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New digital contraceptive methods, such as apps or wearables to determine fertile days, are gaining in popularity. University of Amsterdam medical anthropologist Ellen Algera and her colleagues have investigated whether and ...
Jan 29, 2024
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Newborn babies can perceive the beat in music, new research has confirmed. The study, carried out by a team of scientists from the University of Amsterdam and the HUN-REN Research Center for Natural Sciences (TTK) in Hungary, ...
Nov 27, 2023
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What changes in the brains of people who commit or think about committing suicide? Ph.D. candidate Lin Zhang investigated at a molecular level the processes that take place in the human brain during suicide. The hope is that ...
Oct 19, 2023
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Periods of collective stress, such as a pandemic or climate crisis, have a major impact on our psychological well-being. What role do emotions play in helping us cope during tough times? In a worldwide study by sixty-two ...
Sep 20, 2023
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After treatment for breast cancer, most women suffer side effects such as fatigue, not feeling physically fit and cognitive issues. This can often last for years after treatment. Neuroscientist Emmie Koevoets investigated ...
Jun 20, 2023
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Chemotherapy has been the most effective treatment to date for young and fit patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). The disease is the most common form of leukemia in the Western world, causing a substantial health ...
May 10, 2023
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Those with post-viral fatigue after suffering from COVID-19 benefit from cognitive behavioral therapy, resulting in less fatigue and concentration problems. Lead researcher, Hans Knoop, Professor of Medical Psychology at ...
May 8, 2023
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All prominent migrant groups in the Netherlands are suffering more from long-COVID than the native Dutch population, research from Amsterdam UMC has found. The study, published today, in The Lancet Regional Health—Europe, ...
Apr 7, 2023
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The use of time-lapse monitoring in IVF does not result in more pregnancies or shorten the time it takes to get pregnant. This new method, which promises to "identify the most viable embryos," is more expensive than the classic ...
Mar 30, 2023
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More than 30% of women who give birth by cesarean section suffer from long-term symptoms, such as abdominal pain, blood loss or fertility problems. These symptoms are caused by an abnormal uterine scar. This condition is ...
Mar 29, 2023
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