How do you prevent an ingrown toenail? One never suffers from it, while the other has an ingrown toenail every now and then. If you have rounded nails, you are more likely to have an ingrown nail. There are a number of things you can do to prevent an ingrown toenail. Good shoes Wear well-fitting s

A healthy lifestyle includes a healthy meal and plenty of exercise. But it turns out that one thing often comes at the expense of the other. You can only use your time once and one behavior seems to replace another. Research from Ohio State University shows that if you spend 10 minutes more time p

Youve probably heard it said:taking antibiotics too often can eventually make you resistant to them. British government chief medical adviser sees great danger in this. In Great Britain, 1,250 people die every year from infections that can no longer be cured by antibiotics. According to senior adv

Every little bit contributes to a healthy lifestyle. Do you have a minute to spare? You can do this to become healthier. 1. Pack your gym bag This way you can exercise in the morning after getting up, or you have no excuse after work to plop down on the couch.2. Clean your keyboard Your keyboard

85 percent of the Dutch eat more than the recommended amount of 6 grams of salt. Most people are not aware of this and that has to change. Today is World Kidney Day, which is why the Kidney Foundation uses this day to draw attention to our salt use. The self-regulation of the food industry is not

Preventing premature skin aging and improving sex life are two important reasons to quit smoking. That is according to a British study. 40 percent of the women said they wanted to stop smoking to prevent premature skin aging. Surprisingly, of the men, 55 percent admitted that this is the main reas

Do you dine at the dining table, or do you prefer to plop on the couch with your plate on your lap? More and more people are leaving the dining table for what it is. It has become a habit for many families. Six out of ten meals are eaten on the couch in front of the television. A third is ashamed

Because of pumps that dont fit that well or because of abrasive sports shoes, sometimes you cant avoid a blister. What is the best way to treat a blister? Blisters are caused by friction. Your body produces extra fluid during friction, this accumulates and this is how the blister develops. pierc

MemoMedic is a super handy app. In the app you will find a medicine alarm clock, you can keep track of your medicine stock, order new medicines and keep your personal medical file. The MemoMedic app is only available for free download today (Saturday 16 March). The normal price of the app is € 2.6

Inflamed gums can be quite painful. If you dont take good care of it, it can get worse. How do you take care of your inflamed gums? When your gums are inflamed, you will mainly notice it because of the pain. You can also recognize it by a redder color, the gums may be a bit thicker and it will ble

Nutritionist and author Kimberly Snyder suggests eating your meals from light to heavy. How about that? Kimberlys advice is simple:save the toughest for last. In general, this probably goes without saying:there is a good chance that your breakfast is lighter than your lunch and your lunch is light

A blister is better to prevent than to cure. Read our tips to prevent a blister. Prevent friction A blister is caused by friction, try to avoid friction. Wear well-fitting shoes, shoes that are too big or too small create friction, and wear socks without seams. Take care of your feet Blisters d

The fact that you will soon be wearing swimwear again is an incentive for some people to lose the last few kilos. But if it were up to these Norwegian researchers, a few kilos less could also mean a cheaper plane ticket. According to the Norwegian researcher Bharat P. Bhatta, it is very logical to

People with psychological problems can go online with their problems anonymously. Until now there was a temporary arrangement for the project, but yesterday the Council of Ministers agreed to make this form of aid permanent. Minister Edith Schippers of Public Health thinks that e