March 1st has started Colon Cancer Month. This years theme is the smallest room. We dont like to talk about our bowel movements and that is why we have chosen a taboo-breaking film this year. Every year 13,000 people get cancer, of which 5,000 die. It is important that colorectal cancer is detecte

For the first time, a complete roadmap of man has been created. It may still sound a bit vague, but scientists expect that the biochemical roadmap of the human body will cause a huge revolution in the coming years. Systems biologists now understand for the first time exactly how a person makes him

The medical sector has been in the news a few times recently. That reporting definitely influences doctors. No one will have missed the fuss around Jansen Steur. Mednet has conducted research among 400 specialists and general practitioners. Image 85 percent of the doctors surveyed think that the

Healthy adult women have died after taking the Diane-35 pill. Why is the pill not being withdrawn from the market, some people wonder. Taking Diane-35 off the market is also not without risks, Minister of Health Edith Schippers pointed out to us on Tuesday. Risks Women taking Diane-35 would then

In the Netherlands 45.9 percent of people are overweight, 11.1 percent of them are obese. The number will increase further in the coming years. Obesity clinic Flevoland will hold an information market on March 14. Have the sugar level in your blood tested, do a speed date with patients who have ha

The first national Week of Care and Welfare will be held from 11 to 16 March. This week you can take a look at this world for yourself and discover what great work is being done:for example in your grandmothers nursing home, the hospital or the childcare. An Open Day of Care and Welfare has been o

Almost 2,000 women took part in the online health program Fitness Bible for Women-Live in the last six weeks of 2012, in collaboration with Santé. Of course we are very curious about the results and Marije is happy to share them. I asked all participants to put the results, experiences and feedbac

One ​​in three Dutch people will develop cancer in the course of his or her life. Everyone knows someone in his or her environment with cancer, so you will regularly think about it. Today that happens even more, because it is World Cancer Day. Campaign This years campaign has the theme You have c

The board of the Association of Practicing General Practitioners is suing the organization behind the epd. How about that? Renewed version Since January 1, the new version of the electronic patient file, the National Switch Point, has come into effect. It currently contains about 400 patient reco

The survival rates of cancer patients have increased. At this point, about 61 percent are cured. Differences Survival rates vary by type of cancer. The survival rate for breast, prostate and skin cancers is more than 85 percent. With pancreatic cancer, only six percent of patients are still alive f

When youre sick, its not just good for yourself to get sick at home. The rest of the office will thank you if you stay home. A sick person in the workplace infects half of the common areas in the office. Think of the elevator button, telephones, the handrail, door handles or keyboards. This is acc

Last night a special meeting was held on the electronic patient record. The terms and conditions have been agreed. Yesterday, the National Association of General Practitioners approved the implementation of the electronic patient file. 16 regions voted in favour, 5 voted against, 2 regions did not

Banning the scales can be a huge relief. Three reasons not to weigh yourself (anymore). Day scale When youre too concerned with the number that appears on the scale, it can be a huge relief to get the scale out the door. This way you can let go of your weight and focus on how you feel. As a test

Are you unable to lose weight? Perhaps it is one of these four reasons. These four reasons youre not losing weight seem so obvious. Yet it often goes wrong. Jessica Bartfield, who specializes in diet and weight, explains the four reasons. 1. We underestimate the number of calories we eat It is d

Subconsciously we adapt our eating pattern to the person we eat with. Does your table companion eat a lot, we are inclined to do that ourselves. Eat them little, we also subconsciously suppress ourselves. It will not surprise you that especially young women adapt their eating behavior to the eatin

There must be cuts of 1.5 billion on the basic package of health insurance. Doctors, health insurers and patients are called upon to think along about how this should be done. The basic package threatens to expand further as a result of new treatments that are emerging and because there is more de

At the end of last week it was announced that there will be a European investigation into the Diane-35 pill. It is being investigated whether the effectiveness and the risks of the pill are in balance. Off the French shelves In France, the pill was taken off the shelves two weeks ago, after four

We stop dieting after an average of five weeks, two days and 43 minutes. 16 percent stop dieting even after two weeks. One in seven women keeps their diet for 13 weeks, according to a British study. The flip side Dieting is difficult. For 1 in 6 women, this is due to the feeling of hunger. For 4

It is very nice that breast reconstruction is possible. However, the psychological impact of breast reconstruction after mastectomy is underestimated. More information in advance is therefore an important factor. That is the opinion of Jessica Gopie in psychology, who obtained her doctorate on 9 J

That pesky cough just keeps getting stuck. What appears now? We just expect the cough to go away faster than it actually does. A matter of days We expect to have a cough for up to a week to 9 days, but in reality we cough for an average of 17.8 days. To the doctor So we actually need antibiotic