Search for dissertations about: "Medical and Health Sciences"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 12661 swedish dissertations containing the words Medical and Health Sciences.
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11. Effects of FODMAPs and gluten on irritable bowel syndrome- from self-reported symptoms to molecular profiling
Abstract : Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a complex disorder of gut-brain interactions. The diagnosis of IBS is based on subjective reporting of abdominal pain and altered bowel habits in the absence of any clinical alterations of the gut or other pathological conditions. READ MORE
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12. Body mass index, cognitive ability, and dementia : prospective associations and methodological issues in late life
Abstract : The aims of the present study were to investigate the association between overweight and cognitive ability and dementia, and to evaluate the usefulness of self-reported body mass index (BMI) in late life and various data sources commonly used in epidemiological studies to identify persons with dementia. Data were drawn from three population-based studies: the Swedish Adoption/Twin Study of Aging (SATSA), Aging in Women and Men: A Longitudinal Study of Gender Differences in Health Behaviour and Health among Elderly (the Gender Study), and the Finnish Lieto Study. READ MORE
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13. The Paradoxes of Socio-Emotional Programmes in School : Young people’s perspectives and public health discourses
Abstract : Over the past decades socio-emotional programmes have been implemented in schools worldwide. Depression in Swedish Adolescents (DISA) and Social and Emotional Training (SET) are two socio-emotional programmes being practised in Swedish schools. READ MORE
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14. Epidemiological and statistical basis for detection and prediction of influenza epidemics
Abstract : A large number of emerging infectious diseases (including influenza epidemics) has been identified during the last century. The emergence and re-emergence of infectious diseases have a negative impact on global health. Influenza epidemics alone cause between 3 and 5 million cases of severe illness annually, and between 250,000 and 500,000 deaths. READ MORE
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15. Learning as a patient : What and how individuals want to learn when preparing for surgery, and the potential use of serious games in their education
Abstract : Introduction: Surgical patients need knowledge to participate in their own care and to engage in self-care behaviour in the perioperative period which is important for their recovery. Patient education facilitates such knowledge acquisition and several methods can be used to facilitate it, for example, face-to-face education and brochures or using information technology such as website or computer games. READ MORE