Child Health nieuws
Child Health nieuws
Online training for general practitioners reduces antibiotic use in children
A targeted online training program for general practitioners (GPs), together with an information booklet for parents, resulted in fewer antibiotic prescriptions for children with respiratory tract infections. Unnecessary antibiotic use can thus be reduced relatively easy, and offers advantages such as a lower risk of antibiotic resistance, fewer side effects and less health care costs. Anne Dekker draws these conclusions in het research, on which she will be awarded a PhD on 27 September in Utrecht.
Read moreAug 30: Maternal vaccine can prevent infant mortality due to RSV infection
A respiratory infection with the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of hospitalization in young children. Vaccination of pregnant women seems a good strategy to prevent life-threatening RSV infections in infants immediately after birth up to several months thereafter. This was concluded by Nienke Scheltema in her research on which she will be awarded a PhD in Utrecht on August 30.
Read moreLarge DNA study for childhood cancer initiated
The Princes Máxima Center and UMC Utrecht started an extensive project on the DNA changes associated with pediatric oncology. Aberrations in DNA can cause a cell to become cancerous. For the right diagnosis and treatment, it is crucial to know where these mutations occur on the DNA.
Read moreFirst Chair "Lifecycle Medicine" for professor Elise van de Putte
Thanks to the good healthcare in our country, more and more children with serious illnesses survive. How do we ensure that these chronically ill children, despite their illness, can still develop their own possibilities to the maximum? The role of professionals is changing, the focus is no longer on how people become ill, but the emphasis must be on how people stay healthy.
Read moreMarcus Rijken about the ‘Reproductive & Maternal Health: a Global Perspective’ Summer School
"We unite various fields of expertise and share each other's insights." A number of Summer Schools connected to child development are being organised this year. What do students learn at these events and who is organising them? We talk to gynaecologist and researcher Dr Marcus Rijken about the ‘Reproductive & Maternal Health: a Global Perspective’ Summer School.
Read moreJun 29: Combat juvenile idiopathic arthritis together
The current method for treatment of juvenile idiopathic arthritis is not sufficient and should be replaced by the recently developed treat-to-target treatment. In the latter case, specific targets are set by physician and patient within set timeframes. And so doctors can sooner identify patients that need more intensive treatment. This is the conclusion of pediatric rheumatologist-immunologist Joost Swart at UMC Utrecht, who received his doctorate on 28 June.
Read moreTim Takken on the 'Paediatric Sport and Exercise Medicine Summer School'
Child Health will be hosting several Summer Schools during this summer. What do students learn and who is responsible? We talk to the coordinator of the Paediatric Sport and Exercise Medicine Summer School, medical physiologist Dr. Tim Takken.
Read moreLouis Bont about the ‘Child Health – a Global Perspective’ Summer School
"Something that has been close to my heart for many years is now the subject of discussion at our hospital too." A number of Summer Schools about child development are being organized this year. What will students be learning and who is responsible? This time, Professor Louis Bont, Coordinator of the ‘Child Health – a Global Perspective’ Summer School, will have the floor.
Read moreSymposium and Open Day: Happiness of children
Last weekend the Wilhelmina Children s Hospital was all about the happiness for chronically ill children. The Child Health program organized a symposium and an Open Day. Both days, a varied program dealt with the question of how exactly health, disease, play and happiness are related to each other. And how we can contribute to the happiness of children through research and cooperation.
Read moreWonderful impulse for research in children medicines
130 million euros is available for research in children medicines through a joint fund of the European Union and the pharmaceutical industry.
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