Published 20 February 2020 An increasing number of women are evaluated for potential breast cancer and may experience mental distress during evaluation. We aim to assess the risks of psychiatric disorders and cardiovascular diseases during the diagnostic workup of potential breast cancer. New publication in Breast Cancer Research

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/psychiatric-disorders-and-cardiovascular-diseases-during-diagnostic-workup-potential-breast-cancer-0 - 2025-07-07

Published 20 February 2020 Artificiell intelligens (AI) ger helt nya möjligheter för medicinsk forskning och sjukvården. Att snabbt och effektivt behandla stora datamängder gör det möjligt att identifiera mönster och orsakssammanhang. Vilka nya möjligheter ger AI den medicinska forskningen? Och vilka affärer är redan idag möjliga med den nya tekniken? Tid: 2020-02-24 17:00 till 19:00Plats: E-huset

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/iva-syd-ai-nya-mojligheter-medicinsk-forskning-och-sjukvarden - 2025-07-07

Published 19 February 2020 Ny studie vid LU: Vid enheten för Arbets- och miljömedicin, Lunds universitet, bedrivs forskning bla kring hur miljöfaktorer och levnadsvillkor påverkar hälsa och sjukdom. Vi avser att i en serie registerstudier undersöka hur hälsan ser ut hos de föräldrar vars barn kommit till via assisterad befruktning (tex provrörsbefruktning, IVF), både innan och efter eventuella beh

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/faktorer-associerade-med-assisterad-befruktning - 2025-07-07

Published 19 February 2020 The position as PhD student is linked to an interdisciplinary research project on sustainable living environments funded by FORMAS 2020 - 2023. The project is a close collaboration between the research group EPI@LUND, which seeks answers to important social issues by combining modern epidemiological methodology with detailed population data, and CASE, - Center for Aging

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/doctoral-student-environmental-epidemiology - 2025-07-07

Published 22 February 2020 A powerful neutron source, the European Spallation Source (ESS), is currently under construction in Lund, Sweden (~90 000 inhabitants). Levels of tritium (3H) in urine were estimated in members of the public in Lund and employees at the ESS using liquid scintillation counting, to obtain baseline levels before the start of operation of the ESS. New publication in Journal

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/tritium-urine-members-general-public-and-occupationally-exposed-workers-lund-sweden-prior-operation - 2025-07-07

Published 22 February 2020 Our results suggest that genetic predisposition for CAD can predict hospitalization burden and mortality, especially due to cardiovascular causes, independently of traditional risk factors. As the risk conferred by the GRS is partially modifiable, our results may help to reduce societal costs, individual suffering and prolong life. New publication in IJC Heart & Vasculat

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/polygenetic-risk-coronary-artery-disease-increases-hospitalization-burden-and-mortality - 2025-07-07

Published 23 February 2020 Only one out of ten elderly, is dissatisfied with the outcome of LDH surgery. Age, preoperative duration of leg pain, preoperative SF 36 score, and for satisfaction also dominance of back over leg pain, are in elderly factors associated to good and poor subjective outcome after LDH surgery. New publication in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/predictors-satisfaction-after-lumbar-disc-herniation-surgery-elderly - 2025-07-07

Published 23 February 2020 A possible connection on vascular basis between impaired kidney function and cognitive dysfunction has been suggested in previous studies. Contradictory results regarding specific cognitive domains have been reported. The aim for this study was to investigate the association between kidney function and specific cognitive domains. New publication in BMC Geriatrics

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/impaired-kidney-function-associated-lower-cognitive-function-elder-general-population-results-good - 2025-07-07

Published 21 February 2020 Den 24/2 2020 lanseras LU:s system för datahanteringsplaner, DMP Roadmap. Inloggning sker med LUCAT-id och systemet finns på https://dmp.research.lu.se. Planerna lagras på en server inom LU och rekommendationen är att de inte ska göras publika. De ska däremot bevaras och kan eventuellt arkiveras direkt i systemet.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/dmp-roadmap - 2025-07-07

