Published 17 November 2017 Food researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered that consuming small amounts of chromium mixed with certain amino acids before eating is healthy. Why? Well, this mixture diluted in water suppresses the blood sugar spike that occurs when we eat. Now, they are hoping that the drink – which tastes like ordinary mineral water – will be able to compete with soft

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-drink-keeps-blood-sugar-check - 2025-02-27

Published 17 November 2017 There has been a fear that the swine flu vaccine, Pandemrix, would increase the risk of autoimmune diseases other than narcolepsy. However, a new study of children from Sweden and Finland shows that the vaccine increased neither the risk of developing autoantibodies against insulin-producing beta cells nor the occurrence of type 1 diabetes. Helena Elding Larsson “On the

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/risk-type-1-diabetes-not-increased-swine-flu-vaccine-pandemrix - 2025-02-27

Published 14 December 2017 Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have found that the presence of death receptors in the blood can be used to directly measure the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes. “We see that people with known risk factors such as high blood sugar and high blood fats also have heightened death receptor levels”, says Professor Jan Nilsson who led th

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/death-receptors-new-markers-type-2-diabetes-and-cardiovascular-disease - 2025-02-27

Published 14 December 2017 December 4-5, nordic researchers gathered in Malmö to discuss future challenges in precision medicine, a research field where diagnosis and treatment are based on the individual´s genetic and biological conditions. Focus is on our common and increasing diseases diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer and psychiatric diagnosis. "The goal of the meeting is to bring togeth

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/nordic-conference-malmo-about-precision-medicine-future - 2025-02-27

Published 2 March 2018 A completely new classification of diabetes which also predicts the risk of serious complications and provides treatment suggestions. We are now seeing the first results of ANDIS – a study covering all newly diagnosed diabetics in southern Sweden — published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. The major difference from today’s classification is that type 2 diabetes actua

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/paradigm-shift-diagnosis-diabetes - 2025-02-27

Published 21 January 2021 Countries with the highest burden of maternal and newborn deaths and stillbirths often have little information on these deaths. Since over 81% of births worldwide now occur in facilities, using routine facility data could reduce this data gap. We assessed the availability, quality, and utility of routine labour and delivery ward register data in five hospitals in Banglade

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/labour-and-delivery-ward-register-data-availability-quality-and-utility-every-newborn-birth - 2025-02-27

Published 21 January 2021 We reweighted the Malmö Diet and Cancer (MDC) study based on population register data on background variables, including socio-demographics and hospital admissions for both participants and the background population. Following individuals from baseline in 1991-1996 and at most until 2016, we studied mortality (all-cause, cancer, and CVD), incidences (cancer and CVD), and

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/can-validity-cohort-be-improved-reweighting-based-register-data-evidence-swedish-mdc-study - 2025-02-27

Published 9 April 2018 A project jointly conducted by the Nordic national statistical institutes and funded by NordForsk was initiated in 2015. The project, Nordic Microdata Access Network (NordMAN), seeks to establish a single pan-Nordic solution to facilitate researchers' access to the Nordic metadata compiled for statistical purposes, and to provide an overview of the existing Nordic registers.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/nordman-facilitates-researchers-access-nordic-microdata-and-provides-metadata-existing-nordic - 2025-02-27

Published 22 January 2021 Data from population-based cancer registries are often used to compare cancer survival between countries or regions. The ICBP SURVMARK-2 study is an international partnership aiming to quantify and explore the reasons behind survival differences across high-income countries. However, the magnitude and relevance of differences in cancer survival between countries have been

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/exploring-impact-cancer-registry-completeness-international-cancer-survival-differences-simulation - 2025-02-27

Published 22 January 2021 We propose combining population-based register data with a nested clinical cohort to correct misclassification and unmeasured confounding through probabilistic quantification of bias. We have illustrated this approach by estimating the association between knee osteoarthritis and mortality. We used the Swedish Population Register to include all persons resident in the Skån

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/probabilistic-quantification-bias-combine-strengths-population-based-register-data-and-clinical-0 - 2025-02-27

