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"It turned out that DHEA, a hormone that normally declines with age, did not go down in the group that received treatment," adds Bengt Arnetz.

PQL, which was developed with research funding from Alecta, is in use as of this year as a health-promoting tool at the university, based on a decision by the university president. The PQL tool is available for free on the Internet, and it is also available in English. It is also sold to companies.

The contest "eHealth Awards" is organized by the EU Commission, and the winners were chosen in Ireland recently as part of a conference titled "Empowering the Citizens through Tools and Services." The aim of the competition is to promote good models in EU countries, as well as future members and EFTA countries. It represents an exchange of experience in fulfillment of the Lisbon objectives of making Europe the most competitive knowledge-based economy in the world by 2010.

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Contact: Anneli Waara
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Swedish Research Council
26-May-2004