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We hypothesise that exercise may reduce risk of breast cancer, either directly or indirectly through a reduction in abdominal fat mass, by favouring the sex hormone profile and decreased insulin. Because the association between breast cancer and…
1. Does Levothyroxine treatment for subclinical hypothyroidism give multi-modal benefits for the oldest old people with subclinical hypothyroidism? 2. Are benefits seen across a wide range of outcomes, including prevention of cardiovascular disease…
In this randomised controlled study, the effects of art therapy is examined on psychological functioning of patients with a personality disorder. It is expected that art therapy results in less personality pathology, more acceptance, and less…
The open preperitoneal approach in inguinal hernia repair might have the benefit of a mesh in the preferred space without the disadvantages of an endoscopic procedure.
Chronic cold exposure will increase: 1. Basal metabolism and facultative thermogenesis; 2. Brown adipose tissue activity and volume both in obese and diabetic subjects; 3. Skeletal muscle mitochondrial uncoupling and result in BRITE cell recruitment…
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We hypothesize that by stimulation gesture-plus-word combinations the expressive language development will improve.
- In an experimental video-vignette design, we expect cancer patients / survivors (in comparison to healthy individuals) to report better identification with the video patient, to report more emotional distress, to react with a greater…
The hypofractionated regimen of 19 fractions will result in an increase of relapse free survival by 10 % with the same acute and late toxicity as the standard fractionation of 39 fractions.
Hypertension can be prevented, or substantially delayed, by a temporary and early anti-hypertensive intervention with an ACE inhibitor in persons at high risk for future hypertension and hypertension related complications.
The prevalence of Growth Hormone Deficiency in Autoimmune Thyroid Disease is higher than in the general population
Calculate the incidence of eclampsia; cardiac arrest and perimortem caesarean sectio in pregnancy or puerperium in the Netherlands.
Prevention of radiotherapy side-effects by early hyperbaric oxygen administration.
The laparoscopic approach is a cost-effective and safe alternative to laparotomy in early stage endometrial cancer patients with less major complications in the laparoscopy group.
It is hypothesised that after 18 months no differences will be found in the number of patients with draining fistulas for medical and surgical treatment strategies. Since surgical seton drainage is the only treatment preventing recurrences or…
Inhalation of salbutamol in a forward leaning body posture with the head flexed backwards leads to more reversibility of lung function compared to inhalation with the standard body posture during spirometry in asthmatic children.
Are a positive psychology and a self-management intervention, equally effective in increasing quality of life and decreasing psychological distress and pain disability, in chronic pain patients, in comparison to a waiting-list control group?…
Common traditional practice until now has been discontinuation of the antiplatelet therapy 7 to 10 days prior to dental surgery, but controlled prospective data in the literature to support this practice are lacking. The discontinuation of…
There is no difference in het use of Functional electrical stimulation compared to the use of an ankle foot orthosis in the subacute / post-acute phase after stroke on the recovery of walking ability.