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Äldre sjuka med undervikt riskerar i högre grad att få fler sjukdomar och att dö i förtid jämfört med normalviktiga. Vården mäter därför vikt och längd på patienterna för att hålla koll på värdena och sätta in rätt åtgärder i tid. Men den etablerade mätmetod som används, BMI-index, är inte tillförlitlig på äldre. Den kan missa upp till hälften av underviktiga äldre patienter. Geriatriska forskare

https://www.geriatrik.lu.se/artikel/ny-metod-avslojar-fler-farligt-underviktiga-aldre-patienter - 2025-11-17

Det dör årligen fem gånger så många i fallolyckor som i trafikolyckor och de flesta som omkommer är äldre. Magnus Stenhagen har tittat närmare på orsakerna bakom och vad man kan göra åt det. - Det uppskattas att 300 000 individer söker vård årligen i Sverige på grund av ett fall. Det  säger Magnus Stenhagen som undersökt orsak och verkan när det gäller fallolyckor bland äldre.Det dör årligen fem g

https://www.geriatrik.lu.se/artikel/hjartsvikt-och-medicinering-mot-oro-okar-fallrisken-hos-aldre - 2025-11-17

De som vårdar närstående med demens eller depression har den högsta belastningen av anhörigvårdarna. Stödet från samhället är långt ifrån tillräckligt. Nya forskningsrön från Lunds universitet visar på läget och kräver åtgärder. -Anhöriga till personer med demens och anhöriga till personer med depression visar sig ha den högsta bördan när de vårdar sjuka närstående i hemmet, säger Beth Dahlrup, fo

https://www.geriatrik.lu.se/artikel/samst-dem-som-vardar-anhoriga-med-depression-och-demens - 2025-11-17

Var fjärde person i Sverige över 55 år är vårdare av anhörig och mer än var tredje av dessa anhörigvårdare upplever en så pass hög belastning att det försämrar deras egen livskvalitet och livstillfredställelse. Ny forskning i geriatrik vid Lunds universitet pekar mot stödåtgärder för en utsatt grupp. Beth Dahlrup, doktorand i geriatrik vid Lunds universitet, har undersökt sambanden mellan anhörigb

https://www.geriatrik.lu.se/artikel/anhoriga-blir-sjalva-sjuka-av-att-varda-sina-nara-och-kara - 2025-11-17

Marieclaire Overton disputerade den 6 september i år. Titeln på avhandlingen är Assessment of cognition in ageing. Investigating internal validity, occurrence and reversion of mild cognitive impairment. Om du känner igen Marieclaire är det inte konstig eftersom hon länge jobbade inom projektet som testledare. Hon undersökte effekten på psykologiska testresultat till följd av att GÅS-projektet geno

https://www.geriatrik.lu.se/artikel/innebar-lindrig-kognitiv-svikt-automatiskt-demens - 2025-11-17

How credible are research results? A new biology study shows that the same data can give different answers depending on the method of analysis used – raising questions about the stability of scientific conclusions. To strengthen credibility, researchers need to be better at accounting for their methods. Ever since the 17th century, when modern scientific research was born, methods have been refine

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/reliability-scientific-methods-under-scrutiny - 2025-11-17

Roach that migrate between different lakes and water courses have larger pupils and better eyesight than roach that stay in one place. The adaptation makes it easier for the red-eyed freshwater migrants to find food in murky waters. This is shown in a large study from Lund University in Sweden. Animals’ eyes, just like those of humans, are a kind of window to the world. Eyesight controls important

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/migrating-roach-have-sharper-eyesight - 2025-11-17

Humans and animals are not the only ones affected by viruses. Unicellular organisms can also be attacked. In a new study, scientists establish that green algae can carry latent giant virus DNA in their genome. Biology researchers at Lund University in Sweden have spent several years studying microorganisms isolated from Lake Krageholm in Skåne and Lake Örsjön in Småland. During the most recent ele

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/unicellular-green-algae-may-carry-giant-virus-dna-their-genome - 2025-11-17

Øystein Opedal, associate senior lecturer at the Department of Biology, has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant. Congratulations, Øystein! Can you tell us a little about your project?“The project aims to better understand how plants adapt to new pollination environments, such as declining pollinator populations or local changes in the diversity of pollinator species. We know quite a lot about how p

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/biologist-receives-erc-starting-grant - 2025-11-17

