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Overweight and obesity in the young and old: Prevalence, prevention and eating behavior
(2007-03-09)
ABSTRACT
Background: During the last 25 years the prevalence of overweight and obe-sity has increased dramatically, both in developed and developing countries. The World Health Organization is declaring it an epidemic. ...
How can we optimize bystander basic life support in cardiac arrest?
(2007-11-23)
The aim of this thesis was to describe various aspects of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and CPR training in order to find approaches for enhancing bystander interventions. Cardiac care patients (n=401) were interviewed ...
Patienters delaktighet - en studie om vård i livets slutskede
(Institutionen för vårdvetenskap och hälsa, Göteborgs universitet, 2007)
Utifrån ett samhälleligt synsätt om autonomi blir döendet ett individuellt projekt för människor i livets slutskede men när vi närmar oss döden ökar istället vårt beroende av andra personer, inte minst till professionella ...
Importance of cardiac reserve for evaluation and prediction of cardiac function and morbidity assessed by low-dose dobutamine stress echocardiography
(2007-05-22)
This thesis aimed to evaluate the cardiac reserves capacity to be used to predict treatment effects, sub clinical heart disease and to evaluate b1-adrenoceptor (AR) gene polymorphism (Ser49Gly).
Studies were performed ...
Growth Hormone and Melanin-Concentrating Hormone receptor in the regulation of energy balance and metabolism
(2007-02-12)
Energy homeostasis – the balance of energy intake, expenditure, and storage – is controlled by autonomic regulation originating in the hypothalamus and the brain stem, which receive input from the periphery. Upon receiving ...
NEURAL STEM/PROGENITOR CELLS IN THE POST-ISCHEMIC ENVIRONMENT: Proliferation, Differentiation and Neuroprotection
(2007-06-04)
Stroke is one of the leading causes of chronic disability and death in the Western world. Today, no treatment can repair the cellular loss associated with an ischemic lesion. However, the discovery and dynamic regulation ...
Virtual Reality Simulations and Interventional Radiology
(2007-03-26)
INTRODUCTION: Use of virtual reality (VR) simulators in endovascular interventional education has become increasingly popular yet many questions surrounding this nascent technology remain unanswered. While progress has ...
Piperaquine - Bioanalys, drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics
(2007-09-14)
Malaria is one of the most abundant parasitic diseases in the world affecting many of the poorest economies. The estimated prevalence is 300 to 700 million clinical episodes each year with up to 3 million deaths. Piperaquine ...
Proteases in Staphylococcal Arthritis
(2007-02-06)
Proteases in Staphylococcal Arthritis
Ann-Marie Calander
Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Sahlgrenska Academy,
Göteborg University, Guldhedsgatan 10A, 413 46 Göteborg, Sweden
Staphylococcus ...
Patients with unexplained chest pain − Pain experience, stress, coping and health-related quality of life
(2007-09-28)
Chest pain is a common symptom that causes individuals to seek acute care at emergency departments; however, more than half of these patients are judged to have no organic cause to their pain. In Sweden, the number of ...