Published 9 March 2020 Infrared photo taken during the experiment An international research team from Sweden and Hungary have discovered an entirely new sense in dogs: using their cold, wet nose tips, dogs can sense the heat from other animals or a human. “It has taken a rather long time to discover this, given that dog and man have lived side by side for 15,000 years, and we have remained unaware

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/dogs-can-detect-heat-noses-study-finds - 2025-05-07

Published 18 March 2020 Lund University is following the Government and Public Health Authority’s new recommendations regarding measures to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. The University has therefore decided that education and examinations should be conducted using online alternatives (distance education) from 18 March. University facilities will remain open. On 17 March, the Government rec

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/university-makes-transition-distance-education - 2025-05-07

Published 19 March 2020 The University’s main priority in these difficult times is the safety and well-being of our students, our staff and the community around us. As a centre of education and research in Sweden for more than 350 years, the University has stood through many major events in world history and by working together in solidarity, we will endure through these challenging times as well.

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-and-coronavirus-covid-19 - 2025-05-07

Published 20 March 2020 Photo: Kennet Ruona Medical and nursing students will now be able to join the fight against the coronavirus. The Faculty of Medicine and Region Skåne have reached an agreement that means students can be employed at hospitals and health care facilities in the region. This will also apply to clinically active staff at the faculty. Initially, the deal applies to medical and nu

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-students-and-staff-support-health-care-system - 2025-05-07

Published 25 March 2020 Oxana Klementieva (Photo: Agata Garpenlind) To understand what happens in the brain when Alzheimer's disease develops, researchers need to be able to study the molecular structures in the neurons affected by Alzheimer's disease. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have tested a new imaging method for this purpose. The research is published in the journal Advanced Scien

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-imaging-method-sheds-light-alzheimers-disease - 2025-05-07

Published 17 September 2021 Photo: Pixabay / Arek Socha 1) We found 15 national/regional registries of congenital heart disease worldwide. 2) Registry coverage ranged from 25 to 100% of all eligible cases. 3) The best registries contain demographic, clinical, physical, and laboratory data. 4) Regular verification is essential for quality data and valid statistical findings. Read the paper at https

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/national-and-regional-registries-congenital-heart-diseases-strengths-weaknesses-and-opportunities - 2025-05-07

Published 18 September 2021 Quantitative bias analyses allow researchers to adjust for uncontrolled confounding, given specification of certain bias parameters. When researchers are concerned about unknown confounders, plausible values for these bias parameters will be difficult to specify. Read the paper at https://journals.lww.com/epidem/Fulltext/2021/09000/The_Importance_of_M…

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/importance-making-assumptions-bias-analysis - 2025-05-07

Published 18 September 2021 Photo: Pixabay / Colin Behrens The benefits of using data from national registers as endpoints in epidemiological studies include faster, less resource-intensive access to nationwide data and considerably lower loss to follow-up, compared to manual data collection in a limited geographical area. Read the paper at https://www.dovepress.com/validating-acute-myocardial-inf

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/validating-acute-myocardial-infarction-diagnoses-national-health-registers-use-endpoint-research - 2025-05-07

Published 19 September 2021 The integrative data approach is an effective way to conduct cancer research assessing multilevel factors on cancer outcomes among small populations. Read the paper at https://cebp.aacrjournals.org/content/30/8/1506.long

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/integrating-electronic-health-record-cancer-registry-and-geospatial-data-study-lung-cancer-asian - 2025-05-07

Published 19 September 2021 Photo: Pixabay / www_slon_pics This first publication of the Austrian Society of Esophageal Surgery shows that the outcome of esophageal surgery for cancer in Austria compares well with that of renowned international centers. However, a more comprehensive approach including as many national centers as possible will improve outcome research, offer quality management, and

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/esophageal-resection-austria-preparing-national-registry - 2025-05-07

Published 20 September 2021 Photo: Pixabay / geralt The CARTR Plus registry is a robust resource for ART data in Canada. It provides easily accessible aggregated data for Canadian fertility clinics, and it contains data that are internationally comparable. Read the paper at https://academic.oup.com/hropen/article/2020/3/hoaa022/5848715

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/cartr-plus-creation-art-registry-canada - 2025-05-07

Published 20 September 2021 Photo: Pixabay / geralt Parameters representing adjusted treatment effects may be defined marginally or conditionally on covariates. The choice between a marginal or covariate-conditional parameter should be driven by the study question. However, an unappreciated benefit of marginal estimators is a reduction in susceptibility to finite-sample bias relative to the unpena

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/decreased-susceptibility-marginal-odds-ratios-finite-sample-bias - 2025-05-07

Published 21 September 2021 Confounding, selection bias, and measurement error are well-known sources of bias in epidemiologic research. Methods for assessing these biases have their own limitations. Read the paper at https://journals.lww.com/epidem/Fulltext/2021/09000/Multiple_bias_Sensi…

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/multiple-bias-sensitivity-analysis-using-bounds - 2025-05-07

Published 21 September 2021 Photo: Pixabay / Brian Merrill Monitoring survival in cancer is a common concern for patients, physicians, and public health researchers. The traditional cohort approach for monitoring cancer prognosis has a timeliness problem. In this paper, we propose a survivorship-period-cohort (SPC) model for examining the effects of survivorship, period, and year-of-diagnosis coho

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Published 22 September 2021 Life-course epidemiology is useful for describing and analyzing complex etiological mechanisms for disease development, but existing statistical methods are essentially confirmatory, because they rely on a priori model specification. Read the paper at https://academic.oup.com/aje/article/190/9/1898/6189737

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/data-driven-model-building-life-course-epidemiology - 2025-05-07

Published 22 September 2021 Photo: Pixabay / Ronny Overhate Although the need for addressing matching in the analysis of matched case-control studies is well established, debate remains as to the most appropriate analytical method when matching on at least 1 continuous factor Read the paper at https://academic.oup.com/aje/article/190/9/1859/6162924

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/matched-versus-unmatched-analysis-matched-case-control-studies - 2025-05-07

Published 23 September 2021 Photo: Pixabay / Gerd Altmann In the causal mediation framework, several parametric-regression–based approaches have been introduced in the last decade for estimating natural direct and indirect effects. For a binary outcome, a number of proposed estimators use a logistic model and rely on specific assumptions or approximations that may be delicate or not easy to verify

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/parametric-regression-based-causal-mediation-analysis-binary-outcomes-and-binary-mediators-moving - 2025-05-07

Published 23 September 2021 Foto från snd.gu.se Improvements in the treatment of cystic fibrosis (CF) have resulted in longer survival and an increased focus on optimising daily functioning with the condition. Patient- reported outcome measures (PROMs) are valuable tools in evaluating the health- related quality of life of persons with chronic diseases. Read the paper at https://bmjopenrespres.bmj

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/acceptability-patient-reported-outcome-measures-proms-cystic-fibrosis-data-registry - 2025-05-07

Published 24 September 2021 Photo: Pixabay / Arek Socha Confounding by comorbidities is of concern in many epidemiological studies. To take this into account a common strategy is to calculate each participant’s Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) and use this for adjustment in regression analyses. Various CCI adjustment strategies are possible, and it is unclear, which is preferable. Read the paper a

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/methodical-considerations-adjusting-charlson-comorbidity-index-epidemiological-studies - 2025-05-07

Published 24 September 2021 A key assumption of Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis is that there is no association between the genetic variants used as instruments and the outcome other than through the exposure of interest. One way in which this assumption can be violated is through population stratification, which can introduce confounding of the relationship between the genetic variants and

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/use-negative-control-outcomes-mendelian-randomization-detect-potential-population-stratification - 2025-05-07