular diseases, according to a new Swedish study.
Smokers take on average nearly eight days more sick leave per year than non-smoking colleagues, according to a Swedish study published on Thursday in the British health journal Tobacco Control.
This season's flu epidemic is set to reach its peak within the next two weeks. The Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control (SMI) reckons that more than 150,000 Swedes are currently affected by the virus.
Builders who are exposed to airborne particles in the workplace are more likely than others to die of a heart attack. A major new study has shown that there have been few improvements in builders' working environments over the last 25 years.
Swedish men are living longer than they used to. According to new figures from Statistics Sweden, the average life expectancy of a man in Sweden is 78, up 1.1 years since the late nineties.
People who live in poor neighbourhoods in Sweden are much more likely to suffer from heart disease than people living in richer areas. They are also more likely to die from the condition, according to a new study carried out at Stockholm's Karolinska Institute.
The Swedish Competition Authority has concluded in a report that dismantling Apoteket, Sweden's pharmaceutical retail monopoly, would be good for consumers.
Women in Sweden have become less inclined to use contraceptives. Sales of the morning-after pill have been on the increase, as have the number of abortions, while fewer women are using the contraceptive pill to prevent unwanted pregnancies, Sveriges Radio reports.
Healthy four-year-olds who eat a lot of fatty foods generally weigh less than their peers, according to a new study. One in three of the 200 children involved in the study was found to consume too little unsaturated fat.
New research carried out in Sweden and Uruguay has shown that toothache or jaw pain, particularly among women, may be an indicator of heart trouble. Symptoms of this sort were displayed by 71 of the 186 cardiovascular patients observed in the study.
People in Sweden's most sparsely populated areas tend to be overweight, eat relatively little fruit and vegetables, and are more likely to use tobacco than people in the rest of the country.
A person who circumcised baby boys in Dalarna has been reported to the National Board of Health and Welfare after four of the children contracted an infection.
Sweden's labour market minister Sven Otto Littorin has said he is "terribly disappointed" by the failure of EU ministers to agree to changes in working time rules.
After a day of pressure from Swedish media Halland County decided to finally pay for an expensive trial medicine that could save the life of the eight-year-old boy Anton Håkansson.
Knock on wood, but it looks as though summer is finally here to stay. As we all shed our heavy clothes for something a bit lighter, Sweden’s Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) is warning that the ozone layer is particularly thin over Sweden right now.
The warm spring air at the weekend contained the highest concentration of birch pollen for several years, according to measurments taken in Stockholm and Gothenburg.
