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Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Det finns stor vetenskaplig och klinisk erfarenhet inom äldreforskningen i Sverige som bör utnyttjas nu, när den behövs som mest. Vi är beredda att stödja Socialdepartementet, Folkhälsomyndigheten, Socialstyrelsen och SKR och föreslår att man aktiverar det nyinrättade äldreforskarrådet på Socialstyrelsen. Det skrive

https://www.case.lu.se/artikel/debatt-involvera-experter-pa-aldrande-att-skydda-aldre-mot-covid-19 - 2026-06-21

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Hur upplever riskgruppen 70-åringar och äldre, 15 procent av befolkningen, att deras hälsa och vardag påverkas av corona-pandemin? Och hur hanterar de det? Det är frågor som en ny studie vid CASE ska besvara. Eftersom studien är covid-19-relaterad har den snabbehandlats av Etikprövningsmyndigheten och startats upp.

https://www.case.lu.se/artikel/forskare-vid-case-narstuderar-aldres-halsa-och-vardag-i-pandemins-skugga - 2026-06-21

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. I en svår tid kan digitala lösningar innebära både glädje och lättnad för många människor. Det skriver de CASE-anknutna forskarna Tove Harnett, Sofi Fristedt och Håkan Jönson tillsammans med Eva Wiman, anhörigrådgivare och verksamhetsansvarig vid Malmö anhörigförening. Att ha kontakt med nära och kära digitalt har b

https://www.case.lu.se/artikel/debatt-minska-isoleringen-pa-aldreboenden-med-surfplattor-och-digitala-ombud - 2026-06-21

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Hur är det att som 70 år och äldre ingå i en riskgrupp med restriktioner under coronapandemin? Det undersöker Marianne Granbom, doktor i hälsovetenskap vid forskningscentrumet CASE. I Sveriges Radios (SR) program Vetenskapsradion, berättar hon om den nya studien. Vid äldreforskningscentrat CASE pågår just nu en stud

https://www.case.lu.se/artikel/marianne-granbom-intervjuas-i-vetenskapsradion - 2026-06-21

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Merja Rantakokko, docent i gerontologi och affilierad till CASE, har beviljats Finlands finaste forskningsbidrag för projektet GaitAge. Pengarna kommer bland annat att användas till en gästdoktorand vid CASE och forskargruppen Aktivt och hälsosamt åldrande. Stort grattis, Merja!– Tack så mycket! Finansiering är allt

https://www.case.lu.se/artikel/stort-forskningsbidrag-projektet-gaitage - 2026-06-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Professor Sölve Elmståhl is co-author of the article Predictive Performance of the FIF Screening Tool in 2 Cohorts of Community-Living Older Adults which has been published in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. The study shows that the screening tool First-time Injurious Fall (FIF) can identify

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/new-study-shows-screening-tool-fif-can-prevent-first-time-injurious-falls-among-older-adults - 2026-06-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Charlotte is a professor at the Department of Clinical Sciences at Lund University and research group leader for the unit Epigenetics and Diabetes at Lund University Diabetes Center (LUDC). Charlotte defended her dissertation in endocrinology at the University of Gothenburg in 2002 and after a job as a postdoctoral fe

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/we-welcome-professor-charlotte-ling-new-board-member-epihealth - 2026-06-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Soon we will all be able to help fight the corona infection by reporting daily how we feel in a new app. The information will show where in Sweden the risk of infection is high, how fast it spreads and who belongs to certain risk groups. - It can give healthcare an early indication of where the number of disease cases

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/video-app-will-map-corona-infection-sweden - 2026-06-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A free app that will help map the spread of infection in Sweden and increase knowledge about the coronavirus is launched by researchers at Lund University. - Data from the app can give us a better picture of the course of the disease and why some are only slightly affected while others become seriously ill and die, sa

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/app-covid-symptom-tracker-launched-sweden-and-researchers-need-your-help-0 - 2026-06-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In Sweden, the number of people over the age of 80 will increase from 500,000 to 800,000 within the next ten years - an increase of 300,000 people, at the same time as healthcare will be affected by large retirements during the same period. - This is one of the biggest challenges ever for Swedish healthcare, says Sölv

