The pharmaceutical industry has been searching for a safe and effective remedy for obesity for decades. Logically, humanity has never been so fat. In trials, a new drug resulted in an average reduction of 22.5 percent in body weight. Fourteen percent of the Dutch have a BMI of more than 30, so they are called … Read more
After her election in the Bundestag, the new Federal Anti-Discrimination Commissioner, Ferda Ataman, announced that she would support all people in the country who experience discrimination. “I would like to convince those who have not yet been able to place their trust in me with my work,” she said, referring to the vote in the … Read more
If you take too much vitamin D for a long time, it can damage your heart, kidneys and blood vessels. You may also experience nausea, sleepiness, loss of appetite or constipation if you take too much vitamin D. It is a ‘wealth’ ailment: too many vitamins from food or the sun (vitamin D) is almost … Read more
Today, some GPs are prescribing diabetes medications for obesity. A few months ago, they were approved by the American and European drug authorities as a remedy for serious obesity. Tim tells in The Latest News how the drug Ozempic with the active ingredient semaglutide helped him lose his corona kilos. He had to inject the … Read more
In the poll by Maurice de Hond, Caroline van der Plas’ BBB is now the second party in the country with 18 seats. BBB now has 1 seat. The VVD goes from 34 to 21, D66 from 24 to 12, the PVV would lose 2 seats and end up at 15. PvdA and GroenLinks together … Read more
A website that initially seemed harmless went online three weeks ago. It shows a map of the US state of Massachusetts – crossed by lines of different colors that connect a number of points on the map. The play of colors, which looks like a statistical survey, was put online by the equally harmless-sounding »Mapping … Read more
Johan Derksen still does not rule out the possibility that he and his colleagues from Today Inside will move to broadcaster PowNed in the future. “Maybe we’ll become colleagues again,” he told a reporter for that broadcaster. Derksen is still angry with Talpa’s bosses, who distanced themselves from him when he proudly told him that … Read more
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The signal substance IL-6 appears to play a crucial role in the survival of unstable cancer cells UMCG researcher Floris Foijer and his team have discovered that an existing anti-inflammatory agent inhibits the growth of chromosomally unstable cancer cells. They discovered this by unraveling a biological mechanism that is essential for the survival of chromosomally … Read more
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It is important that the organization’s outbreak plans are up-to-date The coronavirus has made it clear that healthcare organizations must be prepared for outbreaks of viruses, bacteria and fungi. The parties V&VN, Verenso, Zorgthuisnl, Alzheimer Nederland, Patient Federation Netherlands, Netherlands Institute of Psychologists, LOC Waardevole Zorg en MantelzorgNL and ActiZ have made documents – originally … Read more
Binge Eating Disorder (BED) is relatively unknown, but it is much more common than anorexia and bulimia. Patients suffer from compulsive binge eating, but show no compensatory behavior afterwards. It was only in 2013 that BED was included as a separate disorder in the psychology bible, the DSM-V. The main difference from anorexia and bulimia … Read more