Tag: Brain
APN podcast: Finland’s international talent brain drain
This week, All Points North asks why many international students and foreign workers in Finland are planning to leave in the near future.
José González – low-key world artist with a scientific agenda
He is full of duplicity. José Gonzalez is the teenager who was in a hardcore band while playing Bach at home on his classical guitar. He is the quiet and introverted researcher who is not afraid to sit alone on stage in front of thousands of concertgoers. In 2004 José Gonzalez knocked the whole world […]
New study reveals the cause of frequent brain disease
Solution on the wayTina Nørgaard Munch treats patients with hydrocephalus on a daily basis and realized that not everyone received the same treatment for the condition. The neurosurgeon works to better understand the mechanics of the disorder with a view to improving and developing a universal treatment in the future. Munch believes that adapting the […]
Wednesday papers: Strikes, fewer traffic cameras, brain exercises
Most morning papers are reporting the start of a three-day strike in the technology and chemical industries, as well as upcoming labor actions in the retail and transportation sectors.
Traffic pollution affects brain function: Research
“For many decades, researchers believed that the brain could be protected from the harmful effects of air pollution,” said senior researcher Dr. Chris Carlsten, professor and director of respiratory medicine and Canada Research Director for Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases at UBC. “This study, which is the first of its kind in the world, provides […]
Dead tired
When Frida studied, she could not eat lunch with her classmates. She looked for a bunk to rest on. She had difficulty reading. The text jumped. But she manages to read about her own troubles. She understands that she is brain-tired and that all the blows she received to the head were repeated concussions. Approximately […]
Long-term covid effects affect women in particular, according to Danish
The Corona pandemic is not over for many Danes. According to a study co-authored by Region Central Jutland and Aarhus University Hospital, 448 patients are still being treated for long-term COVID complications at the city’s largest hospital. More than 75 percent are women aged 30-70. The majority report being plagued by mental fatigue and it […]
Sara Hector
At the Olympics in Beijing last winter, the whole of Sweden held its breath Sara Hector finally won his first gold medal in giant slalom after more than a decade as a professional skier. It was the first Swedish gold on the women’s side in giant slalom since 1992. She has skied since childhood, made […]
Agnes Wold: You do not have to be happy to survive
Agnes Wold, professor of clinical bacteriology, addresses contemporary health issues together with host Christer Lundberg. We use so many percent of the brain and this is what the anatomy of the brain looks like The professor also goes through how our intelligence is inherited and which of the parents we have to thank for it, […]
Saga – the survivor from Drottninggatan
On Friday, April 7, 2017 at 14:52, a hijacked truck weighing 12 tons is driving at full speed along the pedestrian street. The artist and the photographer Saga Berlin comes from a job meeting and is hit, ends up unconscious lying on the street half under the truck. It catches fire and people flee. When […]
Sheep with a rare genotype can eliminate scrapie
As reported by RÚV, sheep with a special genotype may be the key to eradicating the deadly disease scrapie in Iceland. The Tignarleg sheep, from a farm in Northwest Iceland, and Móbotna, from a farm in the Northeast of the country, carry a rare gene that protects them from the deadly degenerative disease of the […]
Brain-damaged for life after the contagion accident
Professional boxer Erik Skoglund’s fight
Erik Skoglund is small and weak when he is small. His nose is bleeding from the slightest bit. But when he, as an 11-year-old, accompanies his big brother to the boxing training, he decides: He will be the best in the world. Despite the fact that he is not a given talent in the boxing […]
Studying finds insights into how we learn to learn
“As every teacher knows, simply remembering the knowledge we learn in school is hardly the purpose of education,” said Andre Fenton, Professor of Neuroscience at New York University and senior author of research. “Instead of just using our brains to store information for remembering, with the right mental training, we can also‘ learn to learn, […]
The brain makes us eat wrong
– We humans are programmed to reproduce quickly, not to live long, he says Sara Ask. Sara is a dietitian and now works with writing and lecturing about food. She has made several cookbooks, the most recent being called The good life – food that makes a difference to your health, there Tareq Taylor stands […]
The study finds out how value decisions are encoded in the brain
