Publicaties

SCOPE: Enteroendocrine cells sense nutrients through taste receptors similar to those on the tongue. Sweet and fatty acid taste receptors (FFAR) coupled to the gustatory G-protein, gustducin, on enteroendocrine cells play a role in gut hormone rel...

The recent literature has shown that the risk of hypertension in the old strongly depends on their physical abilities. However, it is unknown whether general practitioners (GPs) adapt their treatment strategies to the patient's independence. This ...

Richtlijnen voor goede medische praktijk zijn richtinggevend als ondersteuning en een houvast bij het nemen van diagnostische of therapeutische beslissingen in de eerstelijn. Zij vatten voor de eerstelijnswerkers samen wat voor de gemiddelde patië...

BACKGROUND: Most older people wish to age in place, for which functional status or being able to perform activities of daily living (ADLs) is an important precondition. However, along with the substantial growth of the (oldest) old, the number of ...

No data have been reported yet on treatment outcome in persons who inject drugs (PWID) infected with hepatitis C virus treated with boceprevir or telaprevir in combination with peginterferon (Peg IFN) and ribavirin (RBV). Additionally, there are c...

Systematic Review.

BACKGROUND: Many health-care providers experience barriers to addressing spiritual needs, such as not having the right vocabulary. The ars moriendi model might be a feasible tool for spiritual history taking in palliative care. AIM: To investigate...

Na de UKPDS- en de ACCORD-studie is dit de derde opvolgstudie die aantoont dat een intensieve daling van de glykemie bij type 2-diabetespatiënten geassocieerd is met een daling van het cardiovasculaire risico op lange termijn. Dit resultaat verste...

Due to dopamine loss in the basal ganglia, patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) have problems performing automatic tasks like walking. The capacity to perform tasks automatically can be evaluated by assessing dual-task (DT) performance, which is...

BACKGROUND: Little is known about the prevalence and clinical importance of potentially inappropriate prescribing instances (PIPs) in the very old (>80 years). The main objective was to describe the prevalence of PIPs according to START (Screening...

The aim of this study is to look at the influence of metformin intake and duration, on urinary bladder cancer (UBC) risk, with sulfonylurea (SU) only users as control using a new-user design (inception cohort).

Are home nurses (also known as community nurses) ready for their changing role in primary care? A quantitative study was performed in home nursing in Flanders, Belgium, to explore the activity profile of home nurses and health care assistants, usi...

De zorg voor een oudere naaste legt een grote belasting op de mantelzorger. Als daar ook nog de diagnose kanker bij komt kan dit de negatieve effecten op zijn/haar psychosociaal en fysiek welzijn vergroten. De zorg voor een oudere naaste met kanke...

Germline mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes were discovered twenty years ago. Female BRCA mutation carriers have an increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer at a relatively young age. Several choices have to be made with respect to cancer risk ...

The extracellular matrix (ECM) of adipocytes is important for body weight regulation. Here, we investigated whether genetic variation in ECM-related genes is associated with weight regain among participants of the European DiOGenes study. Overweig...