Ruud de Wild will determine from day to day whether he can present his radio program. A spokesperson for KRO-NCRV reported this when asked. The NPO Radio 2 DJ has corona and made radio from his home quarantine on Monday. His colleague Paul Rabbering replaced him on Tuesday. “Ruud is really ill,” said the spokeswoman … Read more
Doctors and nurses cannot work too hard on adrenaline for months to help the patients of the second corona wave. Not because the adrenaline is ‘gone’, but because the stress hormone does not work that way. Dr. Guy T’Sjoen, Professor of Endocrinology (UZ Ghent) explains to Het Laatste Nieuws why health care workers in the … Read more
The big question is how long you will remain immune to the virus after a corona infection. Scientists come up with the strongest evidence to date that humans are immune for a long time, possibly years. About that writes The Guardian. Researchers at New York’s Rockefeller University found that not only does the immune system … Read more
In the second wave, overweight people seem to be affected even more than in the first wave. More obese people become critically ill, more of them die. Does it still make sense to lose weight, or are you already too late? Doctor Guy T’Sjoen endocrinologist, says against HLN that 60 percent of the corona patients … Read more
J Balvin has been struggling with depression and an anxiety disorder for a while. The 35-year-old singer told his followers on Instagram in his native language, Spanish, on Wednesday. “I know I was away from social media for a while,” he tells his 44.8 million followers. “I’ve had a lot of anxiety and depression lately.” … Read more
There are 6,823 corona patients in Belgian hospitals. Enough to be able to make a good estimate of the average clinical picture and the characteristics of the sick. What is striking: the admitted patients are less ill, but often too fat. About that writes Het Laatste Nieuws. People get sick less. “Compared to the first … Read more
It is definitely not something you see every day. It is therefore not surprising that the Dutch took pictures of the halo around the moon en masse last night. The luminous circle could be seen beautifully in the night sky. “Our inbox is completely full,” says meteorologist Brian Verhoeven of Buienradar to RTL Nieuws. “The … Read more
The corona vaccine should already be on the market, says Dutch doctor and professor Marcel Levi, head of seven hospitals in London. According to him, the vaccine is safe enough to be used on a large scale. “The alternative is much worse,” he explains to AD.nl. “You take a certain risk by already releasing a … Read more
The lives of men with metastatic prostate cancer can be extended by two to three years by determining which drug is most effective on the basis of DNA research. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men. Normally, patients receive radiation or chemotherapy. But the tailored approach through DNA analysis improves the outlook significantly. … Read more
The contamination figures for our southern neighbors are dramatic. The hospitals are in danger of being inundated with corona patients and up to 40 percent of the tests administered are positive. According to professor of biostatistics Geert Molenberghs (UHasselt) there is nothing else for it than a complete lockdown. In Belgium, an average of more … Read more