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Recent research has shown there’s a link between multiple sclerosis and Epstein-Barr virus. A new study brings us closer to understanding the nature of this connection.
Una investigación entre jóvenes reveló que los niveles más altos de procrastinación se asociaban con síntomas más elevados de depresión, ansiedad, estrés y dolor de brazos.
Nuestro estudio también examinó el modo en que la cobertura de los medios de comunicación puede afectar a las expectativas de los pacientes sobre el cannabis en el tratamiento del dolor.
We wanted to find out if the risk of heart disease differs between obesity explained by genetic factors, and obesity mainly influenced by environmental factors, such as lifestyle.
There are a few reasons melatonin, a medication commonly taken for sleep difficulties, might have this effect.
Certain immune cells acquired from a coronavirus that causes the common cold appear to react to COVID – but more so in children that adults.
Young people living in highly polluted areas were 28% more likely to suffer from long COVID.
Mice who exercised in the late morning had approximately two-fold greater fat breakdown.
No, your vagina does not need vaginal health gummies.
We studied 1.4 million people in Sweden who had been treated with beta blockers.
An estimated 1-5% of people globally suffer from avoidant restrictive food intake disorder.
Although autosomal dominant Alzheimer’s disease is very rare, studying it provides researchers with valuable information on how the disease progresses in general.
Students who scored high on procrastination were found to have worse health nine months later.
Women are twice as likely to have a chronic, more severe form of cluster headache compared to men.
Young people in high-income countries now drink much less than their counterparts 20 years ago. But the opposite is happening in developing countries. Why? Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Our study also examined the way media coverage may affect a patient’s expectations of cannabis in treating pain.
L’excès d’amyloïde bêta dans le cerveau a longtemps été considéré comme la cause principale de la maladie d’Alzheimer. De nouvelles recherches semblent suggérer le contraire.
Many people face persistent cognitive symptoms after COVID-19. A new study, which grew and examined 3D models of the human brain, offers a possible explanation as to why this might be.
Too much amyloid-beta in the brain has long been considered the cause of Alzheimer’s. New research suggests it might be the opposite.
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Professor of Psychology, Karolinska Institutet
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Associate Professor, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet
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Karolinska Institutet
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Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet
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Karolinska Institutet
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Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet
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Assistant Professor of Neuroepidemiology, Karolinska Institutet
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Clinical Researcher, Psychiatric Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet
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Professor of Nephrology, Karolinska Institutet
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Investigador en el Departamento de Neurociencias, Karolinska Institutet
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Associate Professor, Molecular Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet
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Senior Research Specialist and Associate professor, Neurobiology, Karolinska Institutet
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Associate Professor, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, Karolinska Institutet
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Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet
