News
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More than a quarter of people survive cardiac arrest when civilian emergency care providers are mobilised within six minutes via a text message (MUMC+ News).
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There's a good chance that African cyclists will soon dominate the Tour de France. The success of Eritrean cyclist Daniel Teklehaimanot in the 2015 Tour may be considered a harbinger of things to come. Researchers at Maastricht University recently published an article in the British Journal of Sports Medicine with their assessment of four cyclists in Team Rwanada.
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The insulin sensitivity of patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is just as poor as that of patients with type 2 diabetes. Exercise, however, can help the patients to improve their insulin sensitivity, reduce the amount of fat in the liver and, effectively, pre-empt the development of type 2 diabetes. (Promotion Bram Brouwers).
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New technology provides potential to spur new connections and foster new collaborations.
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The wholesale removal of armpit lymph nodes (axillary lymph node dissection) in women with recurring breast cancer turns out to be unnecessary in many cases (MUMC+ news).
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Who may compete for a country at the Olympics?
While the qualification rounds for the Rio Olympics received huge media attention, the underlying question regarding which country an athlete may compete for only makes headlines when prominent athletes change their country of representation.
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The 500th European Research Council (ERC) grant in the Netherlands has been awarded on June 16th to Valentina Mazzucato, Professor of Globalization and Development from Maastricht University.
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PhD candidate's discovery may be a step in the struggle against overweight and obesity (MUMC+ News).
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Medical and social challenges faced by adolescents and young adults with chronic epilepsy during the transition from childhood to adulthood (PhD thesis Rianne Geerlings, news Kempenhaege).
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Foundation for the future: epilepsy education (inaugural lecture Marian Majoie, press release Kempenhaeghe)