Amateur soccer players show acute elevations in blood biomarkers of neural damage after heading the ballFootball players who head the ball during an amateur soccer match show elevated levels of blood biomarkers associated with neural damage immediately after the game, potentially indicating acute brain injury. The more frequently a player heads the ball and the harder the impact, the more pronounced these temporary changes become. Blood levels return to normal within 24 to 48 hours. This is according to research by neuroscientists Marloes Hoppen, Marsh Königs, Jort Vijverberg, and colleagues at Amsterdam UMC in collaboration with the Royal Dutch Football Association.
‘Discontinuation Of Therapy in Multiple Sclerosis’ selected as JAMA Editor’s Choice: Clinical Trial of 2025The study Discontinuation of First-Line Disease-Modifying Therapy in Patients With Stable Multiple Sclerosis has been selected by the Editor of JAMA Neurology as an Editor’s Choice: Clinical Trials of 2025. This is a special honor for principal investigator and neurologist Eva Strijbis, PhD candidates Wing Hee Fung and Eline Coerver, and the rest of the research team at the MS Center Amsterdam.
Phase 3 trial shows a reduction in recurrent ischemic strokeResearchers at Amsterdam UMC, in collaboration with colleagues worldwide, have shown in a phase 3 clinical trial that a new blood-thinning medication, asundexian, reduces the risk of a new stroke by approximately 25%. Importantly, the drug did not cause an increase in severe bleeding, which is a known side effect of potent blood thinners.
