By Anne Kokke No matter what your complaint is, Doctor Google can diagnose anything. Accurate? Debatable. Convenient? Definitely. After all, a diagnosis is free and always within reach. An accurate diagnosis without the interference of doctors might seem a little too futuristic for now, but recent developments suggest that it could very well happen one day. The amount of functions mobile devices and their apps can track is skyrocketing, allowing you to track your activity, heart rate, … [Lees meer...]
Mapping the brain
By Daan Viering “We are our brains.” If Dick Swaab is right, we can only discover who we are if we learn more about the complexities of our brain. From macroanatomy to microanatomy and back, scientists continuously invent new techniques to investigate how individual neurons work together to achieve the incredible performances of our brains. Recent advances in this field include methods to activate single neurons with ultrafast and extremely precise lasers (optogenetics) and mapping neuronal … [Lees meer...]
Sixth Edition!
The Sixth Edition of RAMS is now available! Read the November edition online, download the PDF version or find the RAMS in real life at the medical faculty building. Online version http://issuu.com/ramspublicrelations/docs/6e_editie_rams_marijn_definitief_cm/1 PDF version RAMS Sixth Edition November 2016 … [Lees meer...]
Symposium “Over mijn lijk” – Forensic Medicine
The Sherlock Holmes of the medical world: a forensic doctor. Still a relatively unknown profession, but certainly very important. RAMS is organizing a symposium with experts on forensic medicine. They will share their views from different perspectives, including child abuse, odontology and the assassination of Willem van Oranje. Do you want to find the last piece of this medical puzzle? Come to the RAMS Symposium Forensic Medicine on October 31st from 18:45h to 22:00h at the medical faculty! … [Lees meer...]
To fuse or not to fuse
By Sebastian Arts Lumbar stenosis is the narrowing of the spinal canal in the lumbar region, causing compression of the myelum. This results in lower back pain, neurogenic claudication and weakness and numbness in both legs. It is commonly caused by degeneration or osteoporosis and is associated with forward displacement of a vertebra called spondylolisthesis. Decompression through laminectomy is the first choice of treatment and is nowadays often supplemented with lumbar fusion (arthrodesis) … [Lees meer...]