In acute heart failure, the heart pumps less well and fluid is retained. Every year there are more than 30,000 hospital admissions in the Netherlands. ‘These patients are often seriously ill when they end up in hospital and the only type of treatment is diuretic medication (medication that causes the patient to lose excess fluid, … Read more
The GGD again calls on young people between the ages of 19 and 26 to get vaccinated against the human papillomavirus (HPV). That virus can cause all kinds of cancer. According to the GGD, the turnout is not yet that high, but it is important that the first of the two injections is obtained before … Read more
Photo: Public Domain Researchers at the UMCG have mapped the human immune system for the first time. They did this by determining antibodies in the blood on a large scale in healthy people and people with chronic intestinal inflammation. The variation of antibodies in the body appears to be different for each person and provides … Read more
News hour NOS News•today, 06:35 Sander Zurhake health care editor Sander Zurhake health care editor Scientists in the Netherlands warn that the few studies into lung covid could come to a standstill or be delayed. Funding for researchers’ salaries is not properly arranged. That is why researchers with rare knowledge about lung covid sometimes switch … Read more
Why from four to two pediatric heart centersEvery year, about 1,400 complex operations are performed on children and adults with a congenital heart defect. In about two hundred cases, it concerns newborn babies. According to the standards, that number is too low to keep the surgeons’ knowledge and experience in order. There are also fewer … Read more
Researcher Beldhuis will investigate how well heart failure medicines work in patients who also have or develop poor kidney function. Half of people with heart failure also have kidney problems. Because many medicines for heart failure put an extra burden on the kidneys, the doctor often chooses to stop or never even start the treatment … Read more
‘No, I think that would really mean giving too many people antibiotics. This in turn has the disadvantage that these bacteria become resistant to it. These are really patients who have a completely different clinical picture than at the GP. No cold or flu. They become so ill within a day that they vomit violently, … Read more