By Jamie Hulzebos In the Netherlands, almost 50% of adults and 14% of children are overweight, according to the CBS. However, overweight is not just a problem of the Netherlands. In the United States, 70% of the adults are overweight and 17% of children have obesity, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. Overweight and obesity are risk factors for health problems such as type 2 diabetes and hypertension. Consequentially, a wide array of products are continuously being … [Lees meer...]
Living with half a brain
By Joost Kools During my internships, a colleague held a presentation about epilepsy and claimed that a hemispherectomy, a type of surgery where half of the brain is removed, can be a possible treatment for children with severe epilepsy. I was completely baffled when I heard this. How can we possibly remove one half of the brain and still retain a decent quality of life? After all, our brain is one of the most important and complex parts of our bodies, but also very fragile, where damage to … [Lees meer...]
Tenth edition of RAMS is now available!
The tenth edition is now available! From now on you can read this anniversary edition online, download the PDF or get it in real life at the medical faculty building (in the bookshelf near the stairs at the entrance or at the study square). In this edition you can read about organ-on-a-chip as a possible alternative to animal testing and about the effect of mobile phone radiation on the incidence of malignant tumours in animals. Moreover, the founders of RAMS share their experience in creating … [Lees meer...]
How is RAMS produced?
Always wanted to know how RAMS is produced? Curious to know the process behind a scientific medical journal? Keep reading! Our goal is to enthuse (bio)medical students of the Radboud University Nijmegen to participate in research during their studies and to give them an opportunity to publish an article. This is both a learning experience for the authors, as well as for the editors and reviewers, who are all (bio)medical students. We have got three editors-in-chief: the chair of the editorial … [Lees meer...]
What to do when antibiotics are failing?
By Guus Veldkamp About 100 years ago, the world was a very different place. The average life expectancy in the industrialized world was 46 for men and 48 for women. In the Netherlands the average is now 82 years, according to the CBS. This difference is huge. Two big contributors to this change are suggested to be improved sanitation and the rise of pharmaceutical antibiotics[1-3]. The latter must have saved millions of lives; infectious diseases that were once feared, have now become easily … [Lees meer...]