UM is the first organisation in the Netherlands to investigate whether a financial reward will motivate smokers to quit. The researchers wanted to investigate the positive effects of rewarding employees with a gift voucher if they successfully quit smoking.
Yvonne Henskens, hoogleraar Klinische Chemie, heeft voor dit gesprek haar belangrijkste kookboeken op tafel gelegd en nog even snel een vijgencakeje gebakken, met eieren van eigen kippen. “Het liefste maak ik alles zelf: brood, kaas, mayonaise. Ik wil weten hoe het werkt, daarin blijf ik een...
Hoe kan het SARS-CoV-2 virus zich vermenigvuldigen in je longen? Deze moleculaire animatie laat zien hoe één coronavirus een longcel infecteert en de cel omzet in een virusfabriek. Uiteindelijk sterft de cel en komt er een golf nieuwe virusdeeltjes vrij, klaar om de volgende cellen te infecteren.
For the first time, there is scientific evidence that a personalised diet based on a person's metabolic profile leads to better health. This is an important step towards more effective nutritional interventions aimed at improving health and preventing chronic diseases.
At what time of day is the best time to exercise? Scientists Patrick Schrauwen and Mathijs Hesselink are trying to find out through research.
Researchers Professor Pietro Ghezzi of the Brighton and Sussex Medical School and Professor Harald Schmidt of Maastricht University urge caution in the use of antioxidants...
Antibiotics stimulate children's growth, both in height and weight. These findings from a study done at Maastricht University are published in The Journal of Pediatrics today.
Last Wednesday Health Sciences student Nousjka Vranken won an audience award for the presentation she gave about her bachelor's research during the Student Research Conference in Nijmegen.
On 1 November, Maastricht University has appointed Dr Fiona Godlee, editor in chief of The BMJ (formerly the British Medical Journal), as honorary professor on behalf of national research school CaRe (Netherlands School for Primary Care Research).
Patients with metastatic breast cancer have a better life expectancy if they are treated with hormone therapy (MUMC+ news).