Av katrin [dot] stahl [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Katrin Ståhl) - publicerad 10 februari 2025 Svenska och kanadensiska forskare, samt ett 50-tal expertgranskare och kardiologer, har visat hur hur känslig och träffsäker AI kan vara vid bedömning av långtids-EKG för att hitta avvikelser i hjärtrytmen. Bild: iStock/alexaldo. Vid besvär av bland annat oregelbunden hjärtrytm, yrsel eller svimning kan E

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/ai-ar-battre-manniskan-pa-att-bedoma-langtids-ekg - 2025-05-08

Publicerad 17 juni 2019 Ett internationellt konsortium av forskare, bland andra från Lunds universitet, har granskat och analyserat proteinkodande gener från nästan 46 000 personer och kopplat sällsynta DNA-förändringar till typ 2-diabetes. Studien, som är en av de största kända i sitt slag, innehåller data från personer med europeiskt, afroamerikanskt, latinamerikanskt och latinskt, östasiatiskt

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/stor-sekvensstudie-kopplar-sallsynta-dna-forandringar-till-typ-2-diabetes - 2025-05-08

Av tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - publicerad 11 februari 2025 Susanna Whitling, logoped och forskare, kombinerar den kliniska erfarenheten inom logopedin med signalbehandling och maskininlärning. Foto: Tove Smeds Lösningen till ett brott kan ibland finnas i ljudupptagningar, men det kräver såväl en träffsäker som rättssäker bedömning. Med hjälp av logopedi, AI, matemati

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/forskarnas-uppfinning-hjalper-polisen-att-identifiera-misstankta-brottslingar - 2025-05-08

Av asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - publicerad 11 februari 2025 Atopiskt eksem är en av de vanligaste kroniska hudsjukdomarna i Sverige och drabbar drygt 25 procent av alla barn och 10 procent av alla vuxna. Drygt hälften insjuknar före två års ålder. Foto: iStock/Ladanifer Kyla och torr luft, ett överaktivt immunförsvar eller vår moderna livsstil. Orsakerna varie

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/atopiskt-eksem-en-folksjukdom - 2025-05-08

Av martina [dot] svensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Martina Svensson) - publicerad 12 februari 2025 Niklas Marklund, professor vid Lunds universitet och överläkare i neurokirurgi vid SUS har tillsammans med forskaren Ilknur Özen analyserat hjärnvävnad som samlats in från 15 patienter inom en vecka efter en hjärnskada. Foto: Tove Smeds En studie vid Lunds universitet visar att svår hjärnskada påv

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/sa-kan-en-hjarnskada-bidra-till-alzheimers - 2025-05-08

Av katrin [dot] stahl [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Katrin Ståhl) - publicerad 17 juni 2019 Fredagen den 15 juni hölls examenshögtid för sjuksköterskestudenterna vid Lunds universitet. Denna termin är det 90 studenter som tar sin sjuksköterskeexamen och det är fler än någonsin tidigare. Det var klang och jubel i universitetsaulan när de 90 blivande sjuksköterskorna samlades tillsammans med anhöriga

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/rekordmanga-sjukskoterskor-examineras-i-lund - 2025-05-08

Av erika [dot] svantesson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Erika Svantesson) - publicerad 13 februari 2025 När forskarna undersökte varje fiberslag för sig, såg det inte ut att spela någon roll vilken sorts fiber det var. Det var hur stor andel fibrer barnen åt som såg ut att påverka risken för celiaki. Foto: iStock I en observationsstudie från Lunds universitet är resultaten tydliga: fram till två års

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/nytt-forskningsspar-fiberrik-kost-fore-tva-ars-alder-kan-minska-risk-celiaki - 2025-05-08

Published 12 October 2023 Johan Holmberg, Olivia Ritsvall, Karl Swärd, Marycarmen Arévalo-Martinez and Sebastian Albinsson. (Photo: Åsa Hansdotter) A research group at Lund University has studied how a molecular sensor located in the blood vessel wall, controls how the vessel compensates for high blood pressure. As we age, the sensor deteriorates, which can worsen vascular damage caused by high bl

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-your-blood-vessels-tolerate-high-blood-pressure - 2025-05-07

Published 12 October 2023 A car is refueled with a liquid containing hydrogen. The fuel passes through the catalytic converter, where hydrogen is released into a fuel cell. When the hydrogen runs out, it is drained and filled with new liquid at the gas station. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden are investigating a car fuel comprised of a liquid that is converted to hydrogen by a solid catal

