Published 26 July 2020 In Sub-Saharan Africa, being overweight in childhood is rapidly rising while stunting is still remaining at unacceptable levels. A key contributor to this double burden of malnutrition is dietary changes associated with nutrition transition. Although the importance of socio-economic drivers is known, there is limited knowledge about their stratification and relative importan

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/social-stratification-diet-diversity-and-malnutrition-among-preschoolers-survey-addis-ababa-ethiopia - 2025-01-07

Published 27 July 2020 Clinical practice improvements based on quality-register data are influenced by multiple factors. Although there is agreement that information from quality registers is valuable for quality improvement, practical ways of organising register use have been notoriously difficult to realise. The present study sought to investigate the mechanisms that lead various clinicians to u

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/role-professional-logics-quality-register-use-realist-evaluation-0 - 2025-01-07

Published 27 July 2020 Sun exposure in combination with skin pigmentation is the main determinant for vitamin D status. Human skin color seems to be adapted and optimized for regional sun ultraviolet (UV) intensity. However, we do not know if fair, UV-sensitive skin is a survival advantage in regions with low UV radiation. New publication in PLOS ONE

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/women-fair-phenotypes-seem-confer-survival-advantage-low-uv-milieu-nested-matched-case-control-study - 2025-01-07

Published 28 July 2020 Spatial epidemiological analyses primarily depend on spatially-indexed medical records. Some countries have devised ways of capturing patient-specific spatial details using ZIP codes, postcodes or personal numbers, which are geocoded. However, for most resource-constrained African countries, the absence of a means to capture patient resident location as well as inexistence o

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/establishing-spatially-enabled-health-registry-systems-using-implicit-spatial-data-pools-case-study-0 - 2025-01-07

Published 28 July 2020 Analyses were based on Swedish case–control data comprising incident cases of LADA (n = 465) and T2D (n = 1528) with matched, population-based controls (n = 1789; n = 1553 in genetic analyses). Multivariable-adjusted ORs in relation to self-reported processed and unprocessed red meat intake were estimated by conditional logistic regression models. Attributable proportion (AP

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/consumption-red-meat-genetic-susceptibility-and-risk-lada-and-type-2-diabetes - 2025-01-07

Published 29 July 2020 The authors assessed the effect of incorporating the timing of cancer diagnosis events into the assessment of familial risks of breast cancer in first‐degree and second‐degree relatives in a nationwide cohort study of 5,099,172 women (follow‐up was between 1958‐2015). Family history was assessed using 3 approaches: 1) as a static variable (ever having a relative with breast

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/familial-risk-breast-cancer-dynamic-accumulative-and-static-definitions-family-history - 2025-01-07

Published 29 July 2020 Ulnar nerve entrapment at the elbow (UNE) is overrepresented in patients with diabetes, but the outcome of surgery is unknown. We aimed to evaluate patient-reported outcome in patients with and without diabetes, and to assess potential sex differences and compare surgical treatment methods. Data on patients operated for UNE (2010-2016, n = 1354) from the Swedish National Reg

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/ulnar-nerve-entrapment-diabetes-patient-reported-outcome-after-surgery-national-quality-registries - 2025-01-07

Published 28 July 2020 Nyhetsbrev från Svensk nationell datatjänst juni 2020. Läs mer här.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/snd-natverksnytt-0 - 2025-01-07

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 18 November 2024 Johan Flygare and the remarkable story of the genesis of Apriligen, a company which aims to find a cure for the rare blood disease, Diamond–Blackfan Anemia, DBA. Photo: Johan Persson. After 20 years of research on gene therapy and the rare blood disease, Diamond-Blackfan Anemia, DBA, researcher Johan Flygare h

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/science-start-developing-gene-therapy-rare-blood-disorder - 2025-01-07

Published 22 November 2024 In a study published in Advanced Science, researcher Fredrik Ek et al. describe how they can use light to create electrically conductive materials directly in the body, showing promising results in animal trials. Photo: I. Hultquist. Bioelectronics research and development of implants made of electrically conductive materials for disease treatment is advancing rapidly. H

