[PRESS RELEASE 20 May 2009] A new study from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet and the University of Oxford finds that the severe mental disorder schizophrenia only marginally increases the risk of committing violent crime. Rather, the overrepresentation of individuals with schizophrenia in violent crime is almost entirely attributable to concurrent substance abuse. More: [...]

[PRESS RELEASE, 13 May 2009] It is well known that ambient air pollution is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and increased cardiovascular mortality. However, the details of how, when, who and even how much still remains unclear. In a novel doctoral thesis from Karolinska Institutet, scientists now have answered some of these questions by [...]

[PRESSMEDDELANDE 2009-05-05] Slutbetänkandet för utredningen av den kliniska forskningen presenterades idag på en presskonferens. Där föreslår utredaren Olle Stendahl att universiteten och universitetssjukhusen ska arbeta mer integrerat i så kallade universitetsmedicinska centra. Detta stöds av Karolinska Institutets rektor Harriet Wallberg-Henriksson. More: continued here

[PRESS RELEASE 2009-05-05] Increased daily exercise can prevent diabetes and cardiovascular disease in obese women, but getting started and maintaining new habits is a challenge. A new study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet shows that extra support and encouragement can help more women to exercise to and from work. More: continued here

[PRESS RELEASE May 21 2009] New treatments for the devastating Parkinson’s disease and ALS are in clinical studies in Sweden, thanks to breaking new stem cell research. This news was presented today by Dr Jonas Frisén, Professor of stem cell research at Karolinska Institutet, at the world’s largest biotech convention, BIO 2009 in Atlanta. More: [...]