They found that an area in the brain known as the retrosplenial cortex (RSC) is a site we use for value choices, such as which restaurant we choose to visit for dinner tonight. We will then update the RSC with fresh information based on new impressions of how much we enjoy the evening’s soup and […]
Fit for business: Eight skills you MUST master to be an effective leader
The brain is a survival machine that creates survival mechanisms to protect itself socially. And many of these safeguards can inadvertently cause problems in an organization. Leaders own their own emotions and behaviors in response to what is happening around them. They have mastered these eight skills to avoid being taken over by these mechanisms. […]
EU medicines regulator adds stroke warning to AstraZeneca
“Cerebrovascular and sinus thrombosis (CVST) without thrombocytopenia has been reported very rarely after Vaxzevria vaccination,” the update reads. According to the European Medicines Agency, 458 cases in which vaccinated people developed a stroke followed by cerebral haemorrhage were detected by 30 September. The majority of cases occurred during the first four weeks of vaccination. Some […]
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Report: Finland exports 140 million euros of military products to the United Arab Emirates
SaferGlobe also found that the value of civilian exports exceeded the value of military exports for the first time last year. In 2020, Finland exported civilian weapons for EUR 81.1 million and military equipment for EUR 79.9 million. Brainstorming, which has been monitoring and reporting on Finnish arms exports since 2010, defines military material “as […]
After possible disease findings: Grindsted citizens are examined again
This is confirmed by Kurt Espersen, Executive Vice President of the region. – We have received information from a citizen in Grindsted that there are some more AL cases that have been found after our health examination has been completed. – This has led us to decide to convene our research group with researchers from […]
Ivar was only one year Part 2/2 Homecoming
Johanna Isaksson’s son Ivar was born seven weeks premature and suffered a brain injury. For four months, the son is cared for in the neonatal ward and struggles with constant dips in oxygenation. Will the family ever be allowed to come home to another life? Then comes the message. The family has finally been granted […]
Animal knowledge of death challenges science
In recent years, however, there has been a shift in many researchers’ perceptions of how advanced animals can think. Several research studies indicate that some animals have a consciousness and possibly therefore also the ability to recognize death. Part of being aware of death is feeling sad when others die. Here, several observations point in […]
Tired? You can spread your sleep over the day
Nor does it matter whether it is coherent or broken. This is what sleep researcher Birgitte Rahbek Kornum, Ph.D. and Associate Professor at the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Copenhagen. – You can easily distribute your sleep. You just have to be aware that you can not sleep less in a day just […]
In the cleanliness
With the help of science check Emma Frans and Maja Åström raise these questions when Heart and brain go down in purity. As usual, they come to what is true, false and in between. As experts on yesterday’s cleanliness habits, you hear historian Jenny Björkman and Karolina Wiell, Doctor of Philosophy in Economic History at […]
FACTS: Board recommends stopping before fifth item
Read how much you should drink per week and other announcements from the agency about alcohol, here: * No alcohol consumption is risk-free for your health. Alcohol affects almost all organs of the body, and alcohol intake is related to about 60 different diseases and conditions. Among other things, even a small consumption of alcohol […]
Ivar was only one year Part 1/2 The fight in the neonatal ward
Seven weeks before that child is expected to arrive, Johanna Isaksson suffers from severe pain and is rushed to hospital. Ivar is born with a brain injury and Johanna, Alexander and her daughter Maj must now learn to live in a completely new reality – in the neonatal ward at Södersjukhuset in Stockholm. This is […]
The wear and tear of telework on our brains: “Fears epidemic of exhaustion in a few years”
Teleworking from home is time-efficient and climate-smart – but how sustainable is it for us humans in the long run? Distance meetings are more cognitively demanding, and at a distance we work more and often fail to take breaks we need, states researcher Linda Widar from the University of Gävle. Stress researcher Alexander Wilczek from […]
Two men convicted of beating 49-year-old to death in Salten
On 14 June last year, a 49-year-old man was approached and brutally assaulted by two men in his home in Salten south of Silkeborg. Jesper Paludan Lindgaard was so badly injured in the attack that he was found dead at his residence the next morning. On Thursday, two men at the Court in Viborg were […]
