By kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (The arthritisportal) - published 22 July 2024 It's well known that one can suffer from osteoarthritis in not only the bigger joints such as knee and hip. Osteoarthritis in the base joint of the big toe (MTP 1-joint) is often referred to as Hallux Rigidus, which is Latin for “stiff toe.” The MTP 1-joint is the first joint in the toe, where the toe attaches t

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/hallux-rigidus-oa-great-toe - 2025-02-07

By kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (Artrosportalen) - published 23 August 2024 The Arthritis Portal receives many emails to its contact email, which we appreciate, and we do our best to respond to them. However, please remember that we cannot address individual patient cases; we can only answer general questions about the disease and related topics.During the summer and upcoming fall, respons

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/osteoarthritis-faq - 2025-02-07

By kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (The arthritisportal) - published 9 July 2024 Simone Battista while hanging up his dissertation on the wall, it's an important tradition that follows the completion of his doctoral studies. Simone Battista has successfully defended his doctoral thesis, concluding his time as a doctoral student. We interviewed Simone Battista a few years ago during his work,

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/doctoral-thesis-quality-oa-care - 2025-02-07

By kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (Artrosportalen) - published 24 June 2024 Research has shown that only one out of three individuals with osteoarthritis receives appropriate care. Doctoral candidate Simone Battista aims to explore why many osteoarthritis patients are not offered the right treatment. Simultaneously, he seeks to understand how aware individuals with osteoarthritis are of avai

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/italian-doctoral-student-wants-find-out-why-so-few-osteoarthritis-patients-receive-proper-care - 2025-02-07

By kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (The arthritisportal) - published 18 December 2024 2024 is coming to an end, and it’s time for a retrospective on some of the things we’ve written about during the year. Perhaps you’ve missed some of the articles, or maybe you’d like to revisit something. Throughout the year, we’ve had the opportunity to speak with several specialist physiotherapists and lea

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/arthritis-portal-highlights-2024 - 2025-02-07

By kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (The arthritisportal) - published 19 September 2024 Amanda Sjögren, whose work we have previously written about on several occasions, has now completed and had her first study published during her time as a doctoral student. Below, Amanda describes the research that she and her colleagues have conducted in the study. A significant part of osteoarthritis rese

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/osteoarthritis-molecular-level-learn-more - 2025-02-07

By kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (The arthritisportal) - published 9 August 2024 The Arthritis Portal strives to write about osteoarthritis in all the different joints of the body as much as possible. However, since the amount of research articles varies in different areas, this can be difficult. We have now had the opportunity to interview three experts on OA in the joints of the hand. Thr

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/osteoarthritis-wrist-and-fingers - 2025-02-07

By kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (The arthritisportal) - published 3 October 2024 The second part of our theme on osteoarthritis of the wrist and finger joints. We get to share facts and tips from Freya Kristjansdottir, Sara Larsson, and Katarina Mortazavi, all three of whom work at Skåne University Hospital, Hand Surgery Rehab in Malmö.” It is not always easy to know where to turn to get h

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/oa-wrist-and-fingers-part-ii - 2025-02-07

By kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (The arthritisportal) - published 4 November 2024 Here follows the third and final part of our theme on osteoarthritis of the wrist and fingers, if you have missed the two previous parts you will find these at the bottom of the page. Since a lot of The Arthritis Portal's articles are about knee and hip OA, we took the opportunity to ask Katarina Mortazavi, F

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/oa-wrist-and-fingers-part-iii - 2025-02-07

By kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (The arthritisportal) - published 2 September 2024 In the past year, there has been much discussion about drugs developed for the treatment of type 2 diabetes that have also been shown to be effective for those wishing to lose weight. At the annual conference of the Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) last spring, results were presented fro

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/drug-provided-pain-relief-knee-osteoarthritis - 2025-02-07

By kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (The arthritisportal) - published 21 October 2024 Professor Martin Englund, founder of The Arthritis Portal, has recently been elected and assumed the position of President of the international organization Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI). It is the leading international organization for osteoarthritis research with members from more th

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/founder-arthritis-portal-new-president-international-oa-research-organisation - 2025-02-07

By kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (The arthritisportal) - published 18 November 2024 This is not the 7T described in the text. We had the opportunity to speak with Emma Einarsson and Pernilla Peterson. Both are licensed hospital physicists and doctors of medical science. They work in the Imaging and Function department at Skåne University Hospital in Lund, where they support the MRI operatio

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/oa-research-lund-university-menix - 2025-02-07

Published 16 October 2014 Grazing camel in the Kordofan region in Sudan The need for food, animal feed and fuel in the Sahel belt is growing year on year, but supply is not increasing at the same rate. New figures from 22 countries indicate falling availability of resources per capita and a continued risk of famine in areas with low ‘primary production’ from plants. Rising temperatures present an

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/shrinking-resource-margins-sahel-region-africa - 2025-02-07

Published 21 October 2014 Kristian Gerner The following Lund University academics are available for commentary and analysis, in light of recent news coverage regarding alleged activity in the Stockholm archipelago:  Mi LennhagPhD student, Department of Political Science, Lund UniversitySwedish foreign and defence policy, Swedish national security as it relates to post-Soviet region, general post-S

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/experts-swedish-and-russian-national-security-policy - 2025-02-07

Published 22 October 2014 Bright colours appear on a fruit fly’s transparent wings against a dark background as a result of light refraction. Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have now demonstrated that females choose a mate based on the males’ hidden wing colours. A male courting a female (Photo: Qinyang Li) “Our experiment shows that this newly-discovered trait is important in female ch

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/secret-wing-colours-attract-female-fruit-flies - 2025-02-07

Published 23 October 2014 Lesedi Lebogang A ’super detector’ that can track the traces of a lump of sugar in the Baltic Sea – that was the starting point for a potentially life-saving technique developed at Lund University in Sweden. The method detects toxic algae blooms in drinking water. WATCH: New technique can trace toxic algae in drinking waterA biosensor recently developed at Lund University

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/super-detector-tracks-toxic-algae - 2025-02-07

Published 3 November 2014 Mapillary, an app developed by Lund University senior lecturer Jan Erik Solem, crowdsources street view images. The company has now joined forces with OpenStreetMap, the world’s biggest free, editable map service. VIDEO: Mapillary – watch how it works  If you live in a small town, or have booked a vacation in a remote location, you’ve probably encountered this problem: th

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/mapillary-puts-your-photos-map - 2025-02-07

Published 3 November 2014 Roland Paulsen Why do people slack off at work? Last year it was revealed that 20 workers at a big Swedish mining company had been slacking off at work by taking turns clocking each other in and out. The scheme had been going on for several years - supposedly costing the company millions of dollars. How is such major slacking possible? In his new book “Empty Labor: Idlene

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/book-release-empty-labor-idleness-and-workplace-resistance - 2025-02-07

Published 4 November 2014 Joel Wåreus/imagebank.sweden.se People with lactose intolerance are at lower risk of suffering from lung, breast and ovarian cancers, according to a new study by researchers at Lund University and Region Skåne in Sweden. ”We found that people with lactose intolerance, who typically consume low amounts of milk and other dairy products, have a reduced risk of lung, breast a

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lactose-intolerants-lower-risk-certain-cancers-study - 2025-02-07

Published 5 November 2014 Nélida Leiva Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered that sugar beets produce haemoglobin. They now hope that this haemoglobin could serve as a blood substitute – a substance that is currently in short supply.   Watch on YouTube: How to produce haemoglobin from sugar beets “Previously, it has been presumed that certain plants produce this iron protein onl

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/sugar-beets-could-become-blood-substitute - 2025-02-07