All kinds of medications are being tested to minimize the symptoms of the coronavirus until there is a vaccine. Professor Martineau of Queen Mary University of London recently suggested that corona patients with severe symptoms in intensive care have a strikingly low vitamin D level. Do we already have to stock up on vitamin D? … Read more
The commercial DNA testing company iGene offers online DNA testing that could detect cancer and Alzheimer’s disease. According to the IGJ (Health and Youth Care Inspectorate), this means that the company is violating the rules: a license is required to detect cancer or serious diseases for which no treatment or prevention is possible. IGene does … Read more
Price comparison for car insurance is worthwhile October 25, 2020 No other segment of the insurance market is as competitive as that of motor insurance. They are seen as the entrance door to customers through which one hopes to be able to sell more policies. Therefore, a price comparison is particularly worthwhile here: For the … Read more
Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – Indonesia’s financial market closed again in various ways on Tuesday (20/10/2020) yesterday. The rupiah exchange rate and government bond prices both strengthened, but the Jakarta Composite Index (IHSG) closed lower. Yesterday, IHSG closed down 0.52% at the level of 5.099.84, after the previous day, JCI closed higher. Asian stocks closed in … Read more
The National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) has found quantities of the harmful substance NDMA in a random sample of three variants of the diabetes drug metformin that are ‘close to the permitted limit’. Due to the margin of uncertainty, it is unknown whether the substance, which is likely to be carcinogenic, … Read more
More and more Dutch people who cough or have other complaints that could indicate the corona virus, are being tested. However, the willingness to stay at home with complaints is small, according to behavioral research by the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) and GGD-GHOR. The poll of 60,000 people, which is … Read more