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Healthy purple tomatoes may fight cancer
British and Dutch scientists have developed a new, purple-coloured tomato. Research shows that this tomato is very healthy and protects people against the onset of some types of cancer. According to...
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Motorbiking to Kazakhstan to help fight cancer
Together with his friend Tom van Ees (left), Martin de Vries, 35, (right), plans to drive by motorbike from their hometown Den Bosch (‘s-Hertogenbosch) all the way to Kazakhstan, his brother proudly...
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Health minister pulls funding on successful breast cancer drug
Dutch Health Minister Edith Schippers has decided to pull the plug on a breast cancer drug which can extend the lives of women who have an advanced form of the disease. Bottom line: the minister...
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Orangemaster’s favourite stories of 2011
Another year of posting is coming to an end and it’s time to pick our favourite stories of 2011. We had a lot of stories about cycling and bicycles which were retweeted by many people (thanks!),...
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Nina Hoekman, draughts champion despite cancer
Last week Nina Hoekman became a record-equalling 11-time Dutch draughts champion. The former number two of the world had to have all her moves physically performed by an official as 17 cancer tumors in...
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Cancer patient dies building app for fellow patients
Dutchman Frederik van den Broek who died last month of cancer was key in helping neurologists build MindApp, being dubbed as the world’s most advanced mobile-based app for cancer patients. Available...
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Shortbread cookies as cancer patients taste them
Imagine eating good old fashioned shortbread biscuits, but with an extra ingredient, spilanthol to give you the impression of how it is to taste biscuits the way a cancer patient tastes them. The...
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Dutch record malpractice claim sees patient die
Happy New Year! Now let’s get to it. Irish woman Adrienne Cullen had been campaigning for transparency in hospital care after she was left with terminal cervical cancer due to a grave medical error at...
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Guitarist Eddie Van Halen passes away, aged 65
Dutch-American guitarist and arguably the heir to the technical guitar playing of Jimi Hendrix, Edward Lodewijk van Halen, better known as Eddie van Halen, passed way yesterday at age 65 after an...
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World premiere: Dutch hospital to recycle costly cancer medication
The Radboud University Medical Center in Nijmegen, Gelderland together with Dutch hospitals Jeroen Bosch ziekenhuis, St. Antonius and UMC Utrecht are setting up a trial to reuse unused costly oncology...
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