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/using-light-create-bioelectronics-inside-body - 2025-01-07

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 25 November 2024 Kristian Riesbeck, professor of clinical bacteriology at Lund University. Photo: Tove Smeds It has been a year ago since bacteria from war-wounded at hospitals in Ukraine were analysed. The study, which attracted a lot of attention, showed that some of the bacteria types had total resistance to antibiotics. No

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/pandrug-resistant-bacteria-war-ukraine-are-extremely-pathogenic - 2025-01-07

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 3 December 2024 Magnesium plays a crucial role in protecting cells against damage from free radicals (antioxidant defense). Illustration: iStock/Just_Super An international team of researchers, led by scientists at Lund University, has uncovered how magnesium enters mitochondria. Magnesium is a vital mineral that plays a key r

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/auto-regulating-channels-supply-our-cells-magnesium - 2025-01-07

By alexis_bento [dot] luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Luis Bento) - published 5 December 2024 "This collaboration is truly valuable and with high potential because it merges clinical, molecular, and computational expertise,” states Johan Jakobsson. Photo: iStock/Vitalii Gulenok A team of international researchers led by Professor Johan Jakobsson at Lund University has secured a 52 million

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/52-million-sek-goes-uncovering-genetic-drivers-parkinsons-disease-0 - 2025-01-07

By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 9 December 2024 Isabel Gonçalves and Andreas Edsfeldt have analysed atherosclerotic plaques from patients who have type 2 diabetes and patients who do not have the disease. Photo: Petra Olsson People with type 2 diabetes have a higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease and dying prematurely due to atherosclerosis. A

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-explanation-dangerous-atherosclerotic-plaques-type-2-diabetes - 2025-01-07

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 18 December 2024 The study shows that intake of sweetened beverages showed stronger links to cardiovascular disease than any other form of sugar. Photo: Unsplash/Megan Watson An observational study from Lund University in Sweden examining sugar consumption has attracted considerable international attention. The study s

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/questions-and-answers-lund-university-sugar-study - 2025-01-07

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 20 December 2024 Nicholas Leigh is a senior lecturer and researcher in regenerative immunology. In Sweden, only a few research groups in the field study salamanders. Photo: Åsa Hansdotter Nicholas Leigh came from the United States to Sweden and Lund University four years ago. In his research, he focuses on salamanders

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/seeking-shutdown-button-cancer - 2025-01-07

By erika [dot] svantesson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Erika Svantesson) - published 2 January 2025 In a recent study, eighty-eight per cent of the respondents said they were in favour of body checking. Sixty-four per cent said they did not think there would be more injuries. Photo: Istock/vencavolrab In 2022, Sweden became the first country in the world to allow body checking in women's ice hockey

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/swedish-female-ice-hockey-players-favour-body-checking - 2025-01-07

By erika [dot] svantesson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Erika Svantesson) - published 3 January 2025 Concerning concussion, both female and male hockey players who reported more concussions were more likely to report elevations in various psychiatric symptoms. Photo: iStock/Gilaxia Elite ice hockey players with a history of concussion report heightened mental health symptoms, according to a new stud

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/professional-ice-hockey-depressive-symptoms-and-burnout-linked-more-concussions - 2025-01-07

Published 29 May 2019 The most common form of childhood cancer is acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). Researchers at Lund University in Sweden, in cooperation with Karolinska Institutet, SciLifeLab and the University of Cambridge, have now carried out the most extensive analysis to date of ALL at the protein level, by studying the activity in over 8 000 genes and proteins. The results show aberra

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/first-major-study-proteins-patients-acute-lymphoblastic-leukaemia - 2025-01-07

Published 29 May 2019 Feng Zhang and Malin Parmar (Photo: Ingemar Hultquist) Feng Zhang, professor at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard visited Lund University at the beginning of March to deliver the annual honorary lecture organised by the Royal Physiographic and Mendelian Societies in Lund. First published: 2019-05-26Listen to the interview and hear more about why Feng Zhang wants to intro

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/honorary-lecturer-feng-zhang-crispr-research-treasure-hunt-nature - 2025-01-07