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Self-reported data on health care use is a key input in a range of studies. However, the length of recall period in self-reported health care questions varies between surveys, and this variation may affect the results of the studies. This study uses a large survey experiment to examine the role of the length of recall periods for the quality of self-reported hospitalization data by comparing regis
Twin studies have shown that criminal behavior (CB) is influenced by both genetic and shared environmental factors. Could these results be replicated using full-siblings and half-siblings?
IBS aggregates in families, but the familial risk of IBS has only been determined in first-degree relatives and spouses. This nationwide study aimed to determine the familial risk of IBS in first-degree, second-degree, and third-degree relatives and spouses of affected individuals in order to estimate the relative influences of genes and shared family environment.
In unsparing efforts to find the hidden primaries, second primary cancers (SPCs) unrelated to cancer of unknown primary (CUP) are found. The detection rates of SPCs after CUP can be considered as measures for the effectiveness of modern diagnostic techniques in finding tumors. We aimed to compare the rates of specific SPCs found after the work-up of CUP and the more sign/symptom-directed diagnosti
Detailed family history offers an inexpensive alternative to genetic profiling for individual risk assessment. The objective here was to update the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial Risk Calculator (PCPTRC) to include detailed family history.
The carcinogenicity of cigar and pipe smoking is established but the effect of detailed smoking characteristics is less well defined. We examined the effects on cancer incidence of exclusive cigar and pipe smoking, and in combination with cigarettes, among 102,395 men from Denmark, Germany, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom in the EPIC cohort. Hazard ratios (HR) and their 95% confidence interva
The majority of ovarian tumors in girls and young women are nonepithelial in origin. The etiology of nonepithelial ovarian tumors remains largely unknown, and intrauterine exposures may play an important role. We examined the association of perinatal factors with risk of nonepithelial ovarian tumors in girls and young women.
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) runs strongly in families. It is unclear to what extent the cross-generational transmission of AUD results from genetic vs environmental factors.
Cancer runs in families, suggesting a heritable component, but the contribution of environmental factors cannot be neglected. Studies on spousal risk can partly disentangle the environmental contribution but miss shared environmental factors during childhood and adolescence. Here, we examined the familial aggregation of common cancers among 80 281 Swedish-born adoptees, identified from the nationa
Activating somatic mutations in the promoter region of the telomerase reverse transcriptase gene (TERT) have been detected in several cancers. In this study we investigated the TERT promoter mutations and their impact on patient survival in World Health Organization grade IV glioblastoma multiforme (GBM).
Transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGFB1) acts as a growth inhibitor of normal colonic epithelial cells, however, as a tumor promoter of colorectal cancer (CRC) cells. To explore the association between genetic polymorphisms in the TGFB1 pathway and CRC susceptibility and clinical outcome, we carried out a case-control study on a Swedish population of 308 CRC cases and 585 age- and gender-matched
Background Half the epidemiological studies with information about menopausal hormone therapy and ovarian cancer risk remain unpublished, and some retrospective studies could have been biased by selective participation or recall. We aimed to assess with minimal bias the effects of hormone therapy on ovarian cancer risk. Methods Individual participant datasets from 52 epidemiological studies were a
BACKGROUND:: In the nineteenth century, prior to the introduction of the cuff sphygmomanometer, stiffening of arteries was recognized as an indicator of vascular ageing and cardiovascular risk. Through the twentieth century, views on vascular ageing came to focus on brachial blood pressures and on occlusive atherosclerotic disease. Such focus deflected attention from primary ageing changes, repres
2026-02-03, 17:33Forskare i Lund startar UFO-projekt Page 1 of 8https://www.epochtimes.se/forskare-vill-gora-forlojligat-fenomen-till-vetenskap En utskrift från Svenska Epoch Times 2026-02-03 Artikelns ursprungsadress: https://www.epochtimes.se/forskare-vill-gora-forlojligat-fenomen-till-vetenskap VETENSKAP Forskare i Lund startar UFO-projekt Anders Bolling Publicerad 2026-01-29 Varje år görs tuse
The Formation of Research Problems from the Perspective of Graduate Students The selection of the Dissertation Problem for Ph.D. theses in Psychology and Social Anthropology/Ethnology from the Graduate Students’ Perspective Carl Martin Allwood Department of Psychology Lund University In this study doctoral students in psychology and social anthropology/ethnology were interviewed as to their select
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Nationella forskarskolan om åldrande och hälsa Fastställd av SWEAH:s styrelse 2022-04-20 Verksamhetsberättelse 2021 Nationella forskarskolan om åldrande och hälsa www.sweah.lu.se http://www.sweah.lu.se/ Nationella forskarskolan om åldrande och hälsa Verksamhetsberättelse 2021 2 Innehållsförteckning sida Omslagsfoto: Marylou Fortier, Unsplash Sammanfattning 3 Styrelse 4 Partners 5 Forskarskolans le
