In ten years, a blood test may be all that is needed for your doctor to see if you have cancer and decide what treatment is best for you personally. The specific combination of proteins in the blood reveals whether or not you are ill. Analysing the composition of proteins...
The scent of a madeleine dipped in lime blossom tea awakened a flood of childhood memories for the main character in Marcel Proust’s famous novel about ‘lost time’. The madeleine is an example of a clue for the memory. In Proust’s case, the clue worked subconsciously, in other cases we...
Where did I put my sunglasses? Where have the car keys got to, what is the door code to Lisa’s building, and what did I do yesterday afternoon? We all know how irritating it can be when our memory doesn’t work as it should. However, it can be difficult to...
Air pollution can affect the health of pregnant women and their children – even if the pollution is within permitted limits, according to a study from Lund University in Sweden. Women in areas with poor air quality ran almost double the risk of developing gestational diabetes compared to women in...
Nasal congestion, dry cough, wheezing, fatigue and lack of energy affect many female hairdressers. Just one month after returning from holiday, their quality of life has decreased drastically as a result of working environment problems. This was made evident in a study from Lund University. “Many people have dreamt of...
Inhaling candle smoke has a positive effect on how the heart regulates its rhythm, a study at Lund University in Sweden has found. One theory is that the salts of sodium and potassium in the candle smoke affect the rhythm regulation. The study concluded that the variability in heart frequency...
Can you become ill from doing laundry? Clothes contain traces of washing powder which are released into the indoor air when they are tumble-dried. Researchers at the Division of Ergonomics and Aerosol Technology at Lund University are investigating how inhaling the particles affects us. The particles we inhale are zeolites,...
