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Food allergy in adults
(2015-04-08)
The knowledge on adverse reactions to foods and the spectrum of food-related
gastrointestinal symptoms in relation to allergy in adults is still scarce. The
conventional allergy tests do not always offer with precision ...
Characteristics of screen-failures in prostate cancer screening
(2015-03-30)
ABSTRACT
Although prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-based screening has been shown to reduce prostate cancer (PC)-specific mortality with large variations in mortality reduction with different screening algorithms, the ...
Cardiac lipid storage and metabolism following myocardial ischemia
(2015-05-21)
Myocardial ischemia is associated with cellular- and metabolic adjustments within the heart, including accumulation of lipids. Myocardial lipids are stored in cytosolic droplets, consisting of a core of neutral lipids ...
Fatigue in persons with rheumatoid arthritis: A person-centred physical therapy approach
(2015-08-21)
Fatigue is a prominent symptom in persons with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with great impact on daily life. Despite the improvement in pharmacological treatment of RA over the last decades, a large number of persons with RA ...
The role of intestinal dendritic cells and the microbiota during oral Salmonella infection
(2015-11-26)
The intestinal pathogen Salmonella causes millions of infections per year worldwide. The immune response to these bacteria involves interactions between several cell types via specific molecules and is under the influence ...
Clinical relevance of high-sensitive Troponin T in cardiovascular disease
(2015-04-13)
Background and aims: Troponin T (hs-cTnT) is a cardiac damage marker used in the diagnosis of non-ST
segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) and for prognostic assessment. Clinical decision-making
should ideally ...
Ethanol-induced modulation of dopamine transmission and synaptic activity in striatal subregions - focus on inhibitory receptors
(2015-04-17)
Background: Alcoholism is a chronic brain disease, affecting neurocircuitries involved in reward and learning. The rewarding effects of alcohol (ethanol) are believed to result from increased dopamine levels in the nucleus ...
A New Payment Model in Swedish Dental Care
(2015-11-04)
The Public Dental Service introduced a new way of paying for dental care in 2007 in Region Västra Götaland, and in 2009 in all of Sweden. The new system, ‘Dental Care for Health’ (DCH), was based on capitation rather than ...
WISP-2 - A Novel Adipokine Related to Obesity and Insulin resistance
(2015-02-27)
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) is increasing worldwide at an epidemic rate and is expected to reach 592 million inflicted individuals by 2035 as compared to 382 million in 2013. Obesity is a major risk factor for insulin ...