Max Havelaar and Pure Foundation! eating out, together we organize the first Fairtrade Restaurant Week from 1 to 7 November. Fairtrade promotes sustainable development in international trade, especially in exports from poor to rich Western countries. Fairtrade Products are recognizable by the Max H

Sugary ingredients in snacks and soft drinks cause a rise in blood pressure. New research shows that large amounts of fructose are very harmful. Naturally fructose is found in smaller amounts in fruit † However, large amounts can be harmful and damage the arteries US scientists found that people wh

Women who lie on their backs for 15 minutes after artificial insemination are 50 percent more likely to get pregnant than if they get up straight away. This is apparent from research led by gynecologist-in-training Inge Custers of the Center for Reproductive Medicine of the Academic Medical Center (

Half of the Dutch do not take good care of their teeth, according to research by Xylifresh. 80 percent of dentists think that the Dutch are too easygoing with their teeth † The causes are no sense and lack of time. According to dentists, it is very important that people brush their teeth several

Supermarkets in disadvantaged neighborhoods in Amsterdam will try to stunt the price of healthy food next year as an experiment. This examines whether the food choice of consumers is changing. The trial is an initiative of the Institute of Health Sciences from the Free University in Amsterdam. ‘I

The government is starting a flu campaign about the Mexican flu to better inform citizens. GPs and government are currently receiving many questions about the Swine flu † To improve education a campaign with television and radio spots will start next Monday and advertisements will appear in the nat

People who mourn the loss of a loved one are six times more likely to have a heart attack, according to a study by Australian researchers. The study, of 160 people, focused on physical changes after the loss of a child or loved one † The mourner suffers from high blood pressure, cardiac arrhythmia

No plans for the weekend yet? Now it is! The culinary Food4you festival will take place in Wageningen until Sunday 11 October. Dozens of grains, from wheat to spelt, and processed into bread, pasta or in a record-long sausage roll are one of the themes of the Food4you festival † From 7 to 11 Octo

Last Saturday, the VU medical center helped a large group of young doctors in the white coat for the second time. With this, VUmc was the first in the Netherlands to make a clear distinction between the more theoretical and practical part of the medicine programme. During the impressive ceremony –

Today the exhibition of Stichting Borstbeeld is located on the museum square in Amsterdam. The traveling open-air exhibition shows photos by twelve top Dutch photographers. They photographed women who had to undergo breast reconstruction because of breast cancer. The assignment for the photographer

While the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends breastfeeding for at least six months, many women stop breastfeeding prematurely. Living too busy is the main reason why mothers stop doing this. Most mothers (80 percent) do start breastfeeding, but only a quarter of them do so after six months.

Research from 2006 showed that cancer patients have a higher risk of psychological complaints. Now, new research has shown that partners of cancer patients are also declining in physical and psychological health. Katarina Sjövall of the Academic Medical Center in Lund has investigated this. She stu

Last week, the spread of swine flu in the Netherlands seems to have increased slightly. This was announced by the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM). On average, 6.9 people per 10,000 Dutch people reported to their GP last week with flu-like symptoms † Also, 24 patients

Due to obstetricians and gynaecologists, the infant mortality rate in the Netherlands is unnecessarily high. The Netherlands is one of the countries with the highest infant mortality rate in Europe , which would be because midwives and gynaecologists be too cautious about childbirth. Thus gynecolog

Ribiz.nl publishes a blacklist of doctors, specialists, general practitioners and nurses who have been suspended or removed from their appeal following a decision by a disciplinary court. Minister Ab Klink of Health had the black list of doctors on the internet already announced because until now i

Almost half of the Dutch (47 percent) do not know their blood group. Furthermore, the Dutch are not very aware of the blood supply in the Netherlands, according to research by Sanquin (the Dutch blood supply organisation). The survey, which was conducted among 1200 Dutch people, also shows that alm

A 14-year-old girl died this week from swine flu. She was healthy for that time, according to the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM). It is the first time in the Netherlands that someone has died from the H1N1 virus , without this person already suffering from another s

The Consumers Association today handed over signatures to Ab Klink to prevent pharmaceuticals advertising. Advertising for medicines is prohibited in the Netherlands That is why many pharmaceutical companies use so-called symptom advertising. They inform consumers about all kinds of ailments throug

Scientists say they have developed an AIDS vaccine for the first time that greatly reduces the risk of contracting HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus). The vaccine is a combination of two vaccines that already existed. Separately, the vaccines proved ineffective, but when the two are combined, the r

Over the next decade, obesity could become the leading cause of cancer in women. This is the conclusion of an extensive study into cancer cases due to obesity in Europe. More than 124,000 overweight Europeans got cancer last year. Most cases occurred in women in Central European countries such as t