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Swedish youth prescribed more anxiety medications

August 13, 2018 in Health

Use of medications for anxiety, insomnia and epilepsy has increased significantly in Sweden among children and adolescents, a new study shows.
How necessary is the world’s most common shoulder operation?

August 8, 2018 in Health

Patients who received surgical treatment for shoulder impingement fared no better than patients receiving placebo treatment.
Half of young people recover from schizophrenia

July 20, 2018 in Health

Prospects are not as hopeless as previously thought, according to the researcher behind the study.
People over 60 prefer to work with 30-year-olds

July 18, 2018 in Society & Culture

A minority prefer people of their own age as work colleagues.
Physical education: What if we took away the pressure to be good at sports?

July 16, 2018 in Society & Culture

A researcher believes that’s how physical education should be. He’s been studying what gym class could be like when physical skills don’t count for students’ grades.
Autoimmune diseases more often affect people with stress disorders

July 13, 2018 in Health

A major study shows an association between stress-related disorders and subsequent autoimmune diseases such as arthritis, celiac disease and type 1 diabetes.
Chickens do best when they can play, climb and bathe

May 23, 2018 in Agriculture & Fisheries

Chickens play more if they grow up in a varied environment with hay bales to peck at, boxes to climb onto and bedding in which to dust bathe. They become more active and build stronger bones, according to a new study.
Cancer survivors find going back to work tough

May 21, 2018 in Health

Regardless of their background and occupation, survivors felt that they started working too soon after finishing treatment. But workplace adaptations can help ease the transition.
Bladder cancer more often fatal for women

May 18, 2018 in Health

Women are diagnosed at a more advanced stage of the disease, when the cancer is more likely to have spread, according to a Norwegian study.
GPs could help teens by asking them more about their mental health, say researchers

May 7, 2018 in Health

A new study shows that surprisingly many young people with mental health problems do not complete secondary education by their 20th birthday. Researchers suggest how GPs can help.

Ingrid P. Nuse

Ingrid Nuse is a freelance journalist and translator.

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Written in the blood: Researchers detect signs of cancer risk years in advance of disease

April 11, 2019 in Health

Some serious cancers have been linked to an increase of certain proteins in the blood as early as 15-25 years before a person becomes ill, a series of Swedish studies shows.