News on Stockholm

Chemotherapy appears safe in pregnancy: study

2011-09-27T09:00:17Z

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Treating pregnant cancer patients with powerful chemotherapy drugs appears not to harm their unborn children, but pre-term delivery to avoid subjecting them to chemotherapy does, according to a study by cancer experts on Tuesday.

Scientists who studied the health and mental development of children born to mothers treated...

Chemotherapy appears safe in pregnancy, study finds

2011-09-26T15:30:17Z

Scientists who studied the health and mental development of children born to mothers treated...

Higher chance of twins after IVF for taller women: study

2011-07-04T17:30:23Z

Taller women who become pregnant after receiving two embryos through in-vitro fertilisation have more chance of giving birth to twins, a Dutch study presented Monday found.

According to Marieke Lambers of the VUMC, Gynaecology Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine in Amsterdam and her team, it is the first time that a link has been found between the height of the mother and the probability of multiple births...

Half of ADHD cases linked to social factors: study

2010-06-02T14:16:09Z

Nearly half of serious cases of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children are closely tied to social factors such as single parenting and poor maternal education, reports a new study.

Genes can play an key role in the development of so-called ADHD, whose signature symptoms include poor concentration, hyperactivity and impulsive behaviour.

Studies of identical twins separated at or near birth show that if one sibling is affected, there is a better-than-average chanc...

When Does Consciousness Arise in Human Babies?

2010-10-22T08:03:01Z

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SWEDEN TERROR ARRESTS

2010-12-30T09:30:48Z

Tunisian-born Zahbi Zalouti, left, who was arrested in Stockholm on Thursday Dec. 30, 2010 is seen with two court officers during a court hearing in Stockholm . The 37-year old man is suspected of planning a terror attack in Copenhagen together with three other men. (AP Photo/Fredrik Sandberg)

STOCKHOLM BOMB AFTERMATH

2010-12-21T07:02:15Z

Swedish police officers patrol at the Central railway station in Stockholm on Tuesday Dec. 14, 2010. Security measures are visible in public areas following the suicide bomb attack on a main shopping street last weekend in Stockholm, Sweden. (AP Photo/ Pontus Lundah) SWEDEN OUT

Sweden Terror

2010-12-17T10:32:38Z

Imam Ben Mahmoud Rammeh speaks to condemn last week's suicide bombing during Friday prayers at the Stockholm mosque Friday Dec. 17, 2010, saying that "a true Muslim has nothing to do with a terror act". Iraqi-born Taimour Abdulwahab killed himself and injured two people in what police say was a botched ...

Stockholm suicide bombing

2010-12-14T07:01:39Z

Mounted police officers check a bag in Stockholm Monday Dec. 13, 2010 security has been stepped up in the Swedish capital after Saturdays suicide bomb attack.(AP Photo/ Fredrik Sandberg) SWEDEN OUT

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Britain Sweden Terror

2010-12-14T07:01:39Z

A Muslim man talks in front of a television camera as police officers stand guard outside the house which was searched by British police in Luton, England, Monday, Dec. 13, 2010. A Swedish prosecutor says police are "98 percent" certain the Stockholm suicide bomber is 28-year-old Taimour Abdulwahab who is a Swedish citizen but also lived several years in