14 DEC 2012 Researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and the Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, demonstrate that an altered gut microbiota in humans is associated with symptomatic atherosclerosis and stroke. These findings are presented in a study published… Read More ›
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Just two hours of extra physical education each week doubled the odds that a pupil achieves the national learning goals
More Physical Activity Improved School Performance News: Oct 06, 2014 Just two hours of extra physical activity each week can improve school performance. This has been shown by a study of approximately 2,000 twelve-year-olds carried out by scientists at the… Read More ›
Researchers discover reactivity of the cerebral cortex, is greatest during the full moon
Contradictory findings on how the full moon affect our sleep News: Jul 08, 2014 According to folklore, the full moon affects human sleep. International researchers are trying to determine whether there is any truth to the belief. Studies by a… Read More ›
It is predicted that the incidence of type 1 diabetes in Europe will rise by an alarming 70% between 2005 and 2020
Sweden has 2-3 times as many adolescents and young adults with type 1 diabetes as previously thought; Findings have potential implications for other high-income countries New research published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of… Read More ›
Exercise produces positive effects on the intervertebral discs
Public release date: 28-Jun-2011 Physical exercise has a positive effect on the formation of cells in the intervertebral discs. This is shown by a study from the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, presented at the annual meeting of the International… Read More ›
Children’s hay fever relieved by cellulose power without adverse effects
Public release date: 28-Jun-2011 A cellulose powder has been used increasingly for many years against allergic rhinitis. Still, there has been a shortage of scientific evidence for its efficacy in seasonal allergic rhinitis (hay fever), particularly in children. Now, however,… Read More ›
Vaccines cause many children to develop allergies to aluminum
Public release date: 14-Dec-2010 ‘Pruritic nodules’ are small lumps under the skin that cause itching and which, according to some studies, can remain for several years. A study of whooping cough vaccinations in Gothenburg a few years ago showed that… Read More ›
Medicine residues may threaten fish reproduction
Public release date: 31-Mar-2010 – the hormone levonorgestrel, was found in higher concentrations in the blood of fish than in women who take the contraceptive pill
Reversing walking corpse syndrome: Cotard’s Syndrome trigger found – and it’s a household cold sore cream ( Acyclovir )
Drug commonly used to treat cold sores and herpes and renal failure has been linked to syndrome that leads people to believe they are dead Heather Saul Friday, 18 October 2013 Pharmacologists have discovered one of the mechanisms that triggers… Read More ›
Parents who suck on their infants’ pacifiers may protect their children against developing allergy
Contact: Agnes Wold agnes.wold@microbio.gu.se 46-734-028-750 University of Gothenburg Swedish researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, report that a simple habit may give significant protection against allergy development, namely, the parental sucking on the baby’s pacifier. Allergies are… Read More ›
So that’s why we’re allergic to sun creams
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Isabella Karlsson isabella.karlsson@chem.gu.se 46-317-869-108 University of Gothenburg What happens to sunscreens when they are exposed to sunlight? And how is the skin affected by the degradation products that form? This has been the subject… Read More ›
So that’s why we’re allergic to sun creams
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Isabella Karlsson isabella.karlsson@chem.gu.se 46-317-869-108 University of Gothenburg What happens to sunscreens when they are exposed to sunlight? And how is the skin affected by the degradation products that form? This has been the subject… Read More ›
Medicine residues may threaten fish reproduction
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Joakim Larsson joakim.larsson@fysiologi.gu.se 46-317-863-589 University of Gothenburg Researchers at Umeå University and the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have discovered that traces of many medicines can be found in fish that… Read More ›
Young adults who exercise get higher IQ
Public Release: 2-Dec-2009 Young adults who are fit have a higher IQ and are more likely to go on to university, reveals a major new study carried out at the Sahlgrenska Academy and Sahlgrenska University Hospital. The results… Read More ›