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LUMC first hospital with AI admissions predictor for Acute Admissions Unit04 March 2024High demand at emergency departments is not a reliable indicator of the number of patients that will be sent to the Acute Admissions Unit. The LUMC ha...
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Vici grants for seven researchers from Leiden University29 February 2024From research on stellar winds to sign language: an impressive seven researchers from Leiden University will receive a prestigious Vici grant from the...
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Headache e-diary aimed at more personalised help for patients and physicians20 February 2024Funded by a ZonMw grant, the LUMC and the Health Campus The Hague will be working with headache patients on research into the use of an electronic hea...
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No higher risk of miscarriage after COVID-1915 February 2024LUMC research has shown that women who previously had a miscarriage due to COVID-19 are not at increased risk of having another miscarriage or a still...
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'When a deaf child suddenly hears and learns to talk, this also has a huge impact on the people around them.'15 February 2024More than 800,000 people in the Netherlands are hard of hearing. They suffer so much from hearing loss that it limits their daily lives. Professor Joh...
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Alumnus Charlotte Poot developed a hospital app for children14 February 2024Charlotte Poot (31) is co-founder and chair of Hospital Hero, an app that prepares children for a hospital visit. She studied and obtained her PhD at ...
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Helping people live healthier lives? A game may be the answer07 February 2024The LUMC, Leiden University and The Hague University of Applied Sciences want to help health professionals support behaviour change in the population....
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'We aim to continue innovating technologically, but in a relevant manner'30 January 2024Within the field of medical science, there is significant interest in tissue and organ repair using biomaterials, notably in orthopedics and liver- an...
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'We are going to make the world's best eye radiation line'25 January 2024Annually, approximately 60.000 people in the Netherlands undergo radiation therapy for cancer, with proton therapy being a specialized treatment metho...
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Drugs for our immune system in the right place at the right time24 January 2024Immunologist Leender Trouw specialises in the complement system, which is part of the immune system. In some diseases drugs help activate or inhibit t...
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Better treatment of systemic autoimmune diseases requires close collaboration18 January 2024Exceptional collaboration between physicians is needed to better understand and treat autoimmune diseases that cause inflammation in various organ sys...
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Transdisciplinary health improvement in The Hague: ‘Neighbourhoods tell us what they need’15 January 2024Health conditions and social problems often go hand in hand. To address this complex issue in families in The Hague, researchers, managers, support se...
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Supercomputer ALICE is even more powerful, and that is good news for many disciplines03 January 2024Supercomputer ALICE has been expanded, making it even more powerful and faster. This means researchers and students can work with heavier models. From...
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Faster diagnosis for rheumatoid arthritis patients may prevent chronic disease21 December 2023Professor of Rheumatology Annette van der Helm's research focuses on the earliest possible detection of rheumatoid arthritis to prevent symptoms from ...
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These were Leiden University’s interdisciplinary milestones of 202319 December 2023Connecting worlds, enhancing research and teaching, and providing innovative solutions to complex social issues: that is the idea behind interdiscipli...