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Human life expectancy can increase to 120 years: study
/CFP Human lifespan is expected to increase to up to 120 years within decades, thanks to technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and knowledge gained from the COVID-19 pandemic, Swedish Television (SVT) reported on Sunday. “Our prognosis is a lifespan between 100 and 120 years within 50 years or so, at least, in developed countries,”…
Research reveals secondary forests more sensitive to drought than primary forests
Stockholm [Sweden], August 1 (ANI): According to a new study from Sweden’s Lund University, the dry summer of 2018 had a severe impact on Swedish woods, particularly managed secondary forests. Northern boreal forest ecosystems are predicted to experience more frequent summer droughts in the future. The majority of Swedish forest are secondary forests that are…
Gut bacteria linked to fatty deposits in heart arteries: Research
Washington DC [US], July 14 (ANI): Researchers in Sweden established a link between the number of particular bacteria in the gut and coronary atherosclerotic plaques in a large study. Atherosclerotic plaques, which are generated by the accumulation of fatty and cholesterol deposits, are a leading cause of heart attacks. The results of the study, led…
Global warming increases carbon dioxide emissions from soil bacteria: Research
Based on a study recently published in the scientific journal Nature Communications with a team of researchers from ETH Zurich, the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, the Swiss Federal Institute for Water Science and Technology Eawag and the University of Lausanne. has reached a significant conclusion. Their research shows that…
The Science Award of the City of Helsinki was awarded to Professor Craig Primer from the University of Helsinki
By unraveling the genetic basis of salmon life cycles, Primer and his team aim to find ways to preserve biodiversity in both natural populations and fish farming. His work focuses on understanding the causes of fish behavior, which contributes to the development of effective conservation strategies even in changing environmental conditions. Some of Primmer’s most…
Researchers reveal how physical activity is crucial to recovery after stroke
Washington [US], May 13 (ANI): Physical exercise after a stroke can be crucial for a successful recovery. According to research carried out by the University of Gothenburg, people who exercise four hours a week after suffering a stroke recover more functionally in six months than those who do not. The research, which has been published…
Climate change first “went viral” exactly 70 years ago
We have become so used to many things. To the images of wildfires and cremated animals, to the ice caps calving in the sea, to promises by world leaders that they will heed the scientists’ “last chance” warning. It is hard for anyone under the age of 40 to remember a time when carbon build-up,…
Study reveals physical activity critical to recovery after stroke
Washington [US], May 8 (ANI): Physical activity after a stroke can be crucial for a good recovery. A study from the University of Gothenburg showed that those who exercise four hours a week after having a stroke recover more functionally in six months than those who do not. The study, which is now published in…
Scientists discover protein used by the parasite and how it changes the identity of immune cells
Stockholm [Sweden]November 5 (ANI): Toxoplasma is a parasite that affects the majority of people worldwide. Now scientists have discovered how this tiny parasite spreads so successfully throughout the body, including to the brain. After infection, the parasite takes over immune cells. The study was led by researchers at Stockholm University and published in the scientific…
Scientists reveal how the parasite injects protein into the immune cell’s nucleus, changing the cell’s identity
Stockholm [Sweden], October 31 (ANI): Majority of people on the planet are infected with the parasite Toxoplasma. Now a study led by researchers at Stockholm University shows how this small parasite spreads so successfully throughout the body, including to the brain. Immune cells are hijacked by the parasite after they become infected. The results of…
Science Round-Up: Men are worse than women when it comes to being alone… health-wise
Over 1 million live alone Lund said that it should be considered whether to offer help to those who have separated or have lived alone for many years. The study monitored nearly 5,000 middle-aged men and women using health data, questionnaires and blood tests over two decades. More than a million people in Denmark live…
The study has found a new group of antibacterial molecules
Stockholm [Sweden], 19 November (ANI): Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, UmeÃ¥ University and the University of Bonn have identified a new group of molecules that have an antibacterial effect against many antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The discovery could help develop new, effective antibiotics with few side effects. The results of the study have been published in the scientific…
Vikings in North America in 1021
According to Morgunblaðið, scientists found evidence of a Viking settlement in Newfoundland dating back to 1021. This information was published in a research article in the scientific journal Nature. – ADVERTISEMENT – It is generally accepted that the Vikings settled in North America long before Christopher Columbus came to the Americas. Their journeys are described…
Danish research rejects widespread circumcision myth
Canadian backing SSI research, here in English, was performed based on data from over 800,000 Danish men born between 1977 and 2003. The results were recently published in a respected scientific journal, the European Journal of Epidemiology. The Danish research has been supported by another comprehensive research project from Canada, published in the Journal of…
The dangers of urinating at night: Researchers establish a strong link to increased risk of dementia
