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Family planning service – addressing potential barriers
(Inst för kvinnors och barns hälsa / Dept of Women's and Children's Health, 2024-03-18)Background: Access to family planning service is crucial for reproductive health. Family planning service include contraceptive methods as well as safe methods for pregnancy termination when needed. It was estimated in ... -
Genetic and epigenetic risk factors for asthma in infancy and childhood
(Inst för kvinnors och barns hälsa / Dept of Women's and Children's Health, 2024-03-18)Asthma is among the most common non-communicable diseases, with an increasing prevalence worldwide. The pathophysiology behind the disease is heterogeneous, including risk factors like genes, sex, allergies, virus infections, ... -
Diabetes, cardiovascular events, and lifestyle : from epidemiology to clinic
(Inst för medicin, Solna / Dept of Medicine, Solna, 2024-03-15)Today, the health care system plays an important role in the prevention of diseases, not least through support of a healthy lifestyle, including being physically active. Given the development of digital tools together with ... -
Translational studies of glucocerebrosidase in Parkinson´s disease
(Inst för klinisk neurovetenskap / Dept of Clinical Neuroscience, 2024-03-14)A number of genetic variants have been linked to Parkinson’s disease (PD). Among these, mutations in the GBA1 gene are identified as one of the most common risk factors for developing PD. The connection between increased ... -
Benefit-harm assessment in childbirth care, with breech presentation as an illustration
(Inst för klinisk forskning och utbildning, Södersjukhuset / Dept of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, 2024-03-11)Introduction: Childbirth care is aiming at safe births and positive birth experience. Obstetric decision-making is often complicated. Breech presentation is an example of such complexity. Judgements about individual cases ...