http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress provides the latest news from University of Gothenburg In four out of ten cases, long-term stress suffered by women leads to some form of physical complaint. This is shown by a study of 1,500 women carried out at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-link-stress-incidence-psychosomatic-symptoms.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 03 Jun 2013 09:17:37 EST news289469850 More time in front of the TV set and higher exposure to TV adverts may lead to increased consumption of sweetened beverages among children. This is the conclusion of a new study from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-tv-equals-higher-consumption-sweetened.html Health Mon, 03 Jun 2013 08:20:06 EST news289462744 The University of Gothenburg Vaccine Research Institute (GUVAX) announces successful results in a placebo controlled phase I study of an oral, inactivated Escherichia coli diarrhea vaccine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-succesful-results-oral-vaccine-diarrhea.html Medications Wed, 22 May 2013 08:20:02 EST news288427521 There is a link between use of anabolic-androgenic steroids and reduced mental health later in life. This is the main conclusion of a new study on elite male strength athletes that researchers from the University of Gothenburg recently published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Twenty per cent of the subjects in the study admitted steroid use. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-anabolic-steroids-affect-future-mental.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 20 May 2013 10:12:19 EST news288263523 Pharmaceuticals that inhibit a specific enzyme may be useful in treating progeria, or accelerated aging in children. A new study performed at the Sahlgrenska Academy indicates that the development of progeria in mice was inhibited upon reducing the production of this enzyme. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-treatment-progeria.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 16 May 2013 14:00:12 EST news287931297 Using a copper intrauterine device (IUD), or coil, does not exacerbate period pain, reveals a study where researchers from the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, followed 2,100 women for 30 years. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-period-pain-worse-copper-iud.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 07 May 2013 08:36:59 EST news287134612 The body's brown fat cells play a key role in the development of obesity and diabetes. Researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have now discovered that we humans have two different kinds of brown fat cells and not one kind as previously thought. This discovery, now published in Nature Medicine, opens up new opportunities for future medicines that exploit the brown fat cells' ability to consume calories. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-newly-human-fat-cell-opportunities.html Medical research Thu, 02 May 2013 07:30:01 EST news286695486 Athletes in combat sports often try to shed body weight in order to compete against lighter and smaller opponents. A new doctoral thesis from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, points to the human body's limited ability to quickly recover following extensive short-term weight loss. Almost half of the studied athletes were severely dehydrated on the morning of their matches. Nevertheless, the athletes seem to focus on the mental advantages of the method. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-dehydration-problem-combat-sports.html Health Thu, 02 May 2013 07:10:01 EST news286695388 Women with high blood pressure during pregnancy have an increased risk of high blood pressure even 40 years after maternity, which leads in turn to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. This has been demonstrated by researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-cardiovascular-disease-pregnant-women-high.html Cardiology Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:35:41 EST news285244532 A study from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, shows that the drop in boys' physical activity during the teenage years levels off in early adulthood. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-ten-year-follow-up-physical-adolescents.html Health Mon, 15 Apr 2013 08:07:25 EST news285232040 The results may help to explain why certain medications have strong side effects on sperm and eggs, and why certain organisms remain unaffected by environmental changes. This is shown by studies that researchers from the University of Gothenburg, together with researchers from Norway and France, are now publishing in the journal PLOS Genetics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-effect-medication-affected-genetic.html Genetics Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:37:15 EST news284823428 A new method in which a number of operations are performed simultaneously can provide people with tetraplegia with a better grip function and the ability to open their hand. This method also shortens the patient's rehabilitation period by at least three months, reveals a doctoral thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-method-function-quickly-patients-tetraplegia.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:18:25 EST news284804279 The very serious hereditary disease HDLS was discovered in 1984 in Sweden. Many HDLS patients are still incorrectly diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, MS or Parkinson's disease, but researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have now developed a more certain diagnosis method - and are seeking to find a treatment for the "unknown" neurological disorder. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-unknown-neurological-disorder-incorrectly.html Neuroscience Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:17:40 EST news284804252 New research into ageing processes, based on modern genetic techniques, confirms theoretical expectations about the correlation between reproduction and lifespan. Studies of birds reveal that those that have offspring later in life and have fewer broods live longer. And the decisive factor is telomeres, shows research from The University of Gothenburg, Sweden. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-children-longer-life.html Medical research Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:57:50 EST news283597061 Reconstructive hand surgery can dramatically enhance the life quality and independence of those paralysed by a cervical spinal cord injury. Despite this, the operation is not frequently performed, either in Sweden or elsewhere. Researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden are now hoping to change that. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-surgery-life-quality-spinal-cord.html Surgery Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:12:38 EST news283425150