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            <title><![CDATA[More Children Than Expected Linked to Serious Gang-Related Crimes in Sweden, Survey Finds]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The number of children and young people involved in serious crimes linked to organized crime is significantly higher than expected, according to a new survey by the National Board of Health and Welfare, Sveriges Radio’s Ekot reports.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 04:31:54 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[New genetic test could identify one in five people at increased risk of heart attack]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[One in five people has an inherently increased risk of having a heart attack. A new genetic test may identify who is in that group.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 06:01:20 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sweden Expands Tailored Support to Help Keep Young People Out of Crime]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Following a successful start, a further 29 municipalities will receive tailored expert support to help prevent children and young people from becoming involved in crime. Håbo municipality in Uppland was one of the pilot municipalities, and its social services are seeing concrete results.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 04:05:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[More Advanced Healthcare Is Driving Costs Beyond Inflation and Population Growth, Swedish Report Finds]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Rising healthcare costs cannot be explained solely by inflation and population growth. More advanced and expensive care is also a factor, according to a new report.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 04:30:21 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sweden plans emergency hospitals in three areas most at risk of wartime healthcare needs]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Three areas of Sweden have been identified as likely to face the greatest healthcare needs in the event of a war. Work is now underway to plan emergency hospitals.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:16:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Heart failure deaths have fallen sharply in Sweden, new figures show]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The number of deaths from heart failure has fallen sharply. Deaths per year are about 340 fewer than in the early 2000s, according to new calculations from the Swedish Heart and Lung Foundation.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:02:05 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[New method could add 80 organ donors a year in Sweden]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Would you consider donating your organs after you die? For many, it's a difficult question to answer - and perhaps that's why so few people in Sweden register in the donation register. But healthcare is already allowed to use organs from people who have not registered in the donation register.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 15:29:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Queuing initiative has left more urgent patients waiting, SVT reports]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The government's billion-krona subsidy to shorten waiting times for cataract, hip replacement and prolapse surgeries has meant that patients with greater medical needs have had to wait, SVT reports.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 04:59:50 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[New hospital method could bring 80 more organ donors a year]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Would you consider donating your organs after you die? For many, it's a difficult question to answer - and perhaps that's why so few in Sweden register as donors. But healthcare is already allowed to use organs from people who have not registered in the donation register.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 13:38:53 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[New working method could add 80 organ donors a year in Sweden]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Would you consider donating your organs after you die? For many, it’s a difficult question to answer - and perhaps that’s why so few in Sweden register as donors. But healthcare is already allowed to use organs from people who have not registered in the donation register.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 13:08:34 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Government orders stronger maternal and child health care after safety gaps found by Ivo]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Patient safety in maternal healthcare, childbirth care and aftercare must be strengthened - based on deficiencies identified by the Swedish Health and Social Care Inspectorate (Ivo).]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 14:38:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[New website will make it easier to find estrogen medicines in Sweden]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[In an effort to reduce the shortage of medicines for menopausal symptoms, it will be easier to see which products are available, including outside Sweden. It should not be up to each individual woman to hunt for medicines on the market, says Minister for Social Affairs Jakob Forssmed (KD).]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:07:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Six in 10 students with neuropsychiatric diagnoses fail to finish upper secondary school]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Six out of ten people with a neuropsychiatric disability diagnosis did not complete upper secondary school. A follow-up of everyone born in 2000 shows major differences compared with those without such a diagnosis.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 08:19:32 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Swedish AI outperforms doctors in spotting heart attack risk on X-rays]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A new Swedish AI model has been shown to be better than human expertise at interpreting X-ray images and thus identifying people at risk of suffering a heart attack. For patients, this can be very important in understanding their future risk and how best to prevent a heart attack, says Johan Malmqvist, cardiologist and researcher at Karolinska Institutet.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 05:57:20 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sweden to launch new health programme for children and young people up to age 20]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Children and young people should be followed continuously through a health programme up to the age of 20. Today, the last visit to the child health centre is at the age of five, after that it becomes more fragmented, more random and more up to the parents, says Minister for Social Affairs Jakob Forssmed (KD).]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 07:24:21 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Center Party proposes investigation board after every child killed]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Every time a child is killed, the National Board of Health and Welfare should appoint a disaster investigation commission, proposes Center Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist, reports Göteborgs-Posten.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 13:52:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Severe sperm donor shortage across Sweden, waiting times grow long]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[There is a severe shortage of sperm donors across the country and waiting times are long. This is shown by a review by TT. Recruitment is underway via social media and we are seeing a small boost from that, says doctor Sara Malchau Lauesgaard at Sahlgrenska Hospital in Gothenburg.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 03:50:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Stroke deaths in Sweden have more than halved this century, new figures show]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Stroke mortality has more than halved in Sweden during the 21st century. “We are seeing fantastic progress in preventive work,” says Kristina Sparreljung, Secretary General of the Swedish Heart and Lung Foundation.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 19:25:19 GMT</pubDate>
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