After festivals in Breda and Utrecht, there were also events in Amsterdam and Venlo last week. 118 visitors to the Chin Chin Festival in Amsterdam later tested positive and 93 people who were on Stereo Sunday in Venlo were later found to be carrying the corona virus, according to an overview that health minister Hugo … Read more
The authoritative neurologist Bas Bloem of Radboudumc looks at the increasing numbers of people with Parkinson’s with anger. The victims often did not need to get sick. Pesticides can cause the brain disease, yet a ban has not been forthcoming. “But it’s damn urgent! How do we explain to next generations that they got Parkinson’s … Read more
People who have received a flu shot may be partially protected against some serious consequences of a corona infection. The chance that they end up in hospital is smaller, according to American scientists. They analyzed nearly 75,000 corona patients and found a significant decrease in the number of thrombosis and strokes in people who received … Read more
A 90-year-old woman from Belgium who previously died of the coronavirus was simultaneously infected with both the Alpha and the Beta variant, Belgian researchers announced on Sunday. According to them, this rare phenomenon may be underestimated. The unvaccinated woman, who lived alone and received home nursing, was admitted to hospital in Aalst in March after … Read more
Whoever refuses to be vaccinated puts not only his own health at risk, but also that of others. That’s because variants can only develop in the body of infected people, a risk that obviously increases if you don’t get vaccinated. “Unvaccinated people are potential variant factories,” William Schaffner, professor of infectious diseases, told CNN “The … Read more
Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. The latter was the case with the man who was just a little too enthusiastic and as a result broke his penis vertically (see image). The 40-year-old man He is the very first patient in the world who has broken his penis vertically. The business magazine reports that Forbes … Read more
About 66 million years ago, the largest and strongest animal species the earth has ever known came to an end. A devastating meteorite impact eventually killed the dinosaurs. But they’ve been struggling for a long time. For millions of years, they struggled to survive, according to new research on the evolutionary trends of six major … Read more
The idea is simple: if you can’t open your mouth properly, you’ll eat less. From that simple thought, scientists in New Zealand developed the DentalSlim Diet Control. The device can be mounted by dentists and uses magnetic components with locking bolts. Thanks to the device, you can only open your mouth a few millimeters. So … Read more
Researchers from Erasmus University think that the coronavirus can infect brain cells. The inflammatory response that follows from this could possibly contribute to the neurological and psychological complaints in many (former) patients. These complaints range from problems with memory to headaches and sometimes even psychosis and inflammation of the brain tissue. Also (ex-) patients often … Read more
A painful upper arm, a little weak feeling, that’s how the side effects of the corona vaccine stop for most people. But the second shot is yet to come for many. And doesn’t that cause more severe side effects? Indeed, Pfizer and Moderna mRNA vaccines reported more severe side effects after administration of the second … Read more