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Background: Opioid substitution treatment (OST) with methadone or buprenorphine is the most effective means of treating opioid dependence. If these substances are used by people who are not undergoing OST, they can however carry serious risks. This article examines the lifetime prevalence, motives, and drug sources for such use, as well as geographical differences in these variables. Methods: Stru
Importance: Since its inception under Kraepelin in the modern era, diagnostic stability and familial/genetic risk have been among the most important psychiatric nosologic validators. Objective: To assess the interrelationships of family genetic risk score (FGRS) with diagnostic stability or diagnostic change in major depression (MD), bipolar disorder (BD), other nonaffective psychosis (ONAP), and
OBJECTIVES: To elucidate antibody responses after the second and third dose of COVID-19 vaccine in patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases (IRD) treated with biologic/targeted disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (b/ts DMARDs).METHODS: Antibody levels to antigens representing spike full length protein and spike S1 were measured before vaccination, 2-12 weeks after the second dose, before a
Japanese citizens of all socioeconomic statuses have benefited from the national insurance system by receiving high-quality healthcare. However, the Japanese healthcare service is facing a severe financial crisis because of the increasing aging society and social security expenses. Many consultations raise medical expenditure and doctors' work overload, which is about to be regulated, but is quest
Background Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is frequently used for patients with chronic coronary syndrome (CCS). However, the role of PCI beyond symptom relief in CCS remains controversial. The objective of this study was to determine whether PCI is associated with better outcomes, compared with medical therapy (MT) alone. Methods We conducted a retrospective cohort study. Using the Swedi
OBJECTIVE: To examine the prevalence and predictive factors for celiac disease (CD) after a diagnosis of type 1 diabetes (T1D) in children and adolescents, to improve the current screening guidelines.RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: The association between sex, age at T1D diagnosis, HLA, and diabetes autoantibodies, and a diagnosis of CD was examined in 5,295 children with T1D from the Better Diabetes
BACKGROUND: Stereotypes may prevail, but little is known about the influence that the sex of an orthopaedic surgeon may have on outcomes. In a recently published study, there were no differences in the rate of adverse events following total hip arthroplasties (THAs) performed by female or male orthopaedic surgeons. The objective of the present study was to investigate whether there was any differe
Aims: Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRAs) improve outcomes in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) but remain underused and are often discontinued especially in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) due to concerns on renal safety. Therefore, in a real-world HFrEF population we investigated the safety of MRA use, in terms of risk of renal events, any mortality and an
20 oktober 2026 12:00 till 21 oktober 2026 14:30 | Konferens The Nordic Network for Narratives in Medicine network meeting will be dedicated to the role of narratives in medicine, with particular attention to how stories of illness, care, and clinical practice are created, reshaped, silenced, or amplified in an increasingly tech-driven world. Against a backdrop of social media, AI, VR, digital hea
The systematic description of cultures – ethnography – included collecting objects for studying and illustrating the diversity of human culture around the world and the particularities of daily and ritual life of “Others”. In the early 19th-century the colonial enterprises, as well as the scientific interest in non-European nature, cultures and societies continued to develop. The latter gave birth
https://www.historiskamuseet.lu.se/stobaeus-project/19th-century-ethnographic-collections - 2026-07-13
Vad är geriatrik? Geriatrik tar hänsyn till samspelet mellan medicinska, psykologiska och sociala faktorer som påverkar sjuklighet och vilka möjligheter som finns till att förebygga sjuklighet.Geriatrik är läran om äldres sjukdomar och är en medicinsk specialitet inriktad på att utreda, behandla och rehabilitera sköra äldre patienter, ofta med flera kroniska sjukdomar. Det är en helhetsorienterad
https://www.geriatrik.lu.se/om-geriatrik - 2026-07-13
20 oktober 2026 12:00 till 21 oktober 2026 14:30 | Konferens The Nordic Network for Narratives in Medicine network meeting will be dedicated to the role of narratives in medicine, with particular attention to how stories of illness, care, and clinical practice are created, reshaped, silenced, or amplified in an increasingly tech-driven world. Against a backdrop of social media, AI, VR, digital hea
https://www.medicinhistoria.lu.se/evenemang/narratives-medicine-human-dimensions-tech-driven-healthcare-and-society - 2026-07-13