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-catalyst-could-provide-liquid-hydrogen-fuel-future - 2025-05-07

Published 13 October 2023 Photo: iStock/NoSystem images International law supports women’s right to breastfeed in the public. However, women report having been subjected to negative responses and judgmental looks when breastfeeding outside the home. This is according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden, based on surveys answered by women living in Sweden, Ireland and Australia. The resea

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/negative-attitudes-towards-breastfeeding-public-still-issue - 2025-05-07

Published 20 October 2023 “At the time, I couldn’t imagine that my experiment could create such short pulses of light,” Anne L’Huillier later said of the discovery that paved the way for the Nobel Prize. Photo: ERCEA. This is the science behind the unimaginably quick attosecond pulses. The method can “photograph” electrons, giving us new insights into the inner life of atoms, and is the discovery

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/pulses-light-open-door-microcosm - 2025-05-07

Published 23 October 2023 Iryna Tsunovska and Nataliia Kohutyuk in Lund for a training course. Photo: Johan Persson Iryna Tsunovska and Nataliia Kohutyuk from Ukraine are taking home many new insights on how they can contribute to the protection of human rights in their professional roles. They have just completed a training course at Lund University for young policymakers, public servants and civ

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/young-ukrainian-civil-servants-explore-human-rights-lund - 2025-05-07

Published 23 October 2023 Photo: Dean Drobot/MostPhotos Video games are easy to exploit, and are being used by actors ranging from IS and Hizbollah for recruitment, to Russia, who use it to spread propaganda during the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. This according to a new report from Psychological Defence Research Institute at Lund University in Sweden. Since the 2016 US Presidential election, many

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-video-games-are-being-used-foreign-actors-and-extremists - 2025-05-07

Published 3 November 2023 The study shows that large herbivores have a positive impact on variation in tree cover in the world’s protected areas. The picture shows Tarangire National Park in Tanzania. (Photo: Wikipedia) Using global satellite data, a research team has mapped the tree cover of the world’s protected areas. The study shows that regions with abundant large herbivores in many settings

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/large-herbivores-such-elephants-bison-and-moose-contribute-tree-diversity - 2025-05-07

Published 8 November 2023 Illustration of phage virus injecting its DNA into a cell (Image: Alex Evilevitch and Ting Liu) Researchers at Lund University, together with colleagues at the NIST Synchrotron Facility in the USA, have mapped on an atomic level what happens in a virus particle when the temperature is raised. "When the temperature rises, the virus's genetic material changes its form and d

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/temperature-increase-triggers-viral-infection - 2025-05-07

Published 10 November 2023 Photo: Kennet Ruona Six of the most innovative ideas and projects currently within Lund University were spotlighted at the Future Innovations Award, held on November 7th. The contributors shared a total of SEK 500,000 when Lund University's and Sparbanken Skåne's Future Innovations Award was given out. The winning ideas included an energy storage system that makes use of

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/most-innovative-lund-university-receive-awards - 2025-05-07

Published 14 November 2023 Anna Sellgren Engskov (Photo: Ingemar Hultquist) A man who is exposed to physical pain feels less severe pain if he is subjected to pain by a woman compared with a man, according to new research from Lund University in Sweden. In addition, men experience less pain after surgery when asked about it by a woman than by a man. “This was true despite the fact that the men and

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/men-experience-less-pain-when-woman-charge - 2025-05-07

Published 17 November 2023 Pictured is the male, blue variant of the bluetail damselfly (Photo: Erik Svensson) For over 20 years, a research team at Lund University in Sweden has studied the common bluetail damselfly. Females occur in three different colour forms – one with a male-like appearance, something that protects them from mating harassment. In a new study, an international research team f

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/scientists-have-solved-damselfly-colour-mystery - 2025-05-07

Published 20 November 2023 Worldwide, coastal river deltas are home to more than half a billion people, supporting fisheries, agriculture, cities, and fertile ecosystems. In a unique study covering 49 deltas globally, researchers from Lund University and Utrecht University have identified the most critical risks to deltas in the future. The research shows that deltas face multiple risks, and that

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/coastal-river-deltas-threatened-more-climate-change - 2025-05-07

Published 22 November 2023 UN Climate Change/Kiara Worth The COP climate meetings are organised in a way that benefits richer and larger countries at the expense of smaller and poorer countries, according to a new study from Lund University and the University of Leeds. The study also labels the participating countries as either Radicals, Opportunists, Hypocrites or Evaders. Every year, the UN orga

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/un-climate-meetings-organised-way-benefits-richer-larger-countries - 2025-05-07