“Cycling to Raise Awareness for FSHD: A Journey of Strength and Hope”

“Cycling to Raise Awareness for FSHD: A Journey of Strength and Hope”

Before his muscles stop working one by one, IJsselsteiner Sjoerd Terpstra cycles to Spain “for a while”. He tells it with a laugh, but unfortunately there is a grain of truth in it. Like his son Douwe, he has one of the most common hereditary muscle diseases. But hardly anyone who knows FSHD. Sjoerd wants … Read more

Dutch woman arrested for murder in Bonn after DNA match

Dutch woman arrested for murder in Bonn after DNA match

Politie.nl In association with RTV Utrecht NOS News•today, 08:59 A 34-year-old woman from the Utrecht area has been arrested in connection with the murder of a man in Germany more than five years ago. That reports RTV Utrecht. The murder was committed in the German city of Bonn in November 2017. The victim, a 42-year-old … Read more

Buurman DIY store deploys sexy handymen for new warehouse

Buurman DIY store deploys sexy handymen for new warehouse

Sunday, November 14, 2021, 3:24 PM – – – – UTRECHT – The Utrecht DIY store Buurman is doing everything in its power to finance the move to larger premises. They made a sexy DIY calendar. which was presented this afternoon. Inspiration came from the nude calendars that can often be found in garages and … Read more

Pregnant women with corona in intensive care more often after the emergence of the Delta variant

Pregnant women with corona in intensive care more often after the emergence of the Delta variant

Monday 18 October 2021, 12.57 pm – – – – UTRECHT – Relatively many pregnant women who contract the corona virus have ended up in intensive care in recent months. Although the number of hospital admissions was much lower in the summer and autumn months than during the spring, the pregnant women who ended up … Read more

Healthcare workers are on: ‘You just notice that people are really tired’

Healthcare workers are on: ‘You just notice that people are really tired’

Friday 17 September 2021, 19:49 – – – – PROVINCE OF UTRECHT – People who work in healthcare are walking on their gums, says the trade union FNV Zorg & Welzijn. Absenteeism is high and the app groups of the various departments are filled with questions every weekend to come and work. “You just notice … Read more

Utrecht children’s ICs are also full of babies with RS virus

Utrecht children’s ICs are also full of babies with RS virus

Wednesday 21 July 2021, 5.28 pm – – – – UTRECHT – The RS virus is causing full children’s ICUs and operations are being postponed because there are not enough ICU beds. The Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital (WKZ) in Utrecht is also noticing that the pressure is increasing. According to Louis Bont, the RS virus specialist … Read more

UMC Utrecht is investigating new drug against corona

UMC Utrecht is investigating new drug against corona

Friday 2 July 2021, 06.00 hrs – – – – UTRECHT – UMC Utrecht will conduct research into a new drug against corona. If it works properly, it could lead to faster recovery from the disease and prevent hospitalizations. The drug is called ensovibep. It is a protein that can block SARS-CoV-2. Previous international research … Read more

With the Princess Máxima Center backpack, patients can undergo treatment while playing

With the Princess Máxima Center backpack, patients can undergo treatment while playing

Tuesday 18 May 2021, 1.40 pm – – – – UTRECHT – The Princess Mxima Center in Utrecht is now giving young cancer patients a medicine pump that fits in a backpack. This allows the sick children to just play and go to school. These are patients with neuroblastoma, a rare form of cancer, who … Read more

Snow storm continues throughout the day, no train traffic until at least 10 am

Snow storm continues throughout the day, no train traffic until at least 10 am

Sunday 7 February 2021, 7.45 a.m. – – – – UTRECHT – Winter fun, but also nuisance. This is the result of the extreme winter weather we will have to deal with in the near future. Code red is in effect today and the advice is not to take the road. Follow the developments in … Read more