Spotlight on
What kind of research is conducted within different medical areas, and what do the scientists say about it? Here we highlight various issues in popular science themes. Most of the interviews and feature articles have previously been published in our popular science magazine Medicinsk Vetenskap (eng. Medical Science), but some of the material presented comes from our social media or KI News.
ADHD and autism
AI in medicine and health
Air pollution — the dirt we breathe
Alcohol dependence
Alzheimer's disease
ALS – amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Antibiotic resistance – the silent pandemic
Autoimmunity
Back pain
Bacteria – our friends
Breast cancer
Cardiac arrest
Caries
Cell death
Childhood cancer
Chronic pain
Conditions of science
COVID-19 – the new corona disease
Diabetes
Eating disorders
Foods allergy
Food and health
Forensic psychiatric care
Healthy ageing
Health inequities
High blood pressure
Infertility
The liver – long live
Lung cancer
Multiple sclerosis – MS
Nicotine in a new guise
NK cells
Obsessive-compulsive disorder – OCD
Organ donation
Overweight and obesity
Palliative care
Parenthood
Parkinson's disease
Participating in research
Precision medicine
Premature birth
Prostate cancer
Proteins
Radiotherapy
Rare diseases
Refugee Health
Relationships, identity and sexuality
Our senses
Sepsis - The hidden killer
Sex and gender differences in health
Sleep
Suicide prevention
Sustainable development and health
Treatment for depression
Tuberculosis
Vaccine research
Women's health
Working life
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The magazine Medical Science
The magazine Medical Science (Medicinsk Vetenskap) is published by Karolinska Institutet and targets the general public interested in medical science.
Photo: Erik CronbergInauguration of professors 2022
On Thursday 13 October 2022, 21 new professors of Karolinska Institutet will be inaugurated in solemn forms in Aula Medica. In addition, we give our new adjunct professors a warm welcome and celebrate a number of recipients of academic awards. Read more about our new professors and their research!
Photo: Mattias Ahlm,Martin StenmarkInterviews and portraits – meet some of our researchers
Read about researchers, teachers and doctoral students at KI. Most of the interviews have previously been published in our magazine Medical Science or online at KI News.