A quick throwback into EASD2024, held in Madrid in 9th-13th September: This year, EASD brought together a large and engaged audience of more than 12,000 people, with particular interest in Type 1 Diabetes. The event, designed to bridge the gap between scientific discoveries and public health, featured key presentations and discussions about the disease. HEDIMED…
Novel Technologies used in HEDIMED One of the main aims of the HEDIMED project is to investigate what is behind the epidemic of immune-related diseases, and there is a wide range of different exposures under research. Among other things, several infections have been associated with autoimmune diseases or the mechanisms behind them. For example, some…
The increasing incidence of type 1 diabetes has caused concern in the Western world during recent decades. Type 1 diabetes is an immune-mediated disease and genetics and environment, including diet, microbial infections and other factors, all are suspected to have a role in disease development. Exposure to these non-genetic environmental factors is called the exposome. In…
Research on environmental health is increasingly using satellite data. In addition to studying environmental and climatic changes on Earth, satellite observations have recently been used to track and forecast health consequences and disease outbreaks as well. Satellites broadcast information, for instance, on the level of urban development, air pollution, vegetation, and water quality. Geospatial data…
Many infectious diseases have dramatically decreased during the last 100 years in developed countries. Meanwhile, epidemiologic statistics indicate an increasing incidence in allergic disorders, like asthma, rhinitis and atopic dermatitis and autoimmune diseases such as type 1 diabetes, multiple sclerosis (MS) and celiac disease.1 As these diseases impact millions of people especially in Western nations,…