Of the people who got a covid infection in the first wave, 1.2 percent died. The so-called infection-fatality ratio (IFR) of Covid-19 is many times higher than the mortality risk from seasonal flu in the Netherlands, which is estimated at 0.05 percent. Covid has therefore been anything but a flu. Been, because the risk of … Read more
Oh irony: the hip people who do everything they can to keep their youth and also using cocaine are bad luck. Cocaine use speeds up the aging process of your DNA and so you age faster. Cocaïne is one of the most addictive substances which man knows. It disrupts the brain’s reward pathways and forces … Read more
UV rays from the sun make your skin vitamin D. How much do you need? Research has shown that you produce vitamin D approximately from sun power 3, Weeronline writes. This is because at sun strength 3 or more so-called UV radiation can reach the earth’s surface. UV-B radiation is responsible for the production of … Read more
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These fats dampen the activity of genes that play a key role in allergies People with relatively high levels of fats in their blood are less likely to develop allergic conditions, such as eczema and asthma. These fats ensure that genes that play a key role in allergic reactions are less active. Researchers from the … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) – Dell Technologies was lowered on the New York stock exchanges on Monday. The American computer manufacturer is cutting about 6650 jobs to cut costs. The company is struggling with a sharp decline in demand for PCs as consumers have become more cautious about their spending due to high inflation. The job … Read more
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Organ transplantation is a race against time There are never enough donor organs. The organs that are available must be transplanted as quickly as possible. Medicine is therefore fully committed to keeping organs healthy for longer. Marlon de Haan is researching at the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) how you can keep kidneys alive outside … Read more
Several European countries, the EU Commission and the USA want to work together to counteract anti-Semitic attitudes and violence. After a meeting with his counterparts on Monday in Berlin, the federal government’s anti-Semitism commissioner, Felix Klein, said: “Attacks on synagogues, attacks on Jews, on students – these were also the topics we exchanged about”. The … Read more
Oscillococcinum is one of the most sold homeopathic remedies in the world. The French Boiron earned 455 million euros in 2021. It would help against the flu, but it’s pure deception. “The drug is made by mixing 35 grams of duck liver and 15 grams of the heart with glucose and some water and juice … Read more
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UMCG PhD student Arno Bourgonje identified new predictors of chronic intestinal diseases UMCG PhD student Arno Bourgonje (26) wrote perhaps the most extensive medical dissertation ever published in the Netherlands. A dissertation of more than 1100 pages and 31 chapters. Under the supervision of four supervisors from the UMCG departments of Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases … Read more
The Frankfurt Institute for Social Research (IfS) has stood for a critical analysis of social conditions for 100 years. According to the current director, the sociologist Stephan Lessenich, the intellectual legacy of its protagonists Horkheimer, Adorno, Marcuse or Freud still shapes the work today. Professor Lessenich, for a year and a half you have been … Read more