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Population Screening Act: a stop-smoking strategy as part of the national cervical cancer screening programme
The department of General Practice of the Academic Medical Center (AMC) in Amsterdam intends to examine the effect of a smoking ...
Fitness to drive in driving license group 2 in case of vision in only one eye
According to the European directive truck and bus drivers who have lost sight in one eye are not allowed to drive professionally ...
Phenytoin
The Health Council of the Netherlands reviewed the drug phenytoin. Phenytoin is a synthetic anticonvulsant, which can be used in ...
Health and working longer
The likelihood of health problems increases with age. Working longer may then be difficult. Measures like exercising at work or ...
Self-reliance of the elderly
More research is needed to determine which interventions are effective to keep the elderly self-reliant. Especially in the social ...
Population Screening Act: study of online lifestyle advice for reducing the risk of dementia
The University Medical Centre in Groningen (UMCG) would like to investigate strategies for offering online lifestyle advice that ...
The parent-child relationship and adverse childhood experiences
A good parent-child relationship is important for child development. Interventions can improve parental sensitivity and increase ...
Hazardous substances in a circular economy
In an ideal circular economy all materials and products are reused and production of waste is zero. More recycling will take ...
Power lines and health part I: childhood cancer
Indications that the risk of getting childhood leukaemia is higher in children living near high voltage power lines than in other ...
Preventive use of HIV medication
In the Netherlands about 20.000 persons are infected with HIV. Although the number of new infections has gone down as a result of ...