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Engagement with alternative health theories and a scepticism towards authorities, politicians and pharmaceutical companies seem to unite the heterogeneous group of vaccine sceptics. “Many of them are not afraid of becoming infected with infectious diseases because they are convinced it will not happen”, says ethnologist and media studies researcher Mia-Marie Hammarlin, who is in the early phase of
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/how-vaccine-sceptics-think - 2025-12-30
Lund University has reached a milestone with over 10 million reads in The Conversation since the start. In 2023, The Conversation published 24 articles by LU researchers. “It is very gratifying! I hope that we publish over 40 articles in 2024, which should be realistic given the increased interest we have seen,” says Per Mickwitz pro vice-chancellor with responsibility for research.Lund University
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/more-10-million-reads-conversation - 2025-12-30
Yulia Vakulenko grew up in a small Russian town north of the Arctic Circle, today she works at Lund University. When Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February, her world was turned upside down. The first thing Yulia Vakulenko says when she meets me on the staircase of her workplace at the Ingvar Kamprad Design Centre, IKDC, is that her sorrow is nothing compared to what the people of Ukraine are being
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/yulia-russia-helps-refugees-ukraine - 2025-12-30
There is a lot of talk about ChatGPT just now – one of the chat-based AI services delivering answers to all possible questions in matter of seconds. But the new technology is not merely generating answers, but also raising many questions. In order to get insight into what everyone is talking about, LUM has given it a try. It is easy to get started – all that is required is to create an account on
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/dialogue-chatbot - 2025-12-30
During the pandemic, reports of cheating rose dramatically – by over 100 per cent. The response to this development saw the launch of the pilot project “Förebygga disciplinära förseelser” (Prevent disciplinary offences) which was intended to strengthen the capacity of learning environments to prevent cheating and produce routines and materials for the work going forward. The reason for the increas
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/how-we-can-prevent-cheating-assessment - 2025-12-30
Att sova mycket på natten och att ta långa tupplurar på dagen kan vara kopplat till sämre kognitiva förmågor visar ny forskning där 5631 deltagare medverkat från fem olika nordiska studier från ”the National E-infrastructure for Aging Research” (NEAR)*.(Overton et al., 2023) Människan sover nästan en tredjedel av livet och sömnen är en grundläggande faktor för vår hälsa och välbefinnande. Förekoms
TLC har nu gjort klart programmet för höstens föreläsningsserie i samarbete med Moderna. Programmet är:They Are Here - 20/09, 16:30-18:00 - FacebookeventIeva Misevičiūtė - 04/10, 16:30-18:00Marianna Simnett - 15/11, 16:30-18:00Lili Reynaud Dewar - 12/12, 16:30-18:00 20 September 16.30: They Are HereThey Are Here (f.2006) is a collaborative practice steered by Helen Walker and Harun Morrison. Th
https://www.khm.lu.se/artikel/schema-khm-x-mmm - 2025-12-29
Intresset för att screena för typ 1-diabetes växer i takt med att metoderna blir bättre och nya bromsläkemedel blir tillgängliga för fler patienter. Nu visar ny forskning vid Lunds universitet hur screening för autoimmuna sjukdomar kan göras i stor skala Ett nytt läkemedel som kan bromsa utvecklingen av typ 1-diabetes har godkänts för användning i USA. Om läkemedlet Teplizumab blir tillgängligt äv
https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/ny-metod-gor-det-mojligt-att-screena-autoimmuna-sjukdomar-i-stor-skala - 2025-12-30
Efter många års arbete har forskare vid bland annat LTH kartlagt och karakteriserat havrens hela genuppsättning. Det ger stora möjligheter att förädla fram havre som har ännu bättre näringsinnehåll, är mer hälsosamt eller kan odlas på ett mer miljömässigt hållbart sätt. Detaljerade genanalyser stärker också bevisen för att havre är säker i glutenfri kost. Resultaten publiceras nu i Nature. Det omf
https://www.lu.se/artikel/havrens-genom-kartlagt - 2025-12-30
Around 20 000 Swedes are currently suffering from Parkinson’s disease, yet there are still only treatments to alleviate symptoms. Through a new biobank, researchers gain access to the genetic profiles of 1000 Parkinson’s patients together with comprehensive information about their lifestyles and medical histories. “I am convinced that many researchers will use the biobank over the next few years,
https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/new-biobank-provides-insights-parkinsons-disease - 2025-12-29
An international team of researchers has investigated whether oral insulin can prevent early signs of type 1 diabetes and clinical diagnosis in children with an increased risk of developing the disease. Although treatment with oral insulin could not prevent development of diabetes-related autoantibodies, oral insulin delayed the rate of disease progression in children who developed such autoantibo
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/oral-insulin-delayed-onset-type-1-diabetes-some-children-increased-risk-disease - 2025-12-29
Statistics on drug-related deaths (DRD) provide crucial information on the drug situation. The European Monitoring Centre for Drug and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) has published a specification for extracting DRD from national mortality registers to be used in international comparisons. However, surprisingly little is known of the accuracy of DRD statistics derived from national mortality registers. Th
https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/drug-related-deaths-statistics-based-death-certificates-miss-one-third-cases - 2025-12-29
Professor Petter Pilesjö, Deputy Head of Department and GIS subject coordinator and representative, together with Professor Lars Harrie, were interviewed about the Agile conference that recently took place at our department. Professor Petter Pilesjö and Professor Lars Harrie were interviewed by radio P4 Malmö regarding that the Agile conference was organized by the department (12-15 June) with abo
https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/co-workers-interviewed-about-agile-conference - 2025-12-29
David Wårlind was interviewed regarding a study showing that drying periods have led to stressed plants since the turn of the millennium. David Wårlind, researcher at the department, was interviewed about a new study showing how periods of drought since the turn of the millennium have led to stressed plants across large areas on several continents.The study is based on tens of thousands of measure
https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/new-method-maps-stressed-plants-across-continents - 2025-12-29
Half as many diagnosed with depression, a delayed manifestation of Parkinson’s, a reduced risk of developing vascular dementia - but not Alzheimer’s. These connections were discovered by researchers when they compared 200 000 people who had participated in a long-distance cross-country ski race between 1989 and 2010 with a matched cohort of the general population. The results of the population reg
https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/skiers-had-lower-incidence-depression-and-vascular-dementia-not-alzheimers - 2025-12-29
Lund University reopens on TuesdayA decision to reopen Lund University was taken in the afternoon of Monday 12 October following the closure that has been in force since Sunday night. Activities are expected to be running as usual from Tuesday morning. The decision is based on new information from the Region Syd police. Investigations have revealed that the threat directed at Lund University post
https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/lund-university-opens-again - 2025-12-29
