@Gansrob

Professor of Medicine UMCG | Discover Medical Breakthroughs, News, and Environmental Insights! | Health & Wellness | Nature Conservation #Medicine #Environment

 Groningen, The Netherlands
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Joined March 2009
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Earth’s liveable limits breached further this year. When are we going to act on it?
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Promotional interactions clinicians have with pharmaceutical companies are probably associated with harmful outcomes - Mintzes, B - 2026 | Cochrane Library: surprised? You really think Pharma likes to throw away money? buff.ly/Mc1ljzY
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The Lancet
@TheLancetOct 5
New Lancet Series: the way digital technologies are built & governed creates real health risks worldwide. A review of 9 million under-25s across 121 studies links digital media use to mental health & sleep problems plus reduced physical activity. Authors call for urgent, coordinated action. ➡️ spkl.io/60157VKUv
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The future of healthy living: A 12 years increase in life expectancy and a $16.4 trillion opportunity buff.ly/Bz9Gg0U

The future of healthy living: A $16.4 trillion opportunity

Healthy living could add 12 years to life expectancy and generate $16.4 trillion in annual GDP uplift by 2050. Here is how governments can act across sectors.

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As expected, we have a new problem on our hands: Impacts of vaping on children and young people: a systematic review buff.ly/nDmNRLx

Impacts of vaping on children and young people: a systematic review

Objective This systematic review aims to identify the health and social impacts of vaping in children and young people (CYP). Methods A continuous review of published literature was conducted from...

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Eric Topol
@EricTopolSep 11
Most supplements and vitamins have little or no proven benefit, and even some have potential of harm, but that hasn't held back ~80% Americans taking them, highest proportion ever @nytimeswell by @alicegcallahan nytimes.com/2026/09/11/well/…

Americans Love Supplements, but Experts Doubt Their Benefits (Gift Article)

A new survey found that 8 in 10 Americans were taking vitamins, protein powders or other supplements. But experts said there is little evidence for many of these products.

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Acute stress and suppression of eating, the vagus nerve rides again. Connecting the hypothalamus and the GI tract, inducing dysmotility. Mouse model. cell.com/neuron/abstract/S08… @NeuroCellPress

A hypothalamic-vagal pathway mediates stress-induced feeding suppression and gastric dysfunction

Dai et al. identify stress-responsive neuropeptide Y receptor Y1-expressing neurons in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus that engage the dorsal vagal complex to suppress feeding and delay...

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Obesity rate in the EU: 16.3% in 2025 buff.ly/NahxSDy

Obesity rate in the EU: 16.3% in 2025

In 2025, 16.3% of people in the EU aged 18 or over were obese, meaning that they had a body mass index of 30 or higher. A further 35.4% of the population were pre-obese, with a body mass index...

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Weatherwatch: Climate crisis fuelling steep fall in migratory bird numbers | Birds | The Guardian theguardian.com/news/2026/au…

Weatherwatch: Climate crisis fuelling steep fall in migratory bird numbers

Many species under threat use the African-Eurasian flyway, one of the planet’s largest mass-migration systems

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High-Efficiency Particulate Air Filters DO NOT Prevent Winter Respiratory Infections in Care Homes jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…

High-Efficiency Particulate Air Filters to Prevent Winter Respiratory Infections in Care Homes

This randomized clinical trial investigates whether high-efficiency particulate air filters in communal rooms and private bedrooms reduce respiratory infection episodes in care home residents.

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Socioeconomic circumstances are strongly associated with brain function and brain development in children science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…

Patterns of brain-wide associations reflect socioeconomics

Previous brain-wide association studies (BWAS) have linked specific environmental and behavioral variables to brain variability. In this work, we mapped 649 variables to children’s brains and...

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Healthy diet too expensive for one in three people globally, UN report finds buff.ly/obDSt6N

Healthy diet too expensive for one in three people globally, UN report finds

Global hunger declined for the third year in a row in 2025 but experts call for action to bring down costs of fruit, vegetables and dairy as report shows 2.69bn people can’t afford to eat well

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The Fraud of “Clean” Natural Gas | Center for Climate Integrity. Does it surprise you? climateintegrity.org/project…

The Fraud of “Clean” Natural Gas | Center for Climate Integrity

How Big Oil and Gas Created the Myth that Natural Gas is a Climate Solution

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Chasing The Tide Line: 🐦Wave recession exposes a thin feeding zone 🐦The birds time their advance to the brief window when prey sits closest to the surface 🐦That moving band shifts with each retreating wave, so the feeding spot is a process, not a place 🐦On this beach, dinner has a schedule 📹 via wonderofscience (X)
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Global heat stress intensification and its expanding footprint on the human population - Nature Climate Change nature.com/articles/s41558-0…

Global heat stress intensification and its expanding footprint on the human population

Nature Climate Change - The authors assess global changes in heat stress since 1950, considering daytime extremes, nocturnal heat and compound day–night events. They show multidimensional...

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How to avoid dementia — what the science really says @Nature nature.com/articles/d41586-0…

How to avoid dementia — what the science really says

Nature - Ambitious studies have been examining the protective effects of diet, exercise and socializing — with surprising results.

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Does Europe’ has a new climate? You may guess buff.ly/mRsZWot
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Butterflies are disappearing at an unprecedented rate, taking with them beauty, biodiversity, and a vital signal that our ecosystems are in trouble. #SaveButterflies #NatureMatters #Biodiversity #Pollinators #ActNow buff.ly/lIacreu
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A little bird told her: scientist wins $100,000 prize for decoding birdsong theguardian.com/science/2026…

A little bird told her: scientist wins $100,000 prize for decoding birdsong

Julie Elie worked out how zebra finches announce who they are, what they are doing and use individual signatures

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Midjourney's whole body ultrasound will not save lives, physical exercise, healthy food and sufficient sleep will buff.ly/xQ0RnSA

Midjourney's whole body ultrasound

Who doesn't want to be dunked in lukewarm water for a low resolution image?

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