News on public health diseases

COLUMN. Research into the relationship between food and health is often hampered by universal experts whose authority is based on a combination of ...

In a large international study, researchers at Uppsala University have identified DNA regions that are associated with physical activity or leisure...

Loss of the Y chromosome in blood cells of men is associated with disease and mortality, but no clear causal relationship has previously been ident...

Impaired hearing affects over 1.2 billion people worldwide. But crocodiles, who live almost as long as humans and can surpass 70 years of age, have...

Radiopharmaceuticals that fight cancer are on the rise and Marika Nestor is contributing to their development. An antibody from her lab offers hope...

A new study from Uppsala University shows that oral contraceptives and hormone therapy at menopause increase the risk of stroke. The increased risk...

Precision medicine is gaining ground in the field of highly specialised care. More extensive use of advanced gene sequencing will make diagnoses mo...

Are there more effective ways to detect diseases in biological samples than the standard ones today? A new method developed at Uppsala University s...

Hello to Christer Janson, Professor of Respiratory, Allergy and Sleep Research. What percentage of the population suffers from pollen allergy?

Pain is often seen as a symptom, but it can be a disease in itself which requires treatment. One example is fibromyalgia, which mainly affects wome...

Childhood obesity is becoming increasingly common and many parents are wrestling with the problem of how best to help their child. Paulina Nowicka,...

What is the best way to find out about a human being or animal that has been dead for perhaps several centuries? “Study the bones” is what Sabine S...

With the help of artificial intelligence, safety and efficiency in accident and emergency departments can improve. This hypothesis underlies Johan ...

Although many people know what increases the risk of cardiovascular diseases, such as heart attacks, not everyone recognises their own risk factors...

Cancer researcher Fredrik Swartling has been awarded an ERC Proof of Concept Grant. The EUR 150,000 grant will be used to develop diagnostic and th...

In a new study, participants underwent an intense bout of exercise after both normal sleep and after three nights of curtailed sleep. When they exe...

With a SEK 30 million grant from the Swedish Research Council, Per Andrén, Professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy, will lead an interdisciplinary res...

Researchers at Uppsala University have used AI to develop a new method to study brain cancer. The method is based on transplanting tumour cells fro...

A comprehensive study from Uppsala University shows that several disease-associated protein biomarkers protect healthy individuals from developing ...

Fast, sensitive, and reliable technology for detecting rare mutations. This is the invention behind Rarity Bioscience, a spin-out company from Upps...