'The patient as a partner, the patient as a co-producer in healthcare, the patient as a decision maker: self-management and ownership are common terms in healthcare policy. Many people are simply incapable of managing their own health in a proactive way.
The ‘Maastricht Study’, launched in 2010, reveals that the number of people in the preliminary phase of diabetes is much higher than initially thought: roughly a million people in the Netherlands alone.
Cinderella Therapeutics Foundation and Maastricht University's User Research Center (URC) jointly developed so-called tapering strips to slowly and safely taper off drug doses. Some health insurers, however, are refusing to cover the cost of these strips in their basic health insurance policies.
Tuna de Maastricht serenaded residents of the nursing home Zeven Bronnen today on behalf of Maastricht University, which is celebrating its 2016 anniversary year.
The development of the Tapijnkazerne grounds is in full swing. Recently the new draft design was presented in a third dialogue session with interested parties.
The local news portal L1 discusses Education That Moves You in an episode of the series 'Avondgasten'.
As of 1 May 2016, Dr Chris Arts has been appointed Associate Professor Translational biomaterials research.
On 29 April 2016 Hanneke Beerens defended her PhD thesis titled ‘Adding life to years; quality of life of people with dementia receiving long-term care’ and was awarded the distinction cum laude.
One in three addicts suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). To ensure that addicts reap lasting treatment benefits, it's often necessary to treat them for underlying traumas as well...
One in three addicts suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). To ensure that addicts reap lasting treatment benefits, it's often necessary to treat them for underlying traumas as well, according to a doctoral research study conducted by psychologist Nele Gielen who obtained her PhD from...