There may be a flu medicine that can help against the corona virus. Hamsters given a high dose of favipiravir were found to be much less ill. The much more famous drug hydroxychloroquine had no effect. This is reported by KU Leuven, which published the study in the professional journal PNAS. Favipiravir is a drug … Read more
It could just take another year and a half before all corona measures are a thing of the past, the cabinet thinks, which is working on a long-term strategy. Even if there is a vaccine early next year. That’s not because it takes a long time to vaccinate everyone. If there are enough vaccines, it … Read more
Twitter has (again) blocked a tweet from Donald Trump. Trump claimed that the common flu is more deadly than Covid-19 and that we just have to learn to live with the new coronavirus, just like the flu. “Many people die every year, sometimes even more than 100,000 from the flu, despite the fact that there … Read more
Nanoparticles from air pollution have been found in the brains of a number of Mexican children. They are linked to the molecular damage that occurs in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. If future research confirms this discovery, it could have dire consequences, as 90 percent of the world’s population lives in polluted air, The Guardian writes. Medical … Read more
You may have never heard of The Hit Kwis. And then you have not missed anything. The show, which was hosted by Romy Monteiro and Kees Tol, has been voted the worst TV show of the year. The jury of the TV Knollen, the TV equivalent of the Razzies and the Loden Leeuw, unanimously declared … Read more
Children who have been exposed to air pollution for a long time show signs of Alzheimer’s and other neurological disorders in the brain. This is shown by British research in Mexico City. British scientists found in the brainstem of 186 young Mexico City residents, aged between 11 months and 27 years old, not only signs … Read more
Imagine: you are sitting comfortably on the couch thinking hard about losing weight. And then you just lose a few pounds. Too good to be true? These scientists claim not, although you still have to do something. The researchers at the University of Plymouth come up with the FIT method (Functional Imagery Training), which involves … Read more
ZEIST (ANP) – The number of corona patients in a hospital continues to rise. On Saturday, hospitals treated 741 people for coronavirus infection. This is the highest number since the end of May, according to figures from the National Coordination Center for Patient Distribution (LCPS). Nursing units are currently treating 585 people with Covid-19, the … Read more
The great majority of corona patients (95 percent) are not completely free of symptoms after six months. Most of them did not have to go to hospital, but still have at least six complaints six months after infection. This has emerged from research by the Longfonds, the universities of Maastricht and Hasselt and the Ciro … Read more
From the frying pan, in an oven dish or fried, many people think sweet potatoes are better than regular ones, but whether they are also healthier? That depends on what is important to you. The originally South American sweet potato can no longer be ignored in Dutch cuisine. The crop has a very healthy image. … Read more