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Large study on milk: Risky for women but not for men
The risk of ischemic heart disease (IHD) and acute myocardial infarction (MI) increased for women with milk intake levels higher than 2 glasses per day, while no such association was found in men, according to a new large Swedish study.
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In search of Marcel Proust's lost health
A great writer, but also a weak person and a hypochondriac. That has been the usual image of Marcel Proust. But the pediatrician and literary scholar Carl Lindgren paints a partly different picture in a new book about the French master's life, health and attitude towards physicians.
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Her company is developing a new tablet form obesity drug
Obesity and diabetes are the primary targets of a new tablet treatment under development by Malmö-based Pila Pharma. The company’s ambition is to take on the billion-selling GLP1 analogues. ‘‘Basically, I expect all the beneficial effects that they have, but not the same side effect profile,’’ company founder Dorte X Gram said in an interview with Life Science Sweden.
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Hennes tablett ska bli en ny typ av fetmabehandling
Obesitas och diabetes är huvudmålen för en ny tablettbehandling under utveckling av Malmöbolaget Pila Pharma. Företagets mål: att ta upp kampen med de miljardsäljande GLP1-analogerna. ”I princip förväntar jag mig alla de positiva effekter som de har, men inte samma biverkningsprofil”, säger företagets grundare Dorte X Gram i en intervju med Life Science Sweden.