Karolinska Institutet is one of the world’s leading medical universities. Our vision is to advance knowledge about life and strive towards better health for all.
As a university, KI is Sweden’s single largest centre of medical academic research and offers the country’s widest range of medical courses and programmes.
Since 1901 the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has selected the Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine.
Karolinska Institutet was founded by King Karl XIII in 1810 as an “academy for the training of skilled army surgeons”. Today, Karolinska Institutet is a modern medical university and one of the foremost in the world.
With our close relationship to the clinical milieu, a well established infrastructure and a stable financial situation, Karolinska Institutet has excellent prerequisites for sustaining high quality research and education.
Uma mulher com um bolo comemorando a chegada aos 100 anos: níveis mais baixos de glicose, creatinina e ácido úrico a partir dos 60 anos foram associados a uma maior longevidade
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In psychology it’s known as the gender-equality paradox.
Women with a history of premenstrual disorders were found to be five times more susceptible to developing perinatal depression.
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This link suggests that understanding and treating one condition could help with managing the other.
Les personnes souffrant de TOC subissent des pensées intrusives sources d’anxiété, qu’elles tentent d’apaiser par divers rituels.
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Les personnes souffrant de troubles obsessionnels compulsifs ont un risque de décès accru par rapport aux autres, que ces décès résultent de causes naturelles ou d’accidents.
Pesquisas com os animais indicam que ereções frequentes, como as que os homens têm à noite, preservam a potência sexual, abrindo caminho para prevenção e novos tratamentos da disfunção erétil
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People with OCD have a 31% increased risk of death from natural causes and a 230% increased risk of death from unnatural causes compared to those without the disorder.
Even kids know how to share.
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Animals that hibernate live longer, so could hold clues on how to slow down ageing.
Les médicaments antirétroviraux pourraient diminuer le risque de sclérose en plaques ou atténuer les symptômes de la maladie, selon une nouvelle étude.
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Les personnes – et notamment les femmes – infectées par le VIH et suivant une thérapie antirétrovirale présentent un très réduit de développer une sclérose en plaques par rapport à la population générale.
Durante las vacaciones se pueden dar situaciones de estrés o de poco disfrute. Evitarlas ayudará a nuestros sistemas parasimpáticos y el dopaminérgicos para maximizar el descanso.