STUDY. Anxiety, depression and other illnesses that affect our temperament can be linked to what we eat. That is among the findings of a new survey study carried out by researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg. For several individual illnesses, it is well-established that a special diet can help, while other diets often claimed as helpful lack a sufficient scientific basis. The new expert review published in…
Many older people’s glasses of wrong power
NEW STUDY. Overall, Swedish 70-year-olds’ eyesight is good, but many could see even better. Six in ten can improve their vision by getting eyeglasses or changing the power of the glasses they already have, according to a new study from the University of Gothenburg. “We’re really healthy and have good eyesight in Sweden, and being 70 doesn’t have to mean your vision is poor. It’s easy to get it checked…
Akademiliv the Podcast (in Swedish) – hear Kaj Blennow on Alzheimer’s disease
PODCAST. Akademiliv the Podcast is back, this time we visit Kaj Blennow, Professor of Neurochemistry, for a talk on research methods, biomarkers and the hunt for the cure of Alzheimer’s disease. Along with his colleague Henrik Zetterberg, Kaj Blennow leads one of the most successful research groups at University of Gothenburg. They develop methods that make it possible to measure and monitor how Alzheimer’s disease develops in the human brain,…
Instagram competition settled – Josefin Bergenholtz, Niclas Lundh and Julie Weidner took the winning Christmas pictures
PHOTO CONTEST. Josefin Bergenholtz, Niclas Lundh and Julie Weidner – those are the winners of the Sahlgrenska Academy instagram competition with Christmas theme. The winners will receive two movie tickets each. Congratulations! The movie tickets come with the internal mail.
ERC Consolidator Grant to diabetes researcher Anders Rosengren
GRANTS. Anders Rosengren, a diabetes researcher at the Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, is one of the recipients of the ERC Consolidator Grant for his research on type 2 diabetes. The European Research Council is providing him with SEK 20 million for his research, which can eventually result in more patients receiving customized treatment for their unique type of diabetes. As a researcher at University of Gothenburg, Anders Rosengren participates…