Willem G. van Dockum, Folkert J. ten Cate, MD, PhD, Jurrien M. ten Berg, MD, PhD, Aernout M. Beek, MD, Jos W. R. Twisk, PhD, Mark B. M. Hofman, PhD, Cees A. Visser, MD, PhD, Albert C. van Rossum, MD, PhD. Cardiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Cardiology, Thoraxcenter Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, Cardiology, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, Nether...

IMPORTANCE Postmenopausal hormone therapy with conjugated equine estrogens (CEEs) may adversely affect older women’s cognitive function. It is not known whether this extends to younger women. OBJECTIVE To test whether prescribing CEE-based hormone therapy to postmenopausal women aged 50 to 55 years has longer-term effects on cognitive function. DESIGN Trained, masked staff assessed particip...

The Centre for the Economics of Education is an independent research centre funded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families. The views expressed in this work are those of the author and do not reflect the views of the DCSF. All errors and omissions remain the authors. Executive Summary Researchers in economics of education conventionally assume that parents choose schools for their ...

This paper addresses labour market aspects of new immigrants in host countries with a specific emphasis on the Netherlands. In general, it can be stated that in the Netherlands immigrant groups have not been absorbed very wel1 in the labour market and that to some extent the dual labour market approach is applicable to the Dutch situation. Furthermore, future labour market developments in weste...

OBJECTIVE Estrogen seems to contribute to glucose homeostasis in women. The objective of this study was to examine the effects of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on HbA(1c) levels in Japanese postmenopausal women and to determine whether the effects varied with age. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We studied 99 postmenopausal women taking HRT (mean +/- SD age 56.5 +/- 6.9 years, BMI 21.5 +/- 2....

Oral estrogen treatment increases thrombotic risk. Tissue factor (TF), tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI), and platelet interaction with leukocytes are important determinants of thrombogenesis. Therefore, the present study was designed to define and compare platelet TF and TFPI mRNA and adhesion protein expression in platelets derived from animals treated with different types of oral estrog...

Twenty-five years after the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, the European East-West divide has not been relegated to the annals of history. Among other areas, it persists tenaciously within the ethnological/anthropological sciences practised in Europe. This article deconstructs and challenges reified differences between ethnologies in Central-Eastern Europe and Western, mainly British-s...

Used Assays for Amyloid 42 in Cerebrospinal Fluid, Niki S.M. Schoonenboom, Cees Mulder, Hugo Vanderstichele, Yolande A.L. Pijnenburg, Gerard J. Van Kamp, Philip Scheltens, Pankaj D. Mehta, and Marinus A. Blankenstein ( Alzheimer Center and Department of Neurology, and 2 Department of Clinical Chemistry, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; 3 Innogenetics NV, Ghent, Belgium;...