News

The first patients were treated with a new technique for complex arrhythmias this week by the Hart+Vaat Centrum at Maastricht UMC+ (MUMC + news).

At the end of December, the book The Maastricht Experiment - On the challenges faced by a young university 1976 – 2016 will be published on the occasion of Maastricht University’s 40th anniversary.

Damage to small blood vessels in prediabetes (mumc+ news).

Certain types of chemotherapy cause a greater degree of nerve damage than was previously thought (PhD conferral Tonneke Beijers).

The selective withdrawal of red blood cells as a treatment for haemochromatosis (iron overload) is an effective and patient-friendly alternative to phlebotomy (bloodletting) (PhD conferral Eva Rombout).

Patients with metastatic breast cancer have a better life expectancy if they are treated with hormone therapy (MUMC+ news).

VitaK Innovation develops new medical diagnostics device TransCare (Brightlands news).

Long-term improvement for the majority of participating children with overweight or obesity (MUMC+ News).

UM is developing an innovative learning environment in the field of biobased materials on the Brightlands Chemelot Campus in Sittard-Geleen.

Possible alternative for endoscopy to control Crohn's disease (MUMC+ news)