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    We have now learned significant new biology about women's ovaries
    Pauliina Damdimopoulou, leader of the research group.
    Increasing collaboration with other university hospitals in the Nordic region is essential for strengthening our position in Europe and shaping the future of healthcare.
    Acting CEO of Karolinska University Hospital Patrik Rossi
    We look forward to seeing how the virtual twin can improve care and quality of life for patients with type 2 diabetes.
    Paolo Parini, leader of the Swedish clinical research team in the project
    Through a strong focus on clinical benefit, we have been able to examine patients at a world-unique pace
    Head of Section Tobias Granberg
    For a certain group of patients, this robot will make a significant difference and alleviate much suffering.
    Professor of Oncological Surgery Olof Akre
    It is our 16,000 employees who have implemented the strategy and brought Karolinska to the level where we should be.
    CEO Björn Zoëga
    I believe that the cooperation within the various pediatric specialties will lead to better care for many children with complex and difficult-to-treat conditions here in Ukraine.
    Volodymyr Zhovnir director of Ohmatdyt National Specialized Children’s Hospital
    Inflation hit with full force, but we handled it in a strong way. Our measures are having an impact, which is mainly due to the fantastic job our staff does, and the constant focus on the needs of our patients.
    CEO Björn Zoëga
    “We are investigating whether a new fast-acting medication reduces the risk of men who are sexually attracted to children committing assaults,”
    explains Christoffer Rahm, who has main responsibility for the study.
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    Karolinska University Hospital announces the first treatment in the Nordic Region of a brain tumor with laser ablation

    On  September 17th  2019 Karolinska University Hospital became the first hospital in the Nordic region to use laser ablation technique in the treatment of a patient with a brain tumor. The patient treated was discharged the day after surgery with only a single stitch covering the drill hole location- This minimally invasive procedure makes it possible to ablate tumor tissue in areas of the brain not accessible to open surgery said Neurosurgeons Dr. Margret Jensdottir and Dr. Jiri Bartek at the Neuro Theme Karolinska University Hospital who performed the procedure in collaboration with the

    Study evaluates new method for preventing sexual assaults on children

    There are currently virtually no treatments with a scientifically proven effect on individuals in the risk zone for committing sexual assaults on children. However, the researchers behind a unique new study being launched at the Centre for Andrology and Sexual Medicine at Karolinska University Hospital now hope to be able to change this.“We are investigating whether a new fast-acting medication reduces the risk of men who are sexually attracted to children committing assaults,” explains Christoffer Rahm, who has main responsibility for the study. The study participants have not

    World’s first renalcell implantation

    About 10,000 Swedes suffer from kidney failure that is so advanced that activetreatment is required to avoid death from uremia. The only options available today aredialysis or renal transplantation. But now researchers at Karolinska University Hospitalare testing a new approach to postpone dialysis using renal cell implantation.Last autumn, Peter Stenvinkel, professor of nephrology, and researcher Torbjörn Lundgren, MD, from the transplantation unit at Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, were first in the world to treat patients with type 2 diabetes and severe renal failure with

    New CEO appointed for Karolinska University Hospital

    New chief executive officer of Karolinska University Hospital will be Melvin Samsom, who is at present heading one of the largest medical centers in the Netherlands, Radboud University Medical Center, in the city of Nijmegen. The new hospital CEO will assume office on October 1 and performing CEO Mikael Forss will continue in the post until then.Melvin Samsom has had a distinguished career, both as a scientist and as an administrator and is professor of gastroenterology. As recipient of a prestigious personal grant from the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, he has conducted

    New myocardial infarction test will free up thousands of beds

    A simple blood test can rule out risk of myocardial infarction in a large portion of patients who present to the emergency room for chest pain, according to a new study carried out by Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institutet. The study was presented in 2014 at a large cardiology conference in Washington D.C. Thanks to the reliability of the blood test, hospitalization will be unnecessary for thousands of patients, allowing substantial healthcare resources to be freed up for other patients. On a global scale, hospitalization will be unnecessary for millions of patients in the

    Myocardial infarction care much better in Sweden than in the UK

    According to a comprehensive study in the prestigious medical journal The Lancet, care of myocardial infarction in Sweden is associated with a significantly better chance of survival than in the UK.One of the authors, Harry Hemingway, University College London, says in the press release from The Lancet that new technology and new treatment methods are routinely adopted into clinical practice much faster in Sweden. “Balloon angioplasty, stents and beta-blockers are effective treatments, all of which are used more frequently in Sweden than in the UK,” notes another of the authors, Tomas

    First birth in Sweden following transplantation of autologous ovarian tissue

    Yesterday for the first time in Sweden a child was born to a woman who was the recipient of transplantation with her own ovarian tissue. This event occurred after a team at Karolinska University Hospital reimplanted a portion of ovary that had been cryopreserved.The woman had been offered the opportunity to preserve tissue from one ovary for the purpose of preserving fertility prior to initiation of cancer treatment. Following this treatment her ovarian function was permanently destroyed. The re-implanted portion of ovarian tissue was able to re-establish a normal hormonal cycle and also

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