Published 22 January 2021 Based on discharge summaries and brain imaging reports, we estimated the positive predictive value (PPV) of a first-ever diagnosis code for ICH (ICD-10, code I61) for all patients in the Region of Southern Denmark (1.2 million) during 2009– 2017 according to either DNPR or DSR. We estimated PPVs for any non-traumatic ICH (a-ICH) and spontaneous ICH (s-ICH) alone (ie, with

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/validity-intracerebral-hemorrhage-diagnoses-danish-patient-registry-and-danish-stroke-registry - 2025-02-27

Published 22 January 2021 Participants are members of the Maccabi Health Services, 40–65 years of age, with exquisitely detailed laboratory, medical diagnoses and medication data available in the Maccabi electronic medical records since 1998. Data collected through IRAP include genetic, sociodemographic, cognitive, brain imaging, lifestyle, and health-related characteristics at baseline and every

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/israel-registry-alzheimers-prevention-irap-study-design-and-baseline-characteristics - 2025-02-27

Published 23 January 2021 Large prospective cohort studies may offer an opportunity to study the etiology and natural history of rare cancers. Cancer diagnoses in observational cohort studies are often self-reported. Little information exists on the validity of self-reported cancer diagnosis, especially rare cancers, in Canada. This study evaluated the validity of self-reported cancer diagnosis in

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/importance-cancer-registry-linkage-studying-rare-cancers-prospective-cohorts - 2025-02-27

Published 23 January 2021 Acquisition of data on clinical performance is essential to improve outcomes in surgery. Large, national datasets allow hospitals to monitor events involving patient safety, complications, and benchmark against peer hospitals and facilitate quality improvement (QI) development. Although clinical datasets are often preferable, administrative data also have potential for ac

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/administrative-and-registry-databases-patient-safety-tracking-and-quality-improvement - 2025-02-27

Published 24 January 2021 A nationwide random sample of 500 children (6–17 years) diagnosed with depression between 1996 and 2016 was identified in the DPCRR. Psychiatric hospital records were reviewed and rated using an online checklist. The primary outcome was whether depressive symptoms and functional impairment documented in hospital records justified a depressive disorder diagnosis based on I

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/validity-child-and-adolescent-depression-diagnoses-danish-psychiatric-central-research-register - 2025-02-27

Published 24 January 2021 A cross sectional study was piloted at a tertiary hospital and a secondary level hospital in Botswana. The study consisted of two stages: stage 1 - stakeholders' consultation and trauma registry prototype was designed. Stage 2 consisted of two phases: Phase I involved retrospective collection of existing data from existing data collection tools and Phase II collected data

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/developing-trauma-registry-middle-income-country-botswana - 2025-02-27

Published 25 January 2021 A nationwide random sample of 500 children (6–17 years) diagnosed with depression between 1996 and 2016 was identified in the DPCRR. Psychiatric hospital records were reviewed and rated using an online checklist. The primary outcome was whether depressive symptoms and functional impairment documented in hospital records justified a depressive disorder diagnosis based on I

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/validity-child-and-adolescent-depression-diagnoses-danish-psychiatric-central-research-register-0 - 2025-02-27

Published 10 April 2018 Anna Tegunimataka awarded prize for best dissertation at LUSEM Anna Tegunimataka, who finished her PhD in economic history last June, has been awarded the Färs and Frosta Prize for best doctoral dissertation at LUSEM. The prize is 100,000 SEK. The titel of her thesis is: Trajectories of Integration: Naturalization, Intermarriage and Education in Denmark, 1980-2015

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/population-research-awarded-fars-and-frosta-prize - 2025-02-27

Published 11 April 2018 The Swedish Research Council and NSFC will have joint administration of the call and make a joint decision by using a panel consisting of both Swedish and Chinese evaluators. More information here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/research-project-grant-research-collaboration-between-china-and-sweden - 2025-02-27

Published 4 February 2021 Right before the Christmas Holidays on the 17th of December 2020 the EOSC Association held its very first General Assembly. The EOSC Association has put a Governance in place - EOSC-Nordic (eosc-nordic.eu)

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/eosc-association-has-put-governance-place - 2025-02-27