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...hormonal, metabolic and cardiovascular problems. In late October, Swedish researchers reported that the rate of heart attacks jumped following daylight savings time shifts in the spring and fall. "Our data suggest that vulnerable people might benefit from avoiding sudden changes in their biologic rhythms," Dr. Imre Janszky of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm wrote...
...Historically, infertility has been seen as a female issue, as has the increased risk of Down syndrome and other birth defects, but studies now also link higher rates of autism, schizophrenia and Down syndrome in children born to older fathers. A recent paper by researchers at Sweden's Karolinska Institute found that the risk of bipolar disorder in children increased with paternal age, particularly in children born to men age 55 or older...
...other singletons, people who were single as a result of divorce or widowing had a three times and six times greater risk, respectively. "This was quite unexpected," says Krister Hakansson, who led the study and is a lecturer in psychology and a Ph.D. candidate at Vaxjo University and the Karolinska Institute. "We established the association, but when it comes to explaining it, we can only speculate at this state...
Researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm surveyed nearly 700 Swedish men who lost their wives to breast, ovarian or colon cancer in 2000 or 2001. More than 40% of widowers surveyed said they were either never told their spouse's cancer was incurable, or weren't told until just before her death. About 85% of participants said they, or the next of kin, should be told immediately when a spouse's cancer is incurable, a proportion that includes 71% of the men who did not recall being told this information about their own wives. "Sweden is not unique...
...Scientists at the Karolinska Institute studied brain scans of 90 gay and straight men and women, and found that the size of the two symmetrical halves of the brains of gay men more closely resembled those of straight women than they did straight men. In heterosexual women, the two halves of the brain are more or less the same size. In heterosexual men, the right hemisphere is slightly larger. Scans of the brains of gay men in the study, however, showed that their hemispheres were relatively symmetrical, like those of straight women, while the brains of homosexual women were asymmetrical...