The Public Health Agency of Sweden recommends that people over the age of 70 should limit their contact with other people as much as possible for a period of time, the length of which is uncertain. How should the elderly and their relatives behave during this crisis? Eldercare researcher Lisa Ekstam of CASE is doing her best to provide advice and answers. According to the Public Health Agency's di

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/elderly-and-coronavirus-crisis-striving-maintain-everyday-routines-and-balance-activities - 2025-09-05

Ulrika Wijk, a PhD student at Lund University and an occupational therapist at the Hand Surgery Clinic at Skåne University Hospital in Malmö. Photo: Tove Gilvad Losing a body part can have a major impact on both function and feeling, with so-called phantom sensations. However, prosthetics research has made great progress in recent years. Among other advances, artificial sensation has been made pos

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/sensory-impressions-artificial-hand-without-surgery - 2025-09-05

Thérése Jönsson defended her thesis on the subject of nursing science specialising in physiotherapy on March 20. One in four people suffer from osteoarthritis, a chronic joint disease. Although guidelines have long existed regarding how osteoarthritis should be treated, only half of patients undergo the recommended basic treatment. A new thesis from Lund University shows that the existing guidelin

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-study-osteoarthritis-school-can-reduce-pain-and-increase-quality-life - 2025-09-05

Sara Wettemarks studies abroad are being pursued from home in Sweden. Photo: Private In mid-December 2019, Sara Wettemark took a flight to Vancouver, Canada, for a semester of Master’s studies in Biomedicine at the University of British Columbia (UBC). She intended to return home in May but, like so many others, had to alter her plans due to the coronavirus pandemic. Now, her studies abroad are be

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/studying-abroad-during-coronavirus-epidemic - 2025-09-05

Orpheus is a European network that has committed to developing and disseminating best practice as well as promoting harmonisation within PhD education in biomedicine and health sciences. The network carries out evaluations to ensure quality within PhD programmes. So far, 10 European medical faculties have become accredited, including the University of Copenhagen and Karolinska Institutet. On 14 Fe

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/faculty-phd-programme-gains-accreditation - 2025-09-05

Download the app, log your data and help save lives now (Swedish) Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have launched a free app to help map the spread of infection in Sweden and increase knowledge of the coronavirus. “Data from the app will give us a clearer picture of the development of the disease and why some people only experience mild symptoms while others get seriously ill and die”, says

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/covid-symptom-tracker-app-launched-sweden - 2025-09-05

The Prize for Internationalisation of Teaching and Learning in First and Second Cycle Education at Sweden’s Medical Faculties for 2020 has been awarded to Kristina Orban at the Department of Health Sciences, Lund University. The citation for the award stated “Since 2016, Kristina Orban has led the Mirots project, which aims to enable occupational therapy students to develop a professional identity

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/prize-internationalisation-teaching-and-learning - 2025-09-05

"The function we’re performing is to lighten the load for regular staff so they have the energy to last longer. It feels important," says Hanna Djerf, a medical student who works two days a week in an intensive care unit with Covid-19 patients in Malmö" One of the medical students who has begun working at Skåne University Hospital to strengthen Skåne's health service in the fight against Covid-19

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/you-want-help - 2025-09-05

Image A is a cross section of nerves, showing both healthy and thin nerves. Image B is an incision along the nerves. Images C , D and E are of healthy nerve fibers. All images are taken with synchotron light. In an international collaboration led by Lund University in Sweden, researchers have used synchrotron light to study what happens to the nerves in diabetes. The technique shows the 3D-structu

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/unique-3d-images-reveal-architecture-nerve-fibers - 2025-09-05

Photo: Mostphotos A new study from Lund University in Sweden has shown no correlation between obesity and how close you live to fast food restaurants or gyms. Studies from other countries have previously indicated that these factors may be important in adult obesity. The areas where we live are known to be important for our health. For example, obesity is more prevalent in deprived neighborhoods.

