Etiket: patients
New test for detecting colon cancer could save thousands of patients | Healthy
A new test can detect a pre-stage of colon cancer in more people. This could prevent thousands of cases of illness and death in the future. It took researchers from…
Bristol Myers Squibb works to improve survival and quality of life for cancer patients
Every February 4th, the World Cancer Day with the aim of putting the focus on this fight and reducing the number of preventable deaths each year through raising awareness among…
IT problems rake patients Liberal Mutualiteit: “Geen uitkering meer geregen is November”
The Regent still clattered over the Liberal Mutualiteit (LM), the ziekenfonds with 540,000 leden. Uitkeringen voor onder sea (gedeeltelijke) invalidity zijn in summer gevallen al sinds November niet meer uitbetaald.…
Are ketone drinks the solution for patients with long covid?
Top doctor Elisabeth De Waele still sees patients burst into tears because the outside world thinks it is “all in their head”. She herself found that one in four people…
Rare ‘Nutcracker Syndrome’ strikes actress Bab Buelens again: “These patients are in enormous pain”
Former Family actress Bab Buelens (29) has been struggling with the rare nutcracker syndrome for years. A few days ago she went under the knife again. What exactly is that…
Researchers identify cause of resistance to immunotherapy in melanoma patients
Researchers from the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology and UZ Leuven have managed to find out why immunotherapy does not work in some melanoma patients. At the same time,…
Long Covid patients happy with recognition of the disease: ‘I’ve been saying this for years’
It is not in your head, long covid does have a physical cause. Researchers from the Amsterdam UMC and the Vrije Universiteit have demonstrated this by studying muscle tissue of…
Gazan Ministry of Health: twenty patients sent to Egypt for treatment
Gazan Ministry of Health: twenty patients sent to Egypt for treatment Twenty seriously ill patients from Gaza have been allowed to go to Egypt for emergency treatment. The Gazan Ministry…
Christmas night in the hospital: when everyone is asleep, these people take care of 314 patients
When most people enjoy a rich Christmas meal and enjoy a drink, the night nurses leave to be on time for their shift at Medisch Spectrum Twente. Fortunately, because hundreds…
No prospect of Long Covid treatment: ‘Many patients are extremely desperate’
Jean-Paul from Oosterhout underwent oxygen treatment a year ago in the fight against Long Covid. He has been doing a lot better since then. Jean-Paul is just one of many…