A new Mercedes-Benz car can read your mind
It is based on visual observation. The car has points of light projected on the car’s digital dashboard, and a BCI (brain-computer interface) device with wearable electrodes is attached to the user’s head. After a short calibration time, the device can record and measure brain activity, so when the user focuses on a specific light […]
The forced sterilizations and lobotomies
Lobotomy is an incision in the brain that caused people who had previously been forced to lie strapped in their beds to become apathetic and easy to care for. But they also lost access to their emotions. With forced sterilization, society also had a tool to regulate who was allowed to have children. The use […]
Meet Osku, Finland’s new first puppy
The Tenterfield Terrier is a relatively new dog breed in Finland. It originated in Australia, where it was widely bred to destroy pests such as rats. The first Tenterfield Terrier was brought to Finland three years ago. Dogs of this breed are often described as agile, intelligent and adaptable and are well suited for families […]
The first family gets a new puppy, Osku
Finland’s first family has a new puppy after the death of their previous dog last spring. Jenni Haukio took social media on Sunday to announce the news: "There is a new member in our family called the Tenterfield Terrier Osku." Australian breed, described by the Finnish Kennel Club a "a strong, active and agile working […]
How to get good ideas on command
Are you struggling to come up with the right – and not least ingenious – idea? Whether you are struggling with an idea for work, your new big project or the planning of a unique child’s birthday, you may already be stretching your legs for yourself. Because when you have to put on your creative […]
Exercise modulates iron in Alzheimer’s disease
Disorders of cerebral iron metabolism and iron accumulation are known to be associated with aging and AD, although the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. It is known that iron load and inflammation regulate the synthesis of heptidine, the major iron regulatory protein. In particular, the inflammatory modulating cytokine interleukin-6 (IL-6), which is also known to modulate […]
Conservative MP returns after blood clot
The Conservatives’ Brigitte Klintskov Jerkel is ready to resume political work after the member of parliament was hit by a minor blood clot in the brain in April. She writes this on Tuesday on Facebook. – My period of illness has been a hard one and at the same time a learning process, she writes. […]
3 ways you can entertain yourself during the summer holidays
Summer means summer vacation for most people, and although it is really nice to have time off, there are many who almost do not know what to do with their time – now that you finally do not have a job and obligations most days anymore. This is especially the first week we spend on […]
Daycare worker has been arrested in case of death of one-year-old child
The daycare worker is accused of having shaken the girl and of hitting her with a so-called blunt object. She denies guilt, TV Midtvest informs. The woman is described by Herning Folkeblad as a former day care worker. At the end of November 2019, the girl’s usual day care worker was on holiday, and therefore […]
The day care worker is imprisoned in the case of the death of a one-year-old child
After a lengthy court hearing, a judge in the Court in Herning on Friday decided to remand the woman in custody for four weeks. It writes Herning Folkeblad. The daycare worker is accused of having shaken the girl and of hitting her with a so-called blunt object. She denies guilt, TV Midtvest informs. At the […]
A daycare worker has been arrested in a case of death of a one-year-old child
The daycare worker is accused of having shaken the girl and of hitting her with a so-called blunt object. She denies guilt, TV Midtvest informs. The woman is described by Herning Folkeblad as a former day care worker. At the end of November 2019, the girl’s usual day care worker was on holiday, and therefore […]
Boy suffered brain haemorrhage after assault – 28-year-old arrested
The 28-year-old will be produced on Thursday in constitutional interrogation at the Court in Lyngby. Here, the prosecution will demand the 28-year-old remand prisoner. Two others are already jailed in the case. Assistant public prosecutor at North Zealand Police Kenneth Siljat informs Ritzau that charges have been filed under the Criminal Code’s provision on physical […]
Boy suffered brain haemorrhage after assault – 28-year-old jailed
In a constitutional hearing at the Court in Lyngby, the 28-year-old was remanded in custody until 22 June. Thus, his imprisonment expires at the same time as the other two who are already imprisoned in the case. Assistant prosecutor at North Zealand Police Kenneth Siljat informed Ritzau earlier on Thursday that charges have been filed […]
FACTS: How to help with cardiac arrest
