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  • How to make you stand up: the sit-stand desk

    A growing body of research indicates that prolonged sitting is linked to health risks and depression, underscoring the importance of encouraging more standing.
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  • The University Sports Centre way of studying

    Last month the University Library opened its brand new learning spaces in the University Sports Centre. With the opening of the new sports centre, a multifunctional location was introduced that does not only support a healthy way of living but also a healthy way of studying!
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  • Yo-yo effect not bigger after crash diet

    Overweight people who lose a lot a weight in a short amount of time are no more likely to gain weight after dieting than people who lose weight more slowly.
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  • Intensive care for pneumonia patients needs improving

    The treatment options available to ventilated patients in Dutch intensive care units needs improving. This was the conclusion drawn by intensive care physician Jan Scholte in his dissertation for which he hopes to obtain his doctoral degree on 28 January at Maastricht University.
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  • Presentation of Tapijn draft design

    The draft design for the Tapijn area will be presented to Maastricht residents on Monday 1 February (starting at 19.30 in Brasserie Tapijn).
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  • ITEM starts EMR study: cross border job mediation

    Up until now, there was no clear overview of the comparability of processes involved in considering to take up a position across the national border in a neighboring country nor is there an comparable overview of annual volumes of workers who were successfully placed across the border.
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    Martin Unfried and Björn Koopmans