Background This study aims for health gain and cost reduction in the care for people with long-term non-psychotic psychiatric disorders. Present care for this population has a limited evidence base, is often open ended, little effective, and expensive. Recent epidemiological data shows that 43.5% of …

Introduction: Malnutrition is a persistent problem in Ghana, with high rates of underweight children, stunting and wasting. One of the NGOs that is trying to turn this situation around is Project Share. Through their nutrition centre, they have already rehabilitated over 300 children since 2009. They …

Inleiding: Fasciitis plantaris (FP) is één van de meest voorkomende pijnlijke aandoeningen aan de voet. Voor de behandelingen van FP zijn er in de loop de jaren talloze conservatieve en operatieve therapieën ontwikkeld. Bij ongeveer 10% van alle patiënten is een secundaire conservatieve therapie, zoals …

The Netherlands was the first country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage in 2001. Yet in 2012, it was estimated that around 87 Christian wedding officiants continued to refuse to marry gay couples due to their religious beliefs. Even though municipalities were allowed to hire these so-called …

De hoofdvraag die centraal staat in dit onderzoek is: ‘’Wat zegt de hedendaagse literatuur over het succesvol begeleiden van drugsverslaafden door middel van groepsbegeleiding en individuele begeleiding en hoe verhoudt zich dat tot het programma en de ervaringen van cliënten en begeleiders van Renarkon?’’. …

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this controlled study is to document articulation and oromyofunctional behavior in children seeking orthodontic treatment. In addition, relations between malocclusions, articulation, and oromyofunctional behavior are studied. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study included 56 children …

Eén van de doelen van FACT is het voorkomen van opnames; dit moet bereikt worden door de zorg te intensiveren wanneer dit nodig is. Bij het FACT-team Veghel zijn het aantal opnames aanzienlijk gedaald en de duur bekort, sinds invoering van de FACT-werkwijze. Extra aandacht voor de processen rondom intensivering …

IN BRIEF The introduction of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) several years ago enabled researchers to investigate the impact of exercise strategies on 24-hour glycemic control. Such unique information on the glucoregulatory properties of exercise will ultimately lead to more effective exercise programs …

Dietary nitrate (NO3(-)) supplementation has been proposed as an emerging treatment strategy for type 2 diabetes. We hypothesized that ingestion of a single bolus of dietary NO3(-) ingestion improves oral glucose tolerance in patients with type 2 diabetes. Seventeen men with type 2 diabetes (glycated …

The increase of antibiotic resistance worldwide, rising numbers of deaths and costs associated with this, and the fact that hardly any new antimicrobial drugs have been developed during the last decade have increased the interest in Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) therapeutic interventions, …