Published 24 February 2020 Despite dramatic improvements in survival, nutrition, and education over recent decades, today's children face an uncertain future. This Commission presents the case for placing children, aged 0–18 years, at the centre of the SDGs: at the heart of the concept of sustainability and our shared human endeavour. Read more here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/future-worlds-children-who-unicef-lancet-commission - 2025-07-07

Published 24 February 2020 For a long time the attention given to the hip fracture patient group was minor and without any certain consideration to their frailty. To improve the care for these patients Skane University Hospital in Lund has during the past 19 years worked actively with developing the care. This paper aims to describe what impact the care process development has had on functional ou

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/impact-care-process-development-and-comorbidity-time-surgery-mortality-rate-and-functional-outcome - 2025-07-07

Published 25 February 2020 A dysfunctional use of coping strategies has repeatedly been linked to suicidal behaviour in non-psychiatric populations. However, data regarding association between coping strategies and suicidal behaviour in psychiatric populations are limited. New publication in Journal of Mental Health

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/coping-and-suicide-risk-high-risk-psychiatric-patient - 2025-07-07

Published 12 January 2018 League of European Research Universities (LERU), där Lunds universitet ingår, har tagit initiativ till att ta fram en uppförandekod för behandling av personuppgifter inom forskning. Läs mer på https://personuppgifter.blogg.lu.se/leru-forsoker-etablera-europeisk-code-of-conduct-for-behandling-av-personuppgifter-inom-forskning/.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/code-conduct-behandling-av-personuppgifter - 2025-07-07

Published 25 February 2020 We investigated if bone mineral density was related to testosterone deficiency and/or previous cancer treatment in men who were childhood cancer survivors. Men with untreated testosterone deficiency or previous treatment with cranial irradiation were at increased risk of impaired bone health. Prevention of osteoporosis should be considered in their follow-up. New publica

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/low-bone-mineral-density-associated-hypogonadism-and-cranial-irradiation-male-childhood-cancer - 2025-07-07

Published 26 February 2020 This study focuses on two central Scandinavian cities – Copenhagen and Stockholm – that are generally thought to be culturally close but have deviated with respect to cycling policies and infrastructure. Based on a survey including inhabitants of Copenhagen (n = 1110) and Stockholm (n = 1191), this study investigated whether cyclists in Copenhagen and Stockholm experienc

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/comparison-cycling-cultures-stockholm-and-copenhagen - 2025-07-07

Published 27 February 2020 To study the prevalence of chronic widespread pain (CWP) and chronic regional pain (CRP), and their association to quality of life, pain, physical function at a 20-year follow-up in a population based cohort with chronic knee pain at inclusion. New publication in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/chronic-widespread-pain-and-its-associations-quality-life-and-function-20-year-follow-individuals - 2025-07-07

Published 28 February 2020 To estimate inappropriate opioid dispensing in patients with knee or hip osteoarthritis (OA) defined as (1) dispensing of opioids within the first year of diagnosis or (2) long-term opioid use. New publication in Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/inappropriate-opioid-dispensing-patients-knee-and-hip-osteoarthritis-population-based-cohort-study - 2025-07-07

Published 1 May 2020 Directed acyclic graphs (DAGs), a prominent tool for expressing assumptions in epidemiologic research, are most useful when the hypothetical data generating structure is correctly encoded. Understanding a study’s data generating structure and translating that data structure into a DAG can be challenging, but these skills are often glossed over in training. New publication in E

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/graphical-catalog-threats-validity-linking-social-science-epidemiology - 2025-07-07

Published 2 May 2020 Sonographers have reported a high occurrence of musculoskeletal pain for more than 25 years. Assessments of occupational risk factors have previously been based on cross-sectional surveys. The aim of this longitudinal study was to determine which factors at baseline that were associated with neck/shoulder and elbow/hand pain at follow-up. New publication in BMC Musculoskeletal

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/neck-and-upper-extremity-pain-sonographers-longitudinal-study - 2025-07-07

Published 3 May 2020 In the 1980s debate intensified over whether there was a protective effect of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) or an adverse effect of triglycerides on coronary heart disease (CHD) risk. In a 1991 paper reprinted in the IJE we suggested that the high degree of correlation between the two, together with plausible levels of measurement error, made it unlikely that co

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/correlation-without-cause-epidemiological-odyssey - 2025-07-07