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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.
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"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.
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New Amsterdam UMC lab to use AI to predict Heart Attacks Thanks to funding from the Dutch Research Council, and in collaboration with Radboud UMC and Abbott Laboratories, Amsterdam UMC will begin the hunt for AI algorithms that can be used to predict whether or not a narrowing in the coronary artery will cause a heart attack.
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Average Pregnancy length longer in the Netherlands and United Kingdom than in the US A new, multi-country analysis examining average pregnancy length and timing of birth in the US, England, and the Netherlands suggest that the US could improve maternity care outcomes by shifting from an interventionist model of care to one that favours less medical intervention during the birthing process.
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Fertility recoverable for transgender women after stopping hormone therapy Transgender women often receive gender-affirming hormone treatment to align their bodies with their female gender identity. A collaborative study by Amsterdam UMC and the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in Australia now shows that this hormone treatment does not lead to permanent infertility.
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Tackling Global Mental Health "where the people are, not where the professionals are" 78% of suicides occur in low- and middle-income countries. While across the world as a whole, an estimated 1 in 8, 970 million people, are living with a mental disorder. Numbers that Claudi Bockting, Professor of Clinical Psychology in Psychiatry at Amsterdam UMC and co-director of the Centre for Urban Mental Health, only sees going one way: upwards.
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Five Rings over Amsterdam The International Olympic Committee names Amsterdam UMC as one of its 11 Research Centres.
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The hunt for a rapid test for drug effectiveness Wouter de Jonge and Geert d'Haens recently received a Horizon Europe grant to make this a DNA test for drug effectiveness a reality. Something which could represent a huge advance in the treatment of Crohn's disease and related inflammatory diseases.
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Virus in The Sights Virologists are now one step closer to a Hepatitis C vaccine. This year, for the first time, they were able to map the structure of a crucial protein on the outside of the virus.
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Education at Amsterdam UMC: Amsterdam UMC is a leading academic medical center and focuses on education of the next generation health care professionals.
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