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In March 2024, Sweden became NATO’s 32nd member state after a lengthy application process triggered by Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Joining the alliance comes at arguably the most turbulent time in European security since the end of the Cold War, with Russia scaling up its military industrial complex as it continues to advance in Ukraine, and European leaders starting to openly discuss the threat of war. Despite not yet being a member state, Stockholm has regularly contributed top-of-the line military equipment to Ukraine, including the Archer self-propelled howitze...

Identifying correlations between lens opacities, visual acuity and subjective visual function, and to validate self-reported cataract and cataract surgery

Adding capecitabine to a chemotherapy regimen that contained docetaxel, epirubicin, and cyclophosphamide prolonged the survival of patients with early breast cancer, according to long-term results from the Heikki Joensuu, MD, of Helsinki University Hospital, and colleagues looked at 15-year overall survival data from the trial, in which 1,500 patients with early breast cancer were randomized to one of two treatments:Three cycles of docetaxel plus capecitabine followed by three cycles of cyclophosphamide, epirubicin, and capecitabineThree cycles of docetaxel followed by three cycles of cyclopho...

The present study aims to investigate the association between educational qualification and early labor market exit among men and to examine the contribution of labor market marginalization measured across the working life on this association. A register-linked cohort study was conducted including men who completed military service in 1969/70 (born between 1949 and 1951) and were alive at age 55 and not disability pension beneficiaries (n = 40 761). Information on the highest level of educational qualification and the outcome of early exit (disability pension, sickness absence, une...

Information for British citizens moving to or living in Sweden, including guidance on residency, healthcare and working.