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/obesity-not-related-how-close-you-live-fast-food-or-gyms - 2025-09-05

Image of a human embryo surrounded by placenta, around 7 weeks of age. (Hill, M.A. (2020, May 18) Embryology Stage13 bf4.jpg. Retrieved from https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/File:Stage13_bf4.jpg) Stem cell researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a new research model of the early embryonic brain. The aim of the model is to study the very earliest stages of bra

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-method-provides-unique-insight-development-human-brain - 2025-09-05

From left: Lisa Påhlman, Nicholas Leigh and Andreas Edsfeldt. Three researchers joined the Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine at Lund University (WCMM LU) during the spring. In total, there are now 24 research team leaders recruited to the WCMM at Lund University – 14 clinical researchers and 10 basic researchers. Together, they drive forward research within regenerative medicine and in a tr

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Research published in the research journal Diabetologia needs to meet a high standard of quality. Most of the manuscripts submitted are rejected. At the start of 2021, Hindrik Mulder, MD and professor at Lund University Diabetes Centre (LUDC), will take over as editor-in-chief of the journal. After just over 10 years as European and Senior Editor of Journal of Endocrinology, Hindrik Mulder finishe

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/hindrik-mulder-incoming-editor-chief-diabetologia - 2025-09-05

Neuroblasts (green) in the aged brain traveling from the subventricular zone (SVZ) to the olfactory bulb (OB) via the rostral migratory stream (RMS). Proliferating cells are shown in red. Image from Jonas Fritze. Neurogenesis, the process by which new neurons are formed, dramatically declines in the aging brain. A research group from Lund Stem Cell Center have published a study that sheds light on

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/researchers-identify-novel-regulator-neurogenesis-aged-brain - 2025-09-05

Tomas Leanderson, Pofessor of Immunology, retires on July 1st. Photo: Agata Garpenlind A sun drenched day in the allies of Västra Hamnen. A whirlwind of black and white tails, snouts and barks are on duty at the townhouse door. Dog dad, Professor of Immunology Tomas Leanderson, hushes, admonishes, welcomes into the kitchen table and coffee. In a few days, this rare specimen of the old kind of prof

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/one-last-ones-out-old-school-professors - 2025-09-05

Karl Swärd wants to find answers to how an elevated blood pressure damages the vessels. Photo. Agata Garpenlind High blood pressure damages our blood vessels. It also damages our heart, our brain and our kidneys. A high blood pressure increases the risk of suffering a heart attack and stroke. However, it is not known exactly why a high blood pressure is so dangerous. – The reason is that we have e

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/high-blood-pressure-bloody-serious - 2025-09-05

Åsa Petersén works hard at i to find treatment that slows down Huntington's disease. A person who carries the mutant gene will at some point in his or her life develop the deadly Huntington's disease. This brain disease can be inherited from generation to generation and begins insidiously, making it increasingly difficult to regulate emotions, thoughts, then movements. There is no treatment that s

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/huntingtons-disease-fascinating-and-touching-mystery - 2025-09-05

Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson wants to establish methods to identify risk groups at an early stage. Photo Agata Garpenlind. Pulmonary fibrosis is a severe and life shortening chronic condition. Although most people experience mild symptoms of COVID-19, some patients develop serious and life-threatening conditions with severe lung damage. In order to influence the outcome of the disease, lung researc

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/identification-prognostic-markers-development-chronic-lung-fibrosis-covid-19-patients - 2025-09-05

Paul Franks (Photo: Kennet Ruona) A new joint report from the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) presents the largest venture ever on precision medicine in diabetes. The report includes a detailed overview and roadmap for how this new approach to diabetes medicine can be evaluated and implemented into clinical practice. The role of pre

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/roadmap-precision-medicine-diabetes-care - 2025-09-05

Adriana Sanna defended a thesis on 20 May, Shamik Mitra on 26 May and Rita Cabrita on 10 June. Adriana Sanna defended a thesis on 20 May, Shamik Mitra on 26 May and Rita Cabrita on 10 June. How come there were three at almost the same time?“All three were admitted simultaneously through MELGEN, a European network that has Marie Curie funding. My trio of doctoral students were amongst the 17 in the

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/three-doctoral-thesis-defences-1-week - 2025-09-05