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Psychological stress in relation to dementia and brain structural changes
(2012-09-03)
Psychological stress has been recognized as an increasing public health problem with serious consequences in both physical and mental health. Women reported a higher prevalence of psychological stress, especially in midlife. ...
Effects of gastric bypass surgery in patients with obesity and type 2 diabetes
(2019-05-17)
Background: The effects of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (GBP) have not been adequately explored in patients with concurrent obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) to the same extent as has occurred for individuals with ...
On loading protocols and abutment use in implant dentistry. Clinical studies.
(2016-02-09)
ABSTRACT
Research questions: The influence of immediate or delayed loading and the use of abutments in implant dentistry with regard to peri-implant tissues and the effect of risk parameters.
Methodology: Fifty partially ...
Risk Factors and Predictors of Heart Failure: from Incidence to Prognosis
(2019-10-30)
Background: Heart failure (HF) is a major public health problem affecting at least 26 million people worldwide and one of the leading causes of disability and death. Aims: To identify characteristics associated with ...
Factors influencing prognosis in acute coronary syndrome - A report from the SWEDEHEART registry
(2016-02-25)
Background: Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is one of the major causes of mortality in the
world. The prognosis for patients with ACS is affected by several factors, such as baseline
characteristics and treatment before, ...
The Diabetic Foot - assessment and assistive devices
(2017-02-28)
Foot ulcers are a serious complication in diabetes and the most common factor leading to lower extremity amputation. The Swedish National Guidelines for Diabetes Care recommend an annual foot check for all 400,000 patients ...
Prostate Cancer Screening - Aspects of Overdiagnosis
(2014-11-28)
The overall aim of this thesis is to explore aspects of overdiagnosis, i.e. the diagnosis of a tumor that in the absence of screening would never have been diagnosed, in prostate cancer (PC) screening. The four papers in ...
Children injured in traffic in a medical and psychosocial perspective : causes and consequences
(2014-04-25)
Aim: To examine the causes and consequences of road traffic injuries in children from a physical and psychosocial perspective, and to identify unfavourable circumstances and children who are at risk of injury and ...
Orthodontically induced root resorption: a clinical and radiographic survey
(2012-05-24)
In 2005 the Swedish Council on Health Technology Assessment (SBU), in a systematic
review, Malocclusions and Orthodontic Treatment in a Health Perspective, concluded that
there were low or contradicted evidence for an ...
Psychosocial and stress-related aspects on ischemic heart disease
(2011-05-26)
Objective: To study different aspects of ischemic heart disease (IHD) i.e. stress related risk factors, biochemical markers of stress, in particular the cortisol awakening response (CAR) and outcome in terms of health ...