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Work ability and exposure to work demands among workers with neck pain
(2019-05-13)
Neck pain is one of the most common musculoskeletal disorders, which causes sickness absence and early retirement. Manual labor, awkward postures and repetitive work are commonly reported as causes for work-related neck ...
Diseases in the hip - Exploring risk for fracture and osteoarhritis
(2019-09-18)
Objective: Hip fracture is the most serious condition linked to low bone
mass or osteoporosis, and Sweden has one of the highest incidences in the
world. The proportion of elderly is increasing in the Swedish population ...
Register-based evaluation of primary care - Focus on chronic disease
(2019-09-19)
Background: Options for following up primary care at the regional level have increased in Sweden, partly as a result of a national reform in 2009. In Region Västra Götaland (VGR) this was the starting point for a quality ...
Aspects of cost-effectiveness and feasibility of implementations for care of depressed persons in primary care - internet-based treatment and care manager organisation
(2019-01-18)
Background: Depression is a major source of human suffering and a growing challenge for societies worldwide. The lion’s share of depressed persons in Sweden are diagnosed and treated in primary care. There is an urgent ...
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 ...
B cell subpopulations in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis
(2019-04-04)
B cell depleting therapy has proven to be an effective treatment in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a disease characterized by the presence of autoantibodies against citrullinated proteins (ACPA) and the Fc portion of IgG ...
Energy metabolism and angiogenesis in atherosclerosis and cancer
(2019-10-30)
Energy metabolism requires supply of glucose and oxygen. In atherosclerotic plaques and cancer tumors, there are local areas with mismatch in demand and supply of oxygen and nutrients. The resulting cellular energy imbalance ...
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 ...
Health-Related Quality of Life and Growth Hormone Treatment
(2019-11-18)
Introduction Growth Hormone (GH) is used to increase height in Turner Syndrome (TS), the most common sex-chromosome aberration in women. GH is also beneficial for bone mass. However, little is known about how GH treatment ...
Heart failure epidemiology with emphasis on young adults
(2019-11-20)
Background: Heart failure (HF) is a major health problem worldwide with exponentially increasing incidence
with age and the majority of patients being elderly. In recent years, an increase in hospitalization and
prevalence ...