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/reportage-good-aging-skane-mapping-how-future-care-should-be-planned - 2026-06-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. What shapes our health later in life does not just depend on how we live, our childhoods, or when we we in the womb. How our parents were feeling and how they lived when we were born can affect our health. Peter M Nilsson, professor of clinical cardiovascular research at Lund University wants a broad focus on health a

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/reportage-live-healthily-sake-your-future-children - 2026-06-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In the large population study Malmö Offspring Study, researchers try to find out how our intestinal flora is affected by diet and what significance this has for health. - We have about one and a half kilos of bacteria in the intestines, says Louise Brunkwall - PhD. student in diabetes and cardiovascular disease and ge

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/reportage-bacteria-important-gut-feeling - 2026-06-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 2018-02-07 New EU general data protection regulation This new law will come into force on 25 May 2018. A bill will be presented to the Swedish Parliament in April to adapt Swedish legislation to the EU Data Protection Regulation. All epidemiological researchers who work with follow-ups and registers are recommended to

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/new-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr - 2026-06-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 7 February, 2018 The strategic research area EpiHealth - Epidemiology for Health - together with LUPOP - Lund University Population Research Platform - now opens a call for proposals for new PhD - courses of relevance for population research. We will fund 3 - 5 courses during 2018 related to e.g. epidemiological data

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/announcement-arrangement-courses-funding-sra-epihealth - 2026-06-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. SRA EpiHealth has conducted an interview with board member of EpiHealth Professor Martin Englund and postdoc Andrea Dell'isola about the EpiHealth cohort, how they plan to use it in their research, and what it means to them and SRA EpiHealth. Martin has been awarded research support from SRA EpiHealth for the employme

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/epihealth-cohort-gives-us-access-detailed-information-about-environmental-exposures-and-life-style - 2026-06-21

Professor Olle Melander has been awarded research support from SRA EpiHealth for the employment of a postdoc for the project “Translational epidemiological studies of the cardiometabolic hormones neurotensin and adrenomedullin” SRA EpiHealth is interested in knowing how he intends to use the EpiHealth cohort in his research and Olle explains “The beauty of a big cohort such as the EpiHealth cohort

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/epihealth-cohort-includes-biobank-which-we-can-retrieve-important-research-data - 2026-06-21

The purpose of this communications strategy is to outline the approach we will take to ensure that existing research within the national and international communities are developed and communicated to relevant stakeholders. Epidemiology for Health - EpiHealth is a joint strategic research initiative between Lund University and Uppsala University with the aim to achieve and maintain national and in

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/read-our-epihealth-communications-strategy - 2026-06-21

A representative from the strategic research area (SRA) EpiHealth has talked to Martin L. Olsson, who is the faculty management representative of the EpiHealth board and Deputy Dean with special responsibility for research infrastructure and strategic issues at the Faculty of Medicine. Martin is also a Professor of Transfusion Medicine at the Department of Laboratory Medicine and a consultant in t

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/genetically-upgraded-epihealth-cohort-gold-mine-could-help-more-researchers-excel - 2026-06-21

In a new study, researchers at Lund University and Uppsala University have seen a clear connection between how long a person sleeps and a number of biomarkers linked to cardiometabolic diseases such as cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. “With greater knowledge of the actual mechanisms of disease development, the possibilities for a more specific and targeted treatment increase, says Sölve

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/hours-you-sleep-mean-more-you-think - 2026-06-21

Professor Lars Lind uses the EpiHealth cohort to investigate why people with diabetes have a higher risk of heart attacks and other cardiovascular diseases and how genetic factors can contribute to this. He is trying to map a diabetes profile to find mechanisms which can instigate the development of a therapy in the future. Lars works at the Department of Medical Sciences at Uppsala University and

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/epihealth-cohort-we-find-genes-diabetes - 2026-06-21