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...
Symposium and inaugural lecture 'Guidelines for Personalised Care: Contradiction or Paradox?’ (inaugural lecture Jako Burgers).
Maastricht UMC+ is to start an extensive research project on the treatment and prevention of arthrosis (MUMC+ news).
De drie studententeams van de master Health Food Innovation Management (Campus Venlo) die een aantal weken geleden de voorrondes al domineerden, hebben de eerste, tweede én derde plaats in de wacht gesleept in de halve finale van de Ecotrophelia voedingswedstrijd.
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).
Certain types of chemotherapy cause a greater degree of nerve damage than was previously thought (PhD conferral Tonneke Beijers).
Pioneering research could prevent lymphoedema (PhD Maarten Beek).
A new detection technique – injecting tracers into ovarian ligaments – helps to carry out a sentinel lymph node procedure in ovarian cancer. This leads to greater accuracy in detecting lymph node metastases and also leads to fewer side effects for patients.
Researchers at the Alzheimer's Centre Limburg, Maastricht University, and Maastricht UMC+ developed an online tool for caregivers (mumc+ news).
