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March 27, 2023 Half of GPs trained in Spain willing to return if working conditions improve In the last decade, it's estimated that more than 4000 doctors have left Spain to work abroad, and this is causing a massive strain on the health system. Research from Amsterdam UMC has examined the reasons and how to improve rentention.

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March 24, 2023 MRI turns on the light: innovative treatment promises a more efficient future for heart interventions Amsterdam UMC contributes internationally to innovative medical progress in several research and intervention areas. One of the most promising techniques is the use of MRI in heart interventions.

• Amsterdam UMC
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March 14, 2023 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.

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March 8, 2023 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.

• Amsterdam UMC
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March 1, 2023 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

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February 22, 2023 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.

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February 17, 2023 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.

• Amsterdam UMC
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February 16, 2023 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.

• Amsterdam UMC
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February 3, 2023 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
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February 3, 2023 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).

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