APPOINTMENT. The Young Academy of Sweden welcomes eight newly appointed members from the Universities of Gothenburg, Linköping, Lund, Stockholm, Umeå, and Uppsala. Johan Zelano, assistant professor of neuroscience, is one of the newly appointed members. Johan Zelano’s research focuses on improving methods for diagnosing and treating acquired epilepsy. He is a specialist physician at the Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology and at the Neurology Clinic at Sahlgrenska University Hospital. His…
Higher suicide risk among older immigrants with untreated depression
STUDY. The risk of suicide is clearly elevated in the category of older women with untreated depression who were born outside the Nordic region, compared with corresponding Swedish-born women. This is shown by a study from the University of Gothenburg. “Our results indicate the need for innovative public health measures to meet needs among older foreign-born adults, especially women,” says Khedidja Hedna, a researcher at AgeCap, the Centre for Ageing…
New research on cataract surgery in order to improve health care
STUDY. In general, surgeons who perform numerous cataract operations every year encounter relatively few severe cases, and this probably contributes to their lower complication rate, as shown by a study led from the University of Gothenburg. These results provide new knowledge in the endeavor to further improve healthcare for a large group of patients. Cataract surgery is the most frequent surgical intervention in Sweden, carried out some 130,000 times annually.…
Thomas Karikari recognized for best scholarly article
AWARD. Thomas Karikari, a researcher in clinical neurochemistry at the University of Gothenburg, is one of this year’s recipients of the Fondkistan Foundation scholarship that the Swedish Alzheimer’s Foundation awards to promising young researchers. The award was presented on September 21 during the live broadcast of the Alzheimer’s Foundation event on International Alzheimer’s Day, in which several other leading dementia researchers from Gothenburg also participated. This year two promising young…
Higher dementia risk in women with prolonged fertility
STUDY. Women with a longer reproductive period had an elevated risk for dementia in old age, compared with those who were fertile for a shorter period, a population-based study from the University of Gothenburg shows. “Our results may explain why women have a higher risk of developing dementia and Alzheimer’s disease than men after age 85, and provide further support for the hypothesis that estrogen affect the risk of dementia…