Spending a penny overnight is never good news. There is an increased risk that you may step on a piece of Lego, encounter a burglar or even hear your parents having sex. Of course, some kids tend to do it in their actual bed and turn a pajama party into a wet t-shirt contest, while…
Parent and child screen use can delay young children’s vocabulary, research findings
According to a study conducted by Tampere University Hospital (TAYS), ample screening time can hinder the linguistic development of young infants. The study examined the development of speech and linguistic expression in 18- and 24-month-old children and found that as parents and their children’s use of electronic devices increased — so-called display time — children’s…
Traffic noise increases the risk of dementia
Massive project The enormous research project, which SDU carried out in collaboration with Roskilde University, OUH and the University of Copenhagen, took into account the addresses of the 2 million Danes and the proximity to busy roads and railway lines. They then cross-checked the data with national health registries to identify cases of dementia (Alzheimer’s…
SSI: HPV vaccination does not weaken the immune system
The HPV vaccine does not weaken the immune system against other infections. It writes the Statens Serum Institut (SSI) in a press release. SSI has conducted a large survey of a total of 853,879 women aged 10 to 29 years. The study shows that there is no increased risk of being admitted with an infectious…
Danish research can provide knowledge about who should have the third plug
A research project at Odense University Hospital has mapped how the immune system of 524 cancer patients develops after they have been vaccinated against covid-19. The results can be used in relation to who should be offered a third plug with the vaccine against covid-19. This is the opinion of Henrik Ditzel, who has been…
Need for opioids in palliative cancer can be reduced by Vit
Washington [US], August 9 (ANI): A randomized and placebo-controlled study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet showed that patients with vitamin D deficiency who received vitamin D supplements had a reduced need for pain relief and lower levels of fatigue in palliative cancer treatment. The study has been published in the scientific journal ‘Cancers’. Among patients…
Stretching can increase your tolerance for pain
To stretch or not stretch? Should you do it before or after training? Does it prevent or heal injuries? Stretching is always a hot topic. Although effective in improving flexibility, its usefulness in reducing pain is questioned. Back pain is one of the most common health conditions in our society. Up to 80 percent of…
"10 minutes" Rapid Covid test developed in Finland
The rapid antigen-based test developed at the University of Helsinki can be used to process up to 500 samples per hour, the project’s researchers said in a university statement published on Wednesday. Rapid tests, which can also be used to rapidly screen for other respiratory diseases, are also said to be able to detect the…
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…
Heunicke: Infected must have coronapas for six months
It bodes well for those who became infected with coronavirus around Christmas time and New Year. The Minister of Health, Magnus Heunicke (S), has in fact recommended to the Epidemic Commission that an overdue infection should give coronapas for six months instead of three months. This is confirmed by the Ministry of Health in an…
Antibody may explain rare blood clots after vaccination
When the covid-19 vaccine from AstraZeneca in very rare cases leads to blood clots, it may be due to a special antibody which is formed in a few unlucky ones and causes the blood to clot. It concludes two new studies from Germany and Norway, respectively, both of which have just been peer-reviewed and published…
OVERVIEW: Immunity to coronavirus
There are not many studies that can tell about immunity to coronavirus. This is because coronavirus has only been in the population for one year. Therefore, it is still difficult to study the long-term effects of the infection. With the new coronapas, the immunity period is valid for 12 weeks. The Ministry of Health estimates…
Exercise during pregnancy can protect a child from being overweight
If the expectant mother is physically active and exercises during her pregnancy, it can help prevent obesity, type 2 diabetes and other lifestyle diseases in the baby. It shows a new international study, which Aarhus researchers have participated in, and which has just been published in a scientific journal. – One of the things that…
Denmark suffered lower risks of death than Sweden
Copenhagen [Denmark]March 27 (ANI): Denmark, which introduced a deadlock during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic, suffered significantly lower risk of death than Sweden, which did not introduce a deadlock, according to a new study. The study was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) in the United States, a…
Only every second over 65 develops immunity after infection
Every fifth person infected with covid-19 does not become immune to new infections. For people over the age of 65, less than half build up immunity to becoming infected again. It shows a study conducted by the Statens Serum Institut (SSI), the institute writes in a press release. Senior researcher Steen Ethelberg emphasizes in the…
Anxiety lurks behind the Coronavirus pandemic for many under 30s
Forced on the back of Gen Z anxiety by the COVID-19 pandemic, a threatening stress for many people under 30 is still climate change, experts say. “Natural disasters caused by climate change, including hurricanes, heat waves, fires and floods can lead to … increased depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress and other mental illnesses,” according to researchers…
Code for mobile communications now broken by researchers
Washington [US], 12 February (ANI): A research group led by researchers at the University of Gothenburg has used a unique combination of methods to map the mechanism behind cellular communication. Knowledge of how cells communicate is an important key to understanding many biological systems and diseases. The results, published in the journal Proceedings of the…