SCIENCE COMMUNICATION. In this episode, Annika Rosengren is guest in the podcast Akademiliv.Annika Rosengren conducts epidemiological research on myocardial infarction and stroke. The podcast is in Swedish. Here you find the episode with Annika Rosengren: https://soundcloud.com/sahlgrenskaakademin/samtal-med-annika-rosengren-om-hjart-och-karlsjukdomar-och-forskning-pa-befolkningsniva Next episode – live at The International Science Festival in Gothenburg (in Swedish) The podcast Akademiliv is a popular science podcast with researchers from Sahlgrenska Academy, produced by the communicators at our faculty. The next episode will be recorded…
Microwave helmet provides quick and reliable assessment of head injuries
NEW STUDY. Results from a clinical study demonstrates that microwave measurements can be used for a rapid detection of intracranial bleeding in traumatic brain injuries. A recently published scientific study shows that health care professionals get vital information and can quickly decide on appropriate treatment if patients are examined using a microwave helmet. The study demonstrates a new health care application for microwave measurements. Previously, microwave measurements have been used to…
Charlotta Saldert receives funding from the Swedish Research Council in humanities and social sciences
GRANTS. Charlotta Saldert, associate professor at the Division of Speech and Language Pathology, has received SEK 3.7 million from the Swedish Research Council for her project on difficulties finding words that is related to diseases such as stroke, Parkinson’s disease and MS. She is the only Sahlgrenska Academy researcher to receive funds via the Swedish Research Council’s call for applications in humanities and social sciences. In this project, Charlotta Saldert…
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…
Nobel Laureate Arvid Carlsson guest in Akademiliv the podcast
PODCAST. Just in time for Nobel Week, Akademiliv the podcast is visited by Arvid Carlsson, professor emeritus of pharmacology. Arvid Carlsson was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2000 for his discoveries into dopamine in the brain. At the age of 92, he is still an active researcher – right now he is working on a molecule that he and his colleagues came up with during the 80s. This podcast…