Major subsidy for ‘Moving without Pain’ project
Maastricht UMC+ is to start an extensive research project on the treatment and prevention of arthrosis (MUMC+ news).

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).
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...