By filippa [dot] jonsson [at] thm [dot] lu [dot] se (Filippa Jonsson) - published 15 October 2024 Photo from "Co-Creative Knitting: explorations of an improvisational practices". Theatre Academy PhD student Charlotte Østergaard participates in Stockholm University of the Arts' international artistic conference Alliances and Commonalities, 17-19 October, 2024 together with former PhD student Steinu

https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/malmo-theatre-academy-phd-student-charlotte-ostergaard-participates-conferences-her-research-project - 2025-05-17

By filippa [dot] jonsson [at] thm [dot] lu [dot] se (Filippa Jonsson) - published 21 October 2024 Large-scale installation with projection on the façade of the public library of two of the largest Buddha statues that were destroyed by the Taliban; a performative celebration of solidarity and remembrance. In March 2001, the Taliban blew up two of the largest Buddha statues in Afghanistan's Bamiyan

https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/ma-students-malmo-theatre-academy-part-malmos-forbidden-culture-week - 2025-05-17

By filippa [dot] jonsson [at] thm [dot] lu [dot] se (Filippa Jonsson) - published 29 October 2024 Photo: Tuukka Ervasti Malmö Theatre Academy's MA in Performing Arts as Critical Practice is organizing the Intersectional Performance Pedagogies symposium, 4-8 November 2024. Part of the symposium is the open workshop Working with f(r)ictions – towards decolonial and speculative practices, with Sonya

https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/open-workshop-working-frictions-towards-decolonial-and-speculative-practices - 2025-05-17

By amanda [dot] pettersson [at] thm [dot] lu [dot] se (Amanda Pettersson) - published 7 November 2024 Photo: Fredrik Haller. The Nordic First St. John's Lodge Jubilee Foundation was established in 1867 with the purpose of supporting promising young people in their education in science, arts or crafts.This year, the scholarship has been awarded to Monirah Hashemi, Maryam Hashempour and Zsófia Rebek

https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/masters-students-awarded-2024-jubilee-fund-scholarship - 2025-05-17

By Filippa [dot] jonsson [at] thm [dot] lu [dot] se (Filippa Jonsson) - published 12 November 2024 Sophia New is the new lecturer and tutor at the MA program Performing Arts as Critical Practice at Malmö Theatre Academy. Previous to her role here, Sophia has been the course Leader for MA programmes at Wimbledon College of the Arts, UAL. We took the opportunity to ask Sophia New a few questions to

https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/get-know-sophia-new-new-lecturer-ma-program - 2025-05-17

By amanda [dot] pettersson [at] thm [dot] lu [dot] se (Amanda Pettersson) - published 26 November 2024 Photo: Agnete Brun The Norwegian author and playwright Jon Fosse, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2023, has been conferred with an honorary doctorate by the Faculty of Fineand Performing Arts at Lund University. Jon Fosse has received great international recognition for his works

https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/jon-fosse-receives-honorary-doctorate-faculty-fine-and-performing-arts-lund-university - 2025-05-17

Published 4 December 2024 For three weeks in November the students of the MA Performing Arts as Critcal Practice at Malmö Theatre Academy have been experimenting in the studios as prepara:on for their final projects in Spring 2025. On 5th and 6th December, they will be sharing some of the outcomes of these experiments and open up their processes. Below you’ll find the detailed schedule. The time s

https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/ma-work-progress-showings - 2025-05-17

By kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (The Arthritis Portal) - published 23 June 2021 In a new Swedish study by Lund University on comorbidities in osteoarthritis, researchers studied if people with osteoarthritis are at an increased risk for cancer compared to people without osteoarthritis. The study focused on the four most common cancer types, lung, colon, breast, and prostate cancer. Researc

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/oa-linked-cancer - 2025-05-17

By kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (The Arthritis Portal) - published 31 August 2021 Previous studies from Iceland have shown how osteoarthritis is often inherited and can be traced back several generations. A gene (genetic predisposition) is a segment of DNA containing hereditary information and is inherited from our biological parents. A new international study published in the high-ranking

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/your-genes-play-part-development-oa-and-perceived-joint-pain - 2025-05-17

By kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (The Arthritis Portal) - published 26 August 2021 Devil's Claw (Harpagophytum procumbens) is a plant in the sesame family native South Africa that has long been used as a herbal medicine to treat a number of different diseases. The plant is believed to be able to reduce joint pain and joint stiffness as it is said to have analgesic and anti-inflammatory prop

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/devils-claw-herbal-medicine-continued-uncertain-effect-oa-pain - 2025-05-17

Published 2 June 2021 Osteoarthritis has been described as the 15th most common cause of so-called “years lived with disability” (YLDs) in the world, which is a measure used to shed light on the burden of various diseases on society. According to the researchers, the economic costs caused by the disease correspond to about 1-2.5% of the gross domestic product (GDP) in most countries. A new article

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/global-burden-osteoarthritis - 2025-05-17

By kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (The Arthritis Portal) - published 11 June 2021 In a new Swedish study by Lund University, researchers looked at how common it is with comorbidities in osteoarthritis of the knee and/or hip. The study was published in the American journal Arthritis Care & Research. The study analyzed data collected from the province of Scania's population between the years 1

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/common-comorbidities-osteoarthritis - 2025-05-17

By kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (The Arthritis Portal) - published 29 October 2021 Earlier in October, we reported on a research study that showed that platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections for treating osteoarthritis of the knee did not have a better effect on OA symptoms than placebo. Last week, results from a new study on PRP were published. The researchers concluded that PRP injections

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/effect-prp-ankle-oa-no-better-placebo - 2025-05-17

By kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (The Arthritis Portal) - published 19 October 2021 The painkiller tanezumab was not approved by the European Medicine's Agency. At the beginning of 2021, news came that tanezumab, a new pain medication, would be launched in the US and Europe.  However, in March, tanezumab suffered a setback in the United States when the US Food and Drug Administration reject

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/not-approved-eu-another-setback-drug-tanezumab - 2025-05-17

By kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (The Arthritis Portal) - published 27 October 2021 Tramadol is an increasingly common drug prescribed for pain. Tramadol is a synthetic opioid (manufactured in a lab) that differs somewhat in its chemical structure compared to the natural opioid codeine. Other opioids include morphine and heroin. All opioids have analgesic properties and are extremely addict

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/many-risks-painkiller-tramadol - 2025-05-17

By kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (The Arthritis Portal) - published 18 October 2021 In a new meta-analysis (a compilation of results from a number of different research studies), the benefits and side effects of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs), paracetamol, and opioids have been studied. The research study included data from 181 publications describing 192 clinical trials inv

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/benefits-and-side-effects-common-pain-meds-osteoarthritis-knee-and-hip - 2025-05-17

By kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (The Arthritis Portal) - published 15 September 2021 A Chinese research group has compiled data from 88 different scientific studies on the prevalence of knee osteoarthritis. The studies were from all around the world and together included more than 10 million people. The researchers estimated that for individuals aged 40 years and older, the global prevalen

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/how-common-knee-osteoarthritis - 2025-05-17

By kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (The Arthritis Portal) - published 4 October 2021 PRP treatment (platelet-rich plasma) is a relatively new experimental treatment that is often marketed to be effective for patients with osteoarthritis. However, there is a lack of high-quality research claiming the effectiveness of the treatment. Researchers from Brazil have recently published results from a

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/prp-injections-no-more-effective-placebo - 2025-05-17

By kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (The Arthritis Portal) - published 24 November 2021 Doctors Jack Cush, Martin Englund, Gillian Hawker, Tihuna Neogi, and Kent Kwoh discuss the best OA research from the 2021 ACR (American College of Rheumatology) conference, including a new study indicating that the diabetes medicine metformin lowers the risk of developing osteoarthritis. Dr. Jack Cush is a

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/osteoarthritis-roundtable-best-acr-conference-2021 - 2025-05-17

By kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (Artrosportalen) - published 17 March 2022 In a recent study, a group of scientists have evaluated the burden of osteoarthritis over the past three decades, using data from the worldwide initiative ”Global Burden of Disease study 2019.  The results show that the number of people affected by osteoarthritis has increased by about 113 percent in 30 years, from

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/increased-burden-osteoarthritis-world - 2025-05-17