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Narratives in Medicine: Human Dimensions in a Tech-DrivenHealthcare and SocietyMats Arvidson, Ph. D., Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor, Lund UniversityThe Transboundary Body: Illness Narrative, Intermediality, and MedicalTechnologyThis paper explores how contemporary treatment technologies reshape the possibilities of illness narrative across lived experience, philosophy, and film. Emerging

IntroductionAlthough transcranial sonography (TCS) assessing hyperechogenic substantia nigra (SN+) as biomarker for Parkinsońs disease (PD) has been introduced elsewhere, the clinical relevance and accuracy in a Swedish population is still unknown.MethodsThis retrospective single-center study included 74 patients with predominantly early-stage parkinsonism at first visit who had been examined by T

Purpose: To assess perceived overall knowledge in geriatric medicine and perceived educational needs in key geriatric topics and skills of health and social care professionals working within the WHO Region Europe. Methods: The sample of this cross-sectional survey was not designed to be nationally representative. We analysed the responses of 5425 professionals who completed a multilingual multinat

In 2022, the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) became the first women's league in the world to allow body checking. This study examines injury epidemiology in SDHL 2 years after this policy change. Injuries resulting in time loss from training or games were recorded in a digital injury-reporting system. This study utilizes game-related injuries that occurred during the seasons 2022-2023 and 202

The Water-Energy-Food (WEF) nexus provides a critical framework for addressing interdependencies among these resources in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), where limited water, arid climate, high energy demand, and growing populations pose significant sustainability challenges. Over-exploitation of groundwater in Yemen, energy-dependent desalination in Saudi Arabia, and water stress in Moro

Internal head- and neck lymphedema (I-HNL) is a common side effect after head and neck cancer treatment, but the current assessment and rehabilitation practices remain unclear. The purpose of this study was to explore how Swedish speech and language pathologists (SLPs), physiotherapists (PTs), and lymphedema therapists (LTs) assess and treat I-HNL and how they perceive their competence in doing so

Background and study aims: Barrett’s esophagus (BE) surveillance relies on endoscopy, which can limit accessibility and strain healthcare resources, a challenge in Nordic countries. Non-endoscopic alternatives could improve surveillance efficiency, but implementation data are limited. We assessed the feasibility of implementing EndoSign®, a novel capsule sponge, in Sweden. Patients and methods: Th

BACKGROUND: Weight bias and stigma have transformed body weight from a purely biological attribute into a complex social phenomenon. Social and health scientists continue to critically examine how weight stigmatising discourses and biased perceptions shape attitudes, beliefs and everyday experiences. Studies show that socially mediated subjectivities profoundly affect women's health-related behavi

ObjectiveTo investigate degree of speech improvement and adverse effects after secondary velopharyngeal dysfunction (VPD) surgery in individuals with cleft palate with or without cleft lip/alveolus (CP ± L), and to examine whether any patient- or treatment-related factors were associated with treatment efficacy.DesignRetrospective intervention study.SettingA regional public care university hospita

Background Women identified with psychosocial risk factors are at higher risk of interventions during labour and birth and adverse maternal outcomes. Midwifery Continuity of Care (MCoC) reduces interventions and improves maternal outcomes among low-risk women; however, evidence on MCoC’s impact among women with psychosocial risk factors is limited. This study aimed to investigate whether an MCoC m

Dyspnea and chest pain are major and important causes of contact at the emergency department (ED). Dyspnea is associated with high morbidity and mortality, but data on characteristics and outcomes compared with chest pain in the ED are limited. This was a retrospective cohort study of consecutive patients with contact causes of dyspnea or chest pain at two Swedish EDs from 2010 to 2014. Hospital a

In this study, laminar burning velocities (LBV) of ammonia in oxygen-enriched air (oxygen content ranging from 30 to 50 vol%) were investigated under various initial temperatures (298, 323, and 348 K) at a pressure of 1 atm, employing the heat flux method. Our measurements reveal substantial disparities with previously published data primarily obtained using the spherical flame method. The reliabi

Atomic oxygen (O) is vital in plasma-assisted combustion, but its quantitative measurement is challenging and therefore rarely reported. This work performs femtosecond two-photon-absorption laser-induced fluorescence (fs-TALIF) imaging to quantify the dynamics of atomic oxygen production by a single nanosecond (ns) pulsed plasma discharge in an ammonia/air flame for the first time. First of all, t

Objective: To assess comparative effectiveness, safety, and tolerability of off-label rituximab, compared with frequently used therapies approved for multiple sclerosis (MS). Methods: A Swedish cohort study of persons with relapsing–remitting MS, age 18 to 75 years at inclusion and with a first therapy start or a first therapy switch between 2011 and 2018. Low-dose rituximab was compared with MS-a

Introduction: A subgroup of severe Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) patients, known as ultra-severe (us-TBI), is most commonly defined as a post-resuscitation Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) of 3–5. There is uncertainty on whether these critically injured patients can benefit from neurosurgical intervention. Research question: The available evidence regarding the decision-making and outcome following managem