Gaining insight into the unequal burden of disease between ethnic groups People with a migration background are underrepresented in health research. As a result, we know little about their health. To gain insight into the unequal burden of disease between ethnic groups, 10 years ago Amsterdam UMC started the HELIUS study.
Alzheimer's double punishment: Women get it more and do more care giving "Women are both disproportionately affected by Alzheimer's Disease while also bearing the bulk of the caregiving burden," concludes Wiesje van der Flier, Scientific Director of the Alzheimer Center Amsterdam at Amsterdam UMC. For van der Flier, more research is necessary. Not only about how the disease develops biologically in males and females, but also how the gender of caregiving determines the care provided.
Dutch healthcare system isn't prepared for pregnant transgender men Transgender men can, and often wish to, become pregnant. However, they do need extra guidance and care providers often lack the necessary knowledge and skills. This research is now avaliable as a pre-print in Midwifery
Children born after induced labour score lower in school tests 12 years later Inducing labour, in a low-risk pregnancy, can have long-term consequences on the child's cognitive development. Research from the Amsterdam UMC shows this based on pregnancy data and school performance at age 12 of 226,684 Dutch children.
Depression cannot be diagnosed with an MRI scan Despite promising small-scale research, it turns out that it is not possible to diagnose depression on the basis of an MRI scan. Together with colleagues from around the world, researchers from Amsterdam UMC used artificial intelligence to look at scans of people with and without depression. Unfortunately, the data wasn't suitable to be used to diagnose depression.
Improving the Diagnosis of Dementia Today, ten organisations across the Netherlands join forces to improve the diagnosis of dementia, led by Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC.
ChatGPT is a game-changer for science But it's also become apparent that ChatGPT will have "huge implications on the way researchers work," writes Claudi Bockting, Professor of Clinical Psychology in Psychiatry at Amsterdam UMC co-director of the Centre for Urban Mental Health, in Nature.
Amsterdam UMC Cancer Center Amsterdam and the Netherlands Cancer Institute intensify their collaboration Netherlands Cancer Institute (AVL) and Amsterdam UMC Cancer Center Amsterdam signed a letter of intent on 3 February for more intensive collaboration. The cancer institutes will also launch joint cancer network with hospitals from across North Holland and Flevoland. “In this way, every patient in the region has access to the best highly complex oncological care,” said board members Jacqueline Stouthard (AVL) and Mark Kramer (Amsterdam UMC).
Hidden bacteria presents a substantial risk of antimicrobial resistant infection in hospital patients Carriers of a specific hidden bacteria have a 14% chance of developing an antibiotic resistant infection with 30 days of hospitalisation, according to researchers from Amsterdam UMC. Researchers studied patients who unknowingly carried the multi-resistant Gram-negative bacteria, a major cause of urinary tract infections and sepsis, and found that almost 1 in 7 developed an infection that very few antibiotics could treat.
"Measure, Measure, Measure” - Amsterdam Institute of Sport Science opens its doors "How fast is their start? What is their airtime? When do they jump? How long are they in the air?” this was the barrage of questions that hit Gregory Sedoc, former Olympian and European Champion over the 60m hurdles, when, in 2005, he first met his new coach, the German 'master maker’ Uli Knapp. Knapp wanted to know everything about Sedoc's rivals. Sedoc didn't even know these numbers about himself.
