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October 10, 2023 Charles Agyemang elected to the US National Academy of Medicine Charles Agyemang, Professor of Global Migration, Ethnicity & Health, has been invited to join the US National Academy of Medicine. Making him one of only 6 current members in the Netherlands and the second from Amsterdam UMC, after the late Henk Lamberts.

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October 9, 2023 Approaches to elderly care vary greatly across Europe For elderly patients receiving care at home there are a myriad of interventions, from doctor's visits to the use of technological interventions. Research from Amsterdam UMC, together with universities from five European countries, shows that the use of these interventions varies greatly across the continent. Emiel Hoogendijk, assistant professor at Amsterdam UMC, believes that these discrepancies demonstrate the need for a "collective European approach".

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September 25, 2023 Lasker Award for Piet Borst Piet Borst, emeritus professor of clinical biochemistry and molecular biology at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Amsterdam, has received 2023 Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science. He receives this 'American Nobel Prize' thanks to his numerous scientific discoveries in the field of cancer.

• Amsterdam UMC
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September 7, 2023 Elite athletes safely return to sports after COVID-19 Heart problems after a COVID infection are a serious concern for both elite athletes and recreational athletes alike. A study from Amsterdam UMC, published today in Heart, offers some reassuring news. "We examined over 250 elite athletes and found that those who had contracted COVID-19 did not experience severe heart issues that impacted their careers," says Juliette van Hattum, a PhD candidate in sports cardiology at Amsterdam UMC.

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September 1, 2023 Home-monitoring during IVF equally safe and successful Home monitoring of ovulation prior to placing frozen embryos during an IVF process works just as well as hospital checks to determine the best time. In addition, it is more pleasant for women to undergo this in their own environment, and it places less burden on the hospital facilities. "Monitoring ovulation at home means a hospital visit once for the placement of these embryos instead of 3 to 4 times for hospital monitoring. This is more sustainable and reduces the cost of treatment by up to 80%," says Tijtske Zaat, researcher at Amsterdam UMC. The study was published today in The Lancet.

• Amsterdam UMC
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September 1, 2023 Building models to enable greater use of AI in the health care system 80% of all patient data is unstructured. Notes from a conversation with a GP, the evaluation of a specialist in a university medical centre or even a recommendation from a pharmacist. While this 'unstructured’ data is no problem for the human eye, it presents an unsurmountable challenge to an AI-algorithm. One that is "preventing AI from reaching its full potential," in the view of Amsterdam UMC, Assistant Professor Iacer Calixto. To give AI the helping hand that it needs, Calixto is set to lead a project that will "tackle the important challenges that hinder its use in clinical practice,” thanks to funding from the NWO.

• Amsterdam UMC
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