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Effects of CBT on brain biochemistry
Clinical Neuroscience, Imaging (en)
Recovery from stroke more likely with rtPA
Pharmacology, Stroke (en)
Maternal gluten sensitivity linked to schizophrenia risk in children
Psychiatry
Fewer suicides after antidepressive treatment for schizophrenia
Pharmacology, Psychiatry
Higher maternal age increases risk of autism
Epidemiology, Psychiatry, Statistics
Research breakthrough for drugs via the skin
Dermatology and Venereal Diseases, Pharmacology
Siblings of stroke patients more likely to have a stroke themselves
Psychological testing may predict success in football
Cognitive Science, Physical activity, Psychology
Risk of suicide and fatal heart attack immediately following a cancer diagnosis
Psychiatry
Serious complications after oesophageal surgery cause lasting health problems in long-term survivors
Epigenetic changes in blood samples may point to schizophrenia
Epigenetics, Mental Ill-Health
Link between cadmium in food and breast cancer
Breast cancer, Cancer and Oncology, Environmental Medicine
Exercise changes the DNA
Physiology
Cervical screening programme saves lives in more ways than one
Gynaecology, Public Health
New honorary doctors at Karolinska Institutet 2012
New discoveries on depression
Psychiatry
New knowledge on the pharmacology of dopamine stabilisers
A study from Karolinska Institutet shows that a new drug for Huntington's disease – pridopidine or dopamine stabiliser ACR16 – might operate via previously unknown mechanisms of action.
Neurosciences, Pharmacology
Higher risk of autism among certain immigrant groups
Psychiatry
Mapping of protein inhibitors facilitates development of tailor-made anticancer agents
Cancer and Oncology, Cell and Molecular Biology
Therapy helps children and teenagers in pain
Complexities in caregiving at the end of life
Nursing, Palliative Care
Ice hockey champ Mats Sundin donates over 2 million SEK to medical research
International
Adoptees at higher suicide risk if both biological and adoptive parents have psychiatric problems
Mental Ill-Health, Suicide Research
Low levels of lipid antibodies increase complications following heart attack
Immunology
Infant injuries on the decline
Public Health
No increase in brain tumours in the Nordic countries
Expectant mothers on SSRIs risk newborns with high blood pressure in the lungs
Pharmacology
Processed meat may increase pancreatic cancer risk
Cancer and Oncology
Computer simulations explain the limitations of working memory
Lower risk of breast cancer occurrence but higher mortality amongst low-educated and immigrant women
Low-educated and immigrant women run a lower risk of breast cancer occurrence than highly educated women and women born in Sweden. However, the risk of dying from breast cancer is higher for those low-educated and immigrant women that do get the diagnose – a development that has occurred in Sweden during the last ten years. This according to a new study from the Karolinska Institutet based on the records of some 5 million women between 1961 and 2007.
Breast cancer
Impaired quality of life: a warning signal after oesophageal cancer surgery
Surgery
Surgery affects concentration and memory
Link between brain injury and violent crime
No higher risk of acute leukaemia in close relatives
Genetics, Leukemia
Few allergies in unstressed babies
Blood protein EPO involved in origin and spread of cancer
Antioxidant-rich diet may reduce stroke risk in women
Public Health
Risks of cardiovascular diseases increase with severity of prematurity
An unexpected player in a cancer defense system
A better way to count molecules discovered
Substance interfering with the cells handling of protein waste could become new cancer drug
Aspirin reduces the incidence of cancer in carriers of hereditary colorectal cancer
Snomed CT: A richer and more reliable source of clinical data for primary care
Statistics
SIDS on the rise again
Neurbiological mechanism behind anorexia/self starvation found in mouse
Psychiatric disorders
Smaller surgical procedure sufficient for high-risk melanoma
Shift Work in Teens Linked to Increased Multiple Sclerosis Risk
Polycystic ovary syndrome increases the risk of pregnancy complications
Gynaecology, Obstetrics
Rare gene variants linked to inflammatory bowel disease
Gastrointestinal diseases, Genetics
New inherited neurometabolic disorder discovered
Neurogenetics