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Phenomenal Parasites
I remember well when Joost Hopman, a medical microbiologist at Radboud UMC, lectured on an Outdoor Medicine day about parasites. With tremendous fascination and admiration for nature, he presented “phenomenal parasites” that target us. These professional parasites inhabit our bodies. In this process, they seriously damage our organs, leave the body like a house party […]
February 19 2023 : Pieter Simons
Avalanche rescue
This winter season avalanches unfortunately already caused some victims. The number of fatalities in the Alps due to avalanches this season already is well over twenty. In mountainous areas during the winter, the risk of avalanches is real for anyone and it can strike anywhere: it can happen to a group of backcountry skiers in […]
January 16 2023 : Tim van Riessen
The Youngest Visitor of Everest Base Camp
In 2018, a fetus was taken up to Everest Base Camp and while this is noteworthy on its own, physiological parameters were tracked of the mother-to-be.
September 18 2022 : Pieter Simons
Honey in the Wilderness
Imagine this; you are on a fantastic multi-day hike in a remote area and you have prepared yourself for an entirely self-sufficient trip. A compass, a water filter, a few bags of dry food: let the adventure begin! After a few hundred beautiful pictures and three days of hiking, fatigue creeps in. You trip over […]
September 11 2022 : Tim van Riessen
Passion & Career – Ship’s doctor at Svalbard
In this series on passion and career, we share articles about people who combine their medical work with their passion outside of medicine. In the article below you can read the story of Rogier Steins.
July 24 2022 : Marieke van Vessem