Adults who were abused or mistreated as a child and consequently suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can benefit greatly from cognitive behavioral therapy. This is the conclusion of a study of 149 patients. ...
Jan 12, 2022
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Researchers at the Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC) have managed to culture human heart muscle cells on a massive scale. This is an exceptional achievement because it is very difficult to replicate heart muscle cells ...
Jan 7, 2022
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Can we improve the living environment of people with dementia with software and smartwatches? For two years, Daniela Gawehns did research in a care facility for people with dementia as part of the project "Dementia back in ...
Nov 30, 2021
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Researchers from the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) are working on the first diagnostic test for leprosy that can be used outside a laboratory. This will not only reliably diagnose leprosy, but also be cheap and ...
Nov 30, 2021
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Autistic children have indeed potential: most of their emotional abilities improve with age, concludes Postdoc researcher Boya Li in her second Ph.D. thesis on the emotional development of autistic children.
Nov 10, 2021
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We know we should do it, and we often want to, but… Why is it so hard to live a healthier life? Professor of Behavioral Interventions in Population Health Marieke Adriaanse explains.
Oct 26, 2021
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The use of the pill, in combination with genetic factors, can influence experimental psychological research in women. More research is needed into the influence of the pill on mood disorders, concludes psychologist Daniëlle ...
Sep 28, 2021
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Research by Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), The Hague University of Applied Sciences and Erasmus University Rotterdam shows that about 15 percent of Dutch people do not want to be vaccinated. If better use were made ...
Sep 16, 2021
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What dose of medicine do you give a child? That depends to a large extent on how quickly their kidneys remove the drug from the blood. For ethical reasons it is impossible to measure this directly in little patients. Ph.D. ...
Aug 9, 2021
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Extremely painful chronic cluster headaches—sometimes referred to as 'suicide headaches' – can be prevented by stimulating the occipital nerve in the back of the head, according to research conducted by Professor Emeritus ...
Jun 21, 2021
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