News
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Damage to small blood vessels in prediabetes (mumc+ news).
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Children of parents with a mental illness or substance abuse problems (abbreviated as COPMI and COSAP, respectively) have a high risk (50–66%) of developing the same problems. This has an impact on their health, wellbeing, social network and overall functioning.
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People with impaired kidney function have a higher risk of developing memory problems and even dementia, according to an analytic study by researchers Kay Deckers and Sebastian Köhler. Both researchers work at Maastricht University's Alzheimer Centre Limburg (ACL).
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Walking, strolling and standing more during the day is better for sugar regulation in diabetics than an hour of high-intensity exercise.
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People who travel to distant destinations often import multidrug-resistant intestinal bacteria known as ESBL-producing bacteria, which are resistant to common antibiotics.
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Serious gaming can help prevent obesity in children and young adults (MUMC+ news).
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Matthijs Cluitmans, PhD researcher and a doctor at the Hart + Vaat Centrum at Maastricht UMC+, successfully created a three-dimensional image of a patient's beating heart using non-invasive electrocardiographic imaging (ECGI)
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Paradoxical discovery in chronic pain research (MUMC+ news)
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Scientists at Maastricht University/Maastricht UMC+ have discovered that the human muscle metabolism follows a day-night rhythm.
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– How can child healthcare professionals help prevent young children (0-4 years) from becoming overweight? Which problems do they encounter in this field and how can they improve healthcare? These were the key questions examined in the PhD research carried out by Eveliene Dera-de Bie at Maastricht...