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Heart failure, kidney failure and worn intervertebral discs – these are problems that in the future the body will have to be able to remedy itself.

According to Sander Streng, a researcher at Maastricht University, the hospital test used to determine whether someone has had a heart attack needs improving. His research focuses primarily on the protein troponin T and the hospital test aims to determine the concentration of this substance in the...

Less invasive operation, maximum vertebral growth, and no stray metal particles (MUMC+ news).

In a recent article published in the prestigious Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Gijs van Dijck, professor of Private Law at Maastricht University, examined whether court-ordered apologies serve a purpose.

The influence of prebiotics on overweight people (MUMC+ press release).

Presentation Maastricht Centre for the Innovation of Classical Music (MCICM) on April 19th 2017.

Maastricht UMC+ is to start an extensive research project on the treatment and prevention of arthrosis (MUMC+ news).  

There is no academic evidence to support the claim that an increase in elderly care workers contributes to higher-quality care. Furthermore, there are too few vocational nurses in nursing homes to objectively determine the impact on the quality of care. These were the results of a dissertation by...

Recent results of a study conducted by researchers at Maastricht University provided no scientific evidence to support the general assumption that sugar is addictive and leads to weight gain.

Adipose tissue in the body may increase the likelihood of gaining weight after weight loss. The cells of the immune system, also known as white blood cells, play an important role as well.