Research projects
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Advanced endovascular vascular surgery for aortic aneurysm - mortality, incidence of complications and search for biomarkers for renal, spinal and gastrointestinal injury
The aim of the project is to study postoperative mortality and complications as well as its risk factors after advanced aortic aneurysm surgery in clinical...
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Age-associated gastrointestinal symptoms
The research performed within the project has shown that almost 65% of elderly people living in their own homes experience one or several GI symptoms...
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Ageing, influences on treatment modalities and health outcomes
The number of morbidity increases as people age, and older adults consume a large share of healthcare. Lower health literacy and individual/regional...
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Age-related hearing impairment (ARHI) - a longitudinal epidemiological study.
The aim of the study is to investigate prevalence and risk factors of hearing impairments in a population-based sample of 850 older adults from Oulu (Finland...
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Assessment of anorectal function in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) in remission frequently experience diarrhea, fecal incontinence and lower gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms. The...
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Bacteriocins in prevention and treatment of infections
The increasing number of infectious diseases worldwide caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria will have dramatic effects on public health and devastating...
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Bacteriocins in the prevention and treatment of bacterial infections
Wound treatment, and particularly non-healing wounds, is problematic within the healthcare system, which causes pain and anxiety, and is associated with...
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Behandling av peniscancer som metastaserat till lymfkörtlar eller andra organ
Information only in Swedish
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BIO IBD - A multi-modal national study to identify BIOmarkers for diagnosis, therapy response and disease progression in IBD
Information in Swedish
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Biological aspects of ageing
This project is concerned with identifying social and other influences on biological processes relevant to successful ageing. It uses research resources such...