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- Early detection of language disorders helps children obtain right interventions2024-04-02
New screening tools in child health care are effective in identifying early language and communication difficulties in children. This is shown by two studies based on more than 6,000 children carried …
- New antibiotic class effective against multidrug-resistant bacteria2024-04-01
Scientists at Uppsala University have discovered a new class of antibiotics with potent activity against multi-drug resistant bacteria, and have shown that it cures bloodstream infections in mice. The …
- New discovery concerning occurrence of antibiotic resistance2024-03-21
A new study shows how heteroresistance, a transient resistance common in many bacteria, can act as a precursor to the development of antibiotic resistance. According to researchers at Uppsala …
- Vole fever spreading further south2024-03-21
Researchers have discovered that bank voles in Skåne, southern Sweden, carry a virus that can cause hemorrhagic fever in humans. This finding was made more than 500 km south of the previously known …
- When words make you sick2024-03-19
In a new book, experts in a variety of fields explore nocebo effects – how negative expectations concerning health can make a person sick. It is the first time a book has been written on this subject.
- New EU rules toothless against tax avoidance by multinationals2024-03-18
The EU and OECD have jointly developed rules to prevent companies from exploiting differences in national legislation for financial gain. According to a new thesis/study at Uppsala University, …
- Lower survival rates for women than men with equivalent type of cancer2024-03-12
Women with a type of ovarian cancer known as germ cell tumours have a worse prognosis than men with similar tumours, i.e. testicular cancer. After five years with the disease, 98 percent of men were …
- Eight new deep-sea species of marine sponges discovered2024-03-07
Despite marine sponges being widespread on our planet, their biodiversity and distribution is still poorly known. Even though the Mediterranean Sea is the most explored sea on Earth, a study by Díaz …
- Too little sleep raises risk of type 2 diabetes2024-03-06
Adults who sleep only three to five hours a day are at higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes. This is demonstrated in a new study from Uppsala University, published in JAMA Network Open. It also …
- Four out of ten Swedes believe in supernatural phenomena2024-03-04
Belief in phenomena such as ghosts, UFOs, the Great Lake monster and fortune tellers is common in all social groups in Sweden. A new study from Uppsala University shows that 41 per cent of adult …
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