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(MedPage Today) -- Reduced cognitive function in young adulthood was strongly associated with an increased risk for subdural hematoma later in life, results of a Swedish study showed.

(MedPage Today) -- Overweight youngsters did not have an increased risk of asthma in later childhood if their weight normalized by age 7, according to a Swedish study that partly challenged speculation about an obesity-asthma link in children.

(MedPage Today) -- Use of smokeless tobacco (or snuff) may increase the risk for heart failure, mainly of nonischemic origin and chiefly by increasing blood pressure and heart rate, a Swedish study found.

The osteoporosis drugs known as bisphosphonates increase the risk of getting unusual thigh bone fractures, as experts have suspected, according to a new Swedish study.

Patients with mild intestinal inflammation and gluten sensitivity are at higher risk of death, even if their symptoms are not severe enough to warrant a diagnosis of full-blown celiac disease, a new Swedish study found.

HOUSTON (MedPage Today) -- Obese women had a 42% reduction in cancer risk following bariatric surgery, data from a Swedish study showed.

CHICAGO (MedPage Today) -- A man's PSA value at age 60 reliably predicted the risk of fatal prostate cancer over the next 25 years, according to data from a Swedish study.

Living Well: A new Swedish study suggests that living in a stressful household may raise a child's risk for becoming overweight by up to twice as much.