Read here about the steps for resuscitation, so it is possible to step in if a person falls over: 1. Check if the person is unconscious. * Shake the person’s shoulders and shout or ask out loud if the person is okay. Squeeze or level the skin on the inside of the thigh or upper […]
New campaign uses Vikings to get you to wear a helmet
In Viking times, you would not hear a Viking say ‘it ruins my hair’ when he needed a helmet on his horse. No excuses. He just wanted to wear it for safety. Now is the time for you to do the same and wear a helmet on your modern horse, according to the Council for […]
First Dane to receive compensation for vaccine side effects
The 30-year-old woman from the Capital Region receives compensation after being affected by the rare but very serious syndrome vitt, after she was vaccinated with AstraZeneca. It informs the patient compensation to the newspaper. White is the clinical name for the blood clots that the AstraZeneca vaccine can cause. The woman was vaccinated in January […]
Stroke was judged to be “cultural fainting” – the region is now collapsing
There was a conviction in the Gothenburg District Court against the Västra Götaland region in the case of an ambulance nurse who suspected that a patient was just playing unconscious – which was described as “cultural fainting” in the medical record. The man had suffered a brain haemorrhage and later died. The Discrimination Ombudsman (DO) […]
Criticism of care: Pregnant woman had to go down stairs – with the baby halfway out
Sahlgrenska University Hospital is criticized by the Swedish Health and Care Inspectorate, Ivo, for a pregnant woman having to go down several stairs with half the baby out. The woman started giving birth at home and called an ambulance. But before they had time to go, the child was on his way out. The woman […]
In stress
They have their help Mats Lekander, professor of health psychology and researcher at the Stress Research Institute at Stockholm University and Karolinska Institutet. Together we come to the conclusion that is true, false or in between. This episode of Heart and Brain was recorded live at the Poddfest Nonstop event on April 18, 2021.
The 22-year-old in police interrogation: “My brain was completely pissed”
Many want answers as to why the 22-year-old attacked seven men in Vetlanda on March 3, but in the police interrogations he can give no real explanation other than that his bad mental state. He tells of a man who provoked him, but is not himself sure if the man was for real or just […]
The Ark about writing Sweden’s most ridiculous song
It is the turn of the millennium in the air and The Ark’s Ola Salo wakes up from a dream with a clear chord sequence on the brain. Just a few days later, he plays the song for the rest of the band and it is not long before It Takes A Fool To Remain […]
Dementia sufferers ask for help with a new symbol on the clothes
– Dementia is an invisible disorder. We do not see that a person has dementia. But therefore the person may well have challenges, says secretariat manager Lone Harlev. 90,000 Danes live with dementia. The symbol is a voluntary offer for people with mild to moderate dementia who move in public space. – The symbol can […]
The forced sterilizations and lobotomies
Lobotomy is an incision in the brain that caused people who had previously been forced to lie strapped in their beds to become apathetic and easy to care for. But they also lost access to their emotions. With forced sterilization, society also had a tool to regulate who was allowed to have children. The use […]
The brain shrinks regardless of education level
Our brain shrinks as we age and the volume decrease goes just as fast regardless of whether you are highly educated or only have a six-year primary school, according to a new international study. There are already theories that long education makes the reduction go slower, but there has been no evidence for that. Genetics […]
Extreme fatigue – common after severe illness
Almost half of the 400 patients who were admitted for covid-19 in Östergötland during the first Corona wave last spring had clear problems several months later – in some cases the problems still persist. These are concentration difficulties, memory loss and extreme fatigue, shows research from the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University Hospital […]
Stepfather and mother convicted of numerous rapes of daughter
The sexual assaults took place from March 2003 to February 2014 in the family’s changing home in the Bjerringbro area. The now adult woman was abused while she was between 12 and 23 years old and has been mentally handicapped since a brain injury at birth. Senior prosecutor Linette Lysgaard is very satisfied with the […]
Researchers are trying to understand chronic anorexia
Researchers need to find out why some people with anorexia do not get well. Among other things, they will examine changes in the brain. Elisabet Wentz is a professor and psychiatrist at the Sahlgrenska Academy. – When it comes to the chronic cases of anorexia nervosa that exist in our unit, we will take a […]
