NEW STUDY. Women who developed type 1 diabetes before the age of ten years die an average of nearly 18 years earlier than women who do not have diabetes. Men in the corresponding situation lose almost 14 years of life. The lives of patients diagnosed at age 26-30 years are shortened by an average of ten years, according to research published in the British medical journal the Lancet. “These are disappointing…
National super-registry in dental care – a gold mine for research
REGISTRY-BASED RESEARCH In the dental care sector, good progress is being made in building an enormous national quality registry for periodontitis, a disease that causes tooth loss and tooth decay. At present, it contains up-to-date information on more than half of the Swedish population and is updated automatically every night. Researchers studying other diseases in the body will also find the registry useful. The registry is called SKaPa (the Swedish…
Less than half of patients with gout receive preventive treatment
NEW STUDY. Gout is the most prevalent arthritic disease in the Western Sweden region and its incidence has increased substantially over the last ten years. However, less than half of patients with gout receive preventive treatment according to a new study from Sahlgrenska Academy, the first of its kind in the Nordic region to investigate how prevalent gout is. Gout is a crystal arthritis, where high levels of uric acid…
Fewer relapses after stroke in younger patients
NEW STUDY. During the last twenty years, the risk of having a stroke relapse has been cut by half in people under 55 years. Meanwhile, stroke has become more common among younger people in the population. This is shown in a new study published in the International Journal of Stroke. “It is a challenge for research to try to prevent stroke”, says Professor Annika Rosengren to the daily new paper…
Turning skin cancer upside down
Dermatologist Ann-Marie Wennberg works broadly in both physics and technology in her research on skin cancer. After having been an adjunct professor for several years, she has now received an announced position as Professor of Dermatology. Malignant melanoma may be the best known kind of skin cancer, but there are also two non-malignant forms of skin cancer: basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. Ann-Marie Wennberg conducts research on how…