News: Health

The human genome has now been thoroughly screened in the hunt for the genetic causes of rheumatoid arthritis. The results, which both confirms previous hypotheses and turn the spotlight on entirely new genes, are presented in two articles in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine.
Rheumatoid arthritis is the most common rheumatic disease, and affects approximately one per cent of the population. Its...

Scientists at the leading Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have now disclosed the mystery how the insulin-secreting cells maintain an appropriate number of ATP sensing ion channel proteins on their surface. This mechanism, which is described in the latest number of Cell Metabolism, explains how the human body can keep the blood glucose concentration within the normal range and thereby avoid the...

The Swedish company Attendo, majority owned by private equity firm Industri Kapital, has signed an agreement with Sponsor Capital to acquire MedOne. The transaction will result in the formation of the first pan-Nordic social and health care company, with operations in every Nordic country.

MedOne is the leading provider of outsourced health care and social care services in Finland. Its core business is to provide...