Amsterdam UMC

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Ambulance
Health
Hospitals test home-based treatment to avoid painful transport for elderly patients
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Teen Boy Heading Football Silhouetted
HealthSports
Heading in football linked to temporary brain injury markers, Amsterdam UMC study finds
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Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre
HealthTechScienceInnovation
Radboudumc gives first-ever experimental T-cell therapy to pancreatic cancer patient
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Button batteries
Health
Dutch emergency rooms treat at least 38 kids per year who swallowed a battery
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Two disposable vapes on a blue background
HealthBusiness
Many teenagers still buying vapes at Dutch stores despite ban
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Back view of children in a primary school classroom raising their hands to answer the teacher's question
HealthBusiness
Some 200,000 children in poverty in the Netherlands; Thousands can’t afford eyeglasses
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An Amsterdam UMC neurosurgeon using HoloScene mixed reality glasses to project a hologram of the brain onto a patient's head during brain surgery, January 2027
HealthTechInnovation
World first: Amsterdam UMC surgeon performs brain surgery using "mixed reality" hologram
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Photo of an injection
Crime
Dutch Forensic Institute tracks morphine in bodies to aid murder investigations
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Doctor discussing a patient's heart rhythm with the use of a smart watch.
HealthTech
Heart rhythm problems detected four times more often with smartwatches
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Amsterdam UMC
Health
Children from low-income family more likley to have severe asthma
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Cropped view of a woman building a puzzle shaped like a head
Health
Number of people with Parkinson's in Netherlands increased 30% in 10 years
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The red AIDS awareness ribbon with a positive HIV blood test on a red background
Health
Number of new HIV infections in Netherlands hasn't declined in five years
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Alcoholic drinks
HealthBusiness
Alcohol sector says it wants healthier Netherlands, but obstructing laws to achieve it
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Measuring chest with tape.
HealthBusinessTechScienceInnovation
Progesterone can boost breast growth in transgender women, study finds
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A child walks throuhg rubble in Gaza on her way to get food, 25 August 2024
Politics
Amsterdam requests government to accept sick and injured children from Gaza
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Runner in position.
HealthTechScienceSports
Study finds female elite athletes’ hearts adapt differently to training than males’
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Long Covid
Health
Muscles of long Covid patients respond differently to inactivity than healthy people
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Scientists at work
Health
Amsterdam UMC researchers develop test that can detect bacterial meningitis rapidly
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Artificial Intelligence
HealthTech
AI can find lung cancer months earlier using general practitioner data: study
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Amsterdam UMC
HealthTechScienceCultureLifestyleFood
Migration alters gut microbiome, raising cardiovascular risk, study finds
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HPV virus
Health
Most young women with cervical cancer not vaccinated against HPV
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Stock image of a "Dutch" stethoscope
Health
Different medicine cocktail can mean fewer blood tests for rare stroke patients
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Ronald Plasterk speaking at a press conference after his first appointment to lead Cabinet formation talks after the General Election. 28 November 2023
HealthCrimePolitics
Amsterdam UMC takes Ronald Plasterk to court for patent fraud
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Amsterdam UMC
HealthTech
Amsterdam UMC uses new treatment for Parkinson’s disease for the first time on a patient