Local parliamentary politicians affected by blood clots in the brain
The Conservative People’s Party’s Brigitte Klintskov Jerkel has suffered a blood clot in her brain and will probably have surgery on either Wednesday or Thursday. She states this herself on Facebook. Here, Brigitte Klintskov Jerkel explains that on Thursday she had to drive home after two meetings at Christiansborg because she became uncomfortable. On the […]
Local parliamentary politicians hit by blood clots
The Conservative People’s Party’s Brigtitte Klintskov Jerkel has suffered a blood clot in her brain and will probably have surgery on either Wednesday or Thursday. She states this herself on Facebook. Here, Brigitte Klintskov Jerkel explains that on Thursday she had to drive home after two meetings at Christiansborg because she became uncomfortable. On the […]
New blood clot death is associated with AstraZeneca connectors
A 57-year-old man, died in March of a violent blood clot in his brain, about a week after receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine against covid-19. It writes BT The man’s older brother tells the newspaper that his younger brother had an unusually low platelet count. The Capital Region of Denmark confirms to BT that it has […]
Lack of sleep is linked to an increased risk of dementia
Regularly sleeping six hours or less in your 50s and 60s is linked to an increased risk of later developing dementia, according to a British study. Christian Benedict is a sleep researcher and associate professor of neuroscience at Uppsala University: – This study is based on a lot of research that has been published in […]
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New technology can manipulate our taste buds. With the help of small electric shocks, various taste receptors are triggered in the mouth that affect, for example, the intensity of saltiness and sweetness. Johan Swahn is a former chef, now a researcher in sensory science at the School of Restaurant and Hotel Management and believes that […]
The art of making award-winning films
Peter Schønau Fog, who turns 50 on April 20, graduated from the Danish Film School in 1999. And it was here that he laid the foundations for his later success. His graduation film, “Little Man”, was seen by many as being a potential starting shot for a great career. He has previously attended the Czech […]
Poddfest Nonstop 2021 – Sweden’s best podcasts
More than 20 of Sweden’s best and most interesting podcasts run live at Poddfest Nonstop. Here is the full list and what times they go on. 11:00 Sunday interview11:35 Thank you for the food!12:05 P3 History12:50 Heart and brain13:20 Stiljournalen13:50 USApodden14:30 The rage15:05 Alkispodden15:35 Over My Dead Body & Guilty? (mashup)16:20 Lost as a child16:50 […]
More people want to be vaccinated against TBE during the pandemic
The demand for vaccination against the TBE virus has increased during the pandemic. TBE is a virus that is transmitted to humans from ticks and affects the brain through encephalitis or meningitis. “There are new cases in new places where you have not had TBE before,” he says Jemma Myrberg who works on Avenirhälsan’s vaccination […]
Blood tests may soon be used to detect Alzheimer’s
In the autumn, researchers in Gothenburg expect that the health service will be able to perform tests in blood tests to see if there are signs of early Alzheimer’s. That’s what Henrik Zetterberg, professor of neurochemistry at the University of Gothenburg, says. – Then you can say that this piece of the puzzle, the blood […]
Rising popularity
Norwegian online casinos have been around since the 90s, and there is no indication that they will fall in popularity in the near future either. They have gradually increased in popularity since they were launched and the selection of games today includes both the old classics everyone loves and new games that bring with them […]
Prince Joachim: Marie saved my life
When Prince Joachim suffered a blood clot in his brain last July, it was thanks to Princess Marie that he survived. In an interview with Hjernesagen, he talks about her quick reaction, d…
FACTS: 12,000 suffer from blood clots or bleeding in the brain each year
* 70 percent of those affected are over 65, and just over half are men. * 85 percent of cases are due to blood clots, while 15 percent are bleeding in the brain. * Mortality within the first 30 days after a blood clot or bleeding in the brain is 14 percent. This corresponds to […]
Prince Joachim: It was Marie who saved my life
When he wakes up the next day in the hospital, she is standing next to him: – It was a very special moment, because even though I had not fully understood what was going on, I was well aware that I had moved on a knife edge. – The first thing I said to her […]
Corona children take longer to drive into institutions
A run-in that used to take a couple of weeks can now take three to four, they say. The children are in fact more reticent towards strangers because they were born into a crisis that means that they have primarily been in the hands of their parents. This is what Grete Kragh-Müller, a researcher in […]
