<i>(AFP/The Local)</i> China is suspected of hiring scientists to spy and steal unpatented research from Swedish universities, Swedish public radio reported on Monday.
Two of Sweden’s charities supporting research into finding a cure for cancers turn out to have been investing in tobacco stocks. The news hit Sweden’s front pages in the dailies and the tabloids resulting in some fancy footwork from the charities.
A group of Swedish researchers has developed a new vaccine to combat the development of Alzheimer's disease. Within the month scientists will start testing the vaccine on animals, and provided that gives good results, human trials will start within three years.
<i>(AFP)</i> Long-term exposure to high levels of air pollution greatly increases the risk of suffering a heart attack, according to a new Swedish study to be presented this week.
A man in Örebro has been x-rayed 999 times by mistake, reported SVD on Wednesday. When he arrived at the hospital for an x-ray he was accidentally subjected to 80 seconds of radiation - equivalent to 999 exposures.
36 percent of Swedes between the age 16-24 suffer pain in their back, neck or shoulders at least once a month. That's more than the average figure for the population as a whole, according to a study by the pharmacy Apoteket,
The vice chancellor and chairman of Gothenburg University, together with a contraversial psychiatry professor have all been charged with 'intentional or negligent misconduct' by the justice ombudsman.
Dentist bills have risen by more than 100 percent in the past six years, but we can rest assured that we’re not being cheated, according to the Swedish National Social Insurance Board (RFV). This week it published the results of a study into the honesty of dentists. “Sometimes they make small miscalculations in their bills, but that could happen to anyone”, says RFV.
Dagens Nyheter reported on Friday that an 18 year old boy in Linköping has been prosecuted for running an illegal tattoo business and using dirty needles on under-age clients.
You are entitled to sick pay when you are too sick to go to work. It sounds simple, it sounds reasonable. But the problem is that not everyone in Sweden shares the government's views on what the word 'sick' means. This was evident from the results of a national survey on people's attitudes towards the sick pay system.
