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(University of Gothenburg) Physical exercise in the early 20s improves bone development and may reduce the risk of fractures later in life, reveals a study of more than 800 Swedish men carried out at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

(University of Gothenburg) Coating the surface of an implant such as a new hip or pacemaker with nanosized metallic particles reduces the risk of rejection, and researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, can now explain why: they fool the innate immune system.

The results are presented in the International Journal of Nanomedicine.

(University of Gothenburg) Doctors who drink more themselves are more liberal in their advice to patients on alcohol consumption.

They set higher thresholds for what is harmful, and while men who are heavy drinkers get to continue drinking, women are often advised to stop altogether, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

(University of Gothenburg) A specially customized pulse oximeter attached to the finger can be used to detect changes in heart and vessel function while you sleep, and this simple technique can even identify patients at increased risk of cardiovascular disease, reveals research from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

(University of Gothenburg) Studies of the spinal fluid of patients given anti-HIV drugs have resulted in new findings suggesting that the brain can act as a hiding place for the HIV virus.

Around 10 percent of patients showed traces of the virus in their spinal fluid but not in their blood -- a larger proportion than previously realized, reveals a thesis from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

(University of Gothenburg) A substance found in breast milk can kill cancer cells, reveal studies carried out by researchers at Lund University and the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

(University of Gothenburg) Organizations supporting medical research in Africa, for example research on malaria, cannot assume that scientific results are independent of time and space.

Instead the results reflect the interplay between the research environment, researchers and the study object.

This is the result of a dissertation in Theory of Science from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

(University of Gothenburg) Staphylococcus aureus causes far more serious infections than previously realized, with more than 3,000 Swedes affected every year, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

(University of Gothenburg) Patients with advanced prostate cancer are often treated with hormones, but when the tumours start growing again they have more and different blood vessels, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy, at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

This discovery paves the way for new treatments for hormone-resistant prostate cancer.

(University of Gothenburg) Middle-aged women with high levels of a specific amino acid in their blood are twice as likely to suffer from Alzheimer's many years later, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

This discovery this could lead to a new and simple way of determining who is at risk long before there are any signs of the illness.