Charge: Blow and knee kick in the head killed young man in Lunden
The case begins next week at the Court in Horsens. Here, the defendants, who are 22 and 20 years old respectively, plead not guilty to the charges. According to the indictment, the 22-year-old victim lay down and was thus defenseless, while his assailants pelted him with fists, kicks and knee kicks. He was hit both […]
Man sentenced to placement: Wanted to kill ex-boss with hammer
The sentence is given to the now 42-year-old man for an episode in August 2020. Here he was out in the evening lurking by a backyard on Åkirkebyvej in the central part of Rønne, when an unsuspecting 57-year-old man arrived at the scene. Shortly afterwards, the 57-year-old’s life was in danger. He had suffered several […]
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Erika Janske is 42 years old and works as a business developer and yoga teacher in Karlstad in Värmland. This is the story of the journey with daughter Hilda, who was born with a brain injury. If you want to send a greeting to Erika, you can reach her via the series’ producer Ola Hemström. […]
Sara’s husband was not believed – died after a brain haemorrhage: “They said he was playing”
When Sara’s husband, who was himself a doctor, suffered a cerebral haemorrhage, the paramedics thought he was simulating, calling it cultural fainting. The case is currently pending in Gothenburg District Court if the Västra Götaland region has discriminated against the man – something the region says has not happened. “Our appearance had a greater effect […]
The region is sued – cerebral haemorrhage was considered “cultural fainting”
In 2017, a 32-year-old man suffered a brain haemorrhage, but when an ambulance arrived at the scene, the ambulance staff made the assessment that he was not really ill but only simulated. Cultural fainting – this controversial concept is in focus during the trial that began on Monday in Gothenburg District Court. The discrimination ombudsman […]
Accusation: Husband beat wife to death and stabbed husband down
This is the accusation against a 43-year-old man – accusation, which he is expected to confess to on Monday in the Court in Lyngby. In confession cases, a court application is made instead of an indictment. It appears that the 43-year-old assaulted his wife in their shared apartment in Birkerød on the night of 8 […]
Million prize for Danish professor of migraine treatment
For that progress, the four researchers will receive the brain research award The Brain Prize on Thursday. It is worth DKK 10 million to share and is distributed by the Lundbeck Foundation. – I have spent my entire professional life getting migraines accepted as a neurological disorder. Therefore, it is with enormous pleasure that I […]
Staff at SÖS were asked for “brainstorming” savings proposals
The maternity clinic at Södersjukhuset must save SEK 72 million and now employees are asked to come up with savings publishers. “The Stockholm region is making a billion profit and money will be saved on cheese sandwiches and heating pads for women who give birth to children,” says midwife Tove Broheden. Operations Manager Maria Sjöstrand […]
Lise Rønne replaces diseased Melvin Kakooza in X Factor
Instead, it will be the former X Factor host Lise Rønne, who will be in charge of the show. It writes Ekstra Bladet. 42-year-old Lise Rønne hosted the program in 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2012 when it was broadcast on DR. Today, according to Ekstra Bladet, she reads literature at the University of Copenhagen and […]
Melvin Kakooza Affected by Brain Tumor: Stops in the X Factor
– Melvin has recently had discomfort and has therefore been thoroughly examined. Unfortunately, it has been shown that for some time he has been walking around with a brain tumor in the back of his head, which has been shown to be benign. It has now been operated off, says Melvin Kakooza’s manager, Jakob Riis. […]
The Foreign Chronicle
Bogotá, Thursday. When I finished my interviews on my latest reportage trip to Quito, Ecuador, I had four hours left before I had to leave the hotel for the airport. Even before the trip to Ecuador many had said: You have to visit the middle of the world, you just have to do it. By […]
Sörenstam is making a comeback on the LPGA Tour
Annika Sörenstam is making a comeback on the LPGA Tour where there will be games on the home track Lake Nona in Orlando, Florida. It states the LPGA tour on his Instagram account. The now 50-year-old golf icon withdrew from the competition in 2008 and during his career has accumulated ten major victories and 72 […]
Science Radio In depth
Swedish the nation is described as brainwashed and responsible for the corona strategy as perpetrators and the media as bribes. Sweden has plunged into a moral, ethical and scientific abyss. Such allegations are spread in a social media campaign. Experts on information influence consider the tone and methods to be worrying.
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A woman who operated on her uterus at the US in Linköping in November last year may have suffered extensive brain damage. According to a lex Maria report, the woman had a rising heart rate after the operation and was found lifeless after three hours. A large genital haemorrhage was discovered in an emergency operation […]
Stepfather sentenced to five years in prison for abusing baby
A 42-year-old man has been sentenced by the Court in Randers to five years in prison for repeatedly exposing his stepson of 11 months to serious violence and ill-treatment. This is stated by the East Jutland Police in a press release. The abuse took place in August and September 2019. In addition, the boy’s 42-year-old […]
37-year-old prisoner sentenced to treatment for aggravated assault
A 37-year-old man from Hvidovre subjected an acquaintance in April to such a gross assault that the acquaintance subsequently came into danger and was placed in an artificial coma. On Friday, the verdict fell on the 37-year-old man when a jury in the Court in Glostrup sentenced him to placement in a psychiatric ward without […]
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– We humans are programmed to reproduce quickly, not to live long, he says Sara Ask. Sara is a dietitian and now works with writing and lecturing about food. She has made several cookbooks, the latest is called The good life – food that makes a difference to your health, there Tareq Taylor stands for […]
An early start is the key to developing musical skills later
Washington [US]December 25 (ANI): Is there, as some have suggested, a period of development early in life when the brain is particularly receptive to musical training? According to new research, the answer is probably no. “It is a common observation that successful musicians often start their musical education early,” says Laura Wesseldijk, a researcher at […]
Danish freediver dives over 200 meters and breaks world record
He was the first person to dive further than 200 meters – exactly 202 – into the sea off the coast of Mexico on a mouthful of air. The previous world record was 177 meters and was set in 2016. Stig Severinsen has tried – and has succeeded – to break the record to draw […]
Exercise for brain-damaged children threatened
Today, 40 children with CP injuries train at the company Move & Walk thanks to an agreement with Region Skåne, but the agreement has now been paused because the responsible committee wants to evaluate the method used. This is done in connection with the board saving 85 million. “It hurts me, he reaches new goals […]
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Anna Danielsen takes a dip every morning. She and her husband started with the habit in August and have since continued, despite the degrees creeping down. – I read about the benefits of cold baths. An hour after I bathe, I still have a satisfaction in my body. The feeling is reminiscent of running a […]
Parliament will vote as Tarja Filatov as first Vice-President
Veteran MP for the Social Democratic Party Tarja Filatov has been elected First Vice-President of Parliament. Filatov, who comes from the Häme constituency, has previously served as the second vice-speaker of the parliament from 2010 to 2011. She has been a Member of Parliament since 1995, making her one of the longest-serving female Members of […]
Denmark takes silver in the Good Country Index
After placing sixth in 2018, Denmark has shot up to second place this year’s index of good countries only beaten by neighboring Sweden. The index measures a country’s contribution to the “common good of humanity and the planet” and describes itself as a “balance” of contributions beyond their borders. Happy, healthy and prosperous Denmark’s success […]
Isolation creates a social desire in our brains
By having people perform two experiments, American researchers have shown that lack of social interaction has similar effects on our brain as lack of food. 2020 has been one years where many of us have lived a more isolated life than before. But what does it do to our brains and our minds? An American […]
Prince Joachim: Must work a long time with consequences of blood clots
In July, Prince Joachim suffered a blood clot in his brain during a holiday in the south of France. It happened while he was staying at the family’s French wine castle, Chateau de Cayx. From there, he was rushed to the hospital in Toulouse. Here he was discharged in early August. The Royal House has […]
Thanks for the music: Shu-bi-dua frontman Michael Bundesen is dead
Here he was surrounded by his immediate family. – It is with unimaginable grief that we can announce that our father, Michael Bundesen, after a short course of cancer, has passed away, it is stated in the announcement, where his children Nanna Bundesen and Nicolaj Bundesen are the senders. The family adds that it will […]
Shu-bi-dua frontman Michael Bundesen has died of cancer – 71 years old
Here he was surrounded by his immediate family. – It is with unimaginable grief that we can announce that our father, Michael Bundesen, after a short course of cancer, has passed away, it is stated in the announcement, where his children Nanna Bundesen and Nicolaj Bundesen are the senders. The family adds that it will […]
New method for liver transplants – more people can get new organs
A new surgical method for liver transplants, which increases access to organs, has been introduced at the university hospitals Sahlgrenska and Karolinska. According to transplant surgeon Carl Jorns, this is good news for those queuing for a new liver. – The important thing is that we can now do more liver transplants and that more […]
From Iceland – Dermatologists hate it! Shark lives to 245 with this strange taste
The MRI found no signs of aging in the brain of a 245-year-old shark caught in the West in 2017. Grape journalists avoid brain aging by drinking port wine once a day and playing a recorder, but what can this crazy shark do? What is he playing on? Will we ever know? According to RÚV, […]