Dung beetles are among the strongest animals in the world. They also possess an exceptional ability to cooperate. Research shows that female and male spider dung beetles together are able to move large dung balls across difficult obstacles. However, same-sex attempts to do the same always ended in aggressive fights. Dung beetles live in and on animal droppings. By breaking down organic substances,

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/beetles-cooperate-tricky-dung-moves - 2025-11-17

Andreas Nord, a researcher at the Department of Biology, will receive EUR 2 million to study how warm-blooded animals are affected as the climate becomes warmer and more unpredictable. As part of the project, he will study different species of birds to determine how quickly heat tolerance could evolve and what will happen to our bird populations if tolerance fails to adapt. In the final part, Nord

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/researcher-receive-erc-consolidator-grant - 2025-11-17

Bumblebees have a great capacity to navigate despite their small brain size. This is borne out of new research conducted at Lund University in Sweden, among others. The research results can potentially benefit the development of navigation robots in crisis situations where GPS does not work, for example. According to the study, bumblebees appear capable of navigating as well as vertebrates can, an

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/bumblebees-sense-direction-rivals-humans - 2025-11-17

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have studied how nanoplastic affects aquatic organisms in lakes and rivers. The results are surprising, and the researchers are the first to show that some species are being wiped out, while others – such as cyanobacteria that contribute to algal blooms – are completely unaffected. Every year, the amount of plastic in the world’s oceans increases by between

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/grazing-zooplankton-severely-impacted-nanoplastic-particles - 2025-11-17

Eric Warrant, a professor at the Department of Biology, has received an ERC Advanced Grant for his project “Incredible journeys: How do multiple sensory cues allow animal migrants to precisely navigate to a distant goal?” Congratulations Eric, how does it feel?“Very gratifying! This is my second Advanced Grant and it feels like a good confirmation that we are on the right path with our research.”C

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/biology-professor-receives-prestigious-eu-grant - 2025-11-17

A groundbreaking study from Lund University in Sweden shows that the Australian Bogong moth uses the stars and the Milky Way as a compass during its annual 1,000-kilometre journey to cool inland caves. It also reveals that the Earth’s magnetic field plays an important role in the enigmatic moth’s navigation. It is absolutely amazing considering the length of the journey. It’s the equivalent of a h

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/moths-use-stars-and-earths-magnetic-field-compass - 2025-11-17

A new study from Lund University shows that migratory birds fly most efficiently at moderate speeds – precisely the pace they use during their long journeys across continents. Now, at the end of summer, when thrush nightingales leave Sweden for Southern Africa, they don’t fly flat out. Instead, they cruise at a steady pace – and according to the study from Lund, that’s no coincidence.Migratory bir

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/not-too-fast-not-too-slow-perfect-pace-migrating-birds - 2025-11-17

Staffan Bensch, professor at the Department of Biology, receives an ERC Advanced Grant for his project “Genetics of long-distance migration”. Congratulations Staffan, how does it feel?”It still feels quite surreal. I worked for a very long time on the application, which I submitted a year ago. The decision that came in June was initially a rejection, then changed to reserve, and after three months

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/staffan-bensch-receives-erc-advanced-grant-research-songbird-migration-behaviour - 2025-11-17

High above us, the atmosphere is teeming with life. Birds, bats and insects share the airspace, but divide it into different lanes of traffic. New research from Lund University in Sweden reveals how the atmosphere is an ecosystem, with complex ecological processes that affect how animals move between different altitude levels. We often consider the air as simply a void – but it is in fact alive an

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/hidden-highways-sky-mapped - 2025-11-17

A unique long-term study, in which samples were collected from the same population of blue tits over a 30-year period, shows that rising spring temperatures have doubled the incidence of avian malaria in southern Sweden. Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have collected samples every year from hundreds of blue tits in a single population at a local breeding area outside Lund. This has prov

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/warmer-nordic-springs-double-incidence-avian-malaria - 2025-11-17

On 31 August, the new MECW project "ECO-Syria: Exploring Conflict-Environment Interactions for Sustainable Development and Conservation" was launched at CMES. The new research project will run from 2023 to 2026 within the Strategic Research Area "The Middle East in the Contemporary World" (MECW) at CMES. Over a decade has passed since the onset of the Syrian conflict, which continues to have dire

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/launch-new-mecw-project-eco-syria - 2025-11-17