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Saving lives by catching liver disease early
Great news for the residents of Amsterdam who suspect they might have liver disease! The European Association for the Study of the Liver...

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The “30 plants a week” challenge
Last week we discussed the health benefits of eating plenty of fibre, and a great way to increase the amount of fibre in your diet is by...

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Fibre – the secret superfood under our noses
The health benefits associated with a high-fibre diet have been acknowledged since the 1950s, but it is only now that the true value of...

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2 mei
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Could donating blood help you to live longer?
Donating blood has always been inherently altruistic. While some people might see it as an opportunity to get a quick health screening –...

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29 apr
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Slow ageing
Vigilant and tireless medical spelunking carried out by dedicated lab coat-clad forefront pushers has shed new light on how to slow...

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25 apr
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Tiredness, it really is all in the mind
Scientists have been taking a fresh look at the hows and whys of feeling full of energy, or indeed tending more to the weary side. One...

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22 apr
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The problematic gender gap in medical knowledge
In our previous blog post, we discussed how thalidomide was casually prescribed to pregnant Canadian, Australian, European and African...

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18 apr
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How Frances Oldham Kelsey kept thalidomide off the US market
In our previous blog post, we took a look at the approval process drugs have to go through in order to receive marketing authorization in...

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15 apr
6 weergaven
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Medicines – from idea to market
Every year, countless new medicines are developed in the European Union. Of course they have to undergo a long and scrupulous process...

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11 apr
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Seeing red, or green
One of the longest-standing philosophical questions is whether we all perceive colour in the same way. A new investigation strongly...

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8 apr
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Our four-legged quacks smell Parkinson’s with almost 90% accuracy
That our four-legged friends assist us in so many ways is a given. From their wonderful work as assistance dogs, through to getting...

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4 apr
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Put an emergency kit together: medication and first aid
The European Commission is advising everyone to put an emergency kit together. Such an emergency kit would allow you to survive for at...

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Oh go on then, just a small one
Ongoing research is strongly suggesting that we may not be entirely to blame ourselves for taking that extra portion of dessert after a...

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25 mrt
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Bilingualism and Brain Health
Research from multiple studies is now suggesting that speaking more than one language delays the onset of dementia. This is assumed to be...

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21 mrt
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Grey Matter in the Freezer
Sterling progress is currently being made by scientists in the cryopreservation (very deep freezing usually using liquid nitrogen) of...

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20 mrt
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Antibiotics from China
More than 80 percent of antibiotics in Belgium comes from China: “If China cuts off the supply we will not even be able to perform...

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Meet the Team: Veronique & Kevin
In the world of translation, there is often very little personal contact between translators and their clients. With MTEC, we found it...

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21 feb
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A Heart or a Liver for Medical Translations?
We Have a Heart for Medical Translations. Yet should we be living and working in a different culture or in other times, we could have a...

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18 feb
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A Heart for Medical Translations
To the outsider, translation may seem like a pretty straightforward profession: you have a text which you convert into another language....

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14 feb
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Meet the Team: Jolanda & Katrien
In the world of translation, there is often very little personal contact between translators and their clients. With MTEC, we found it...

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11 feb
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