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Preeclampsia could be reduced by more than a quarter if obstetricians and gynaecologists were to advise all pregnant women to take a calcium supplement during pregnancy.
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Rector Magnificus Luc Soete of Maastricht University, was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Sussex.
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Charlotte A Campo’s LLB thesis was awarded by the Board of the Stichting Wetenschapsbeoefening UM as last year’s best bachelor thesis of the European Law School.
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Jan Smits wrote an editorial for the Zeitschrift für Europäisches Privatrecht 2016 (pp. 319-324) on New European Proposals for Distance Sales and Digital Contents Contracts: Fit for Purpose?
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Using a wound swab (similar to a cotton swab) to determine whether a chronic wound has become infected is a waste of both time and money. This was the conclusion drawn by geriatric specialist Armand Rondas in his dissertation for which he hopes to obtain his doctoral degree on 22 January at Maastricht University.
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On Sunday, 17 January 2016, MCEL member dr. Anniek de Ruijter was a guest in ‘Buitenhof', a Dutch national television programme to speak with Yasmine Allas about the debate after the terrible sexual violence that took place in Keulen. The Programme is in Dutch.
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Researchers at Maastricht University's R&D Group VitaK and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA) discovered two new mutations in the enzyme GGCX, which activates coagulation factors in the blood.
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Dr Hylke Dijkstra has been appointed as the new editor-in-chief of the international peer-reviewed journal Contemporary Security Policy published by Taylor and Francis.
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Scientists from Maastricht University (UM) have investigated a possible link between stress in fat cells and the probability of regaining weight after weight loss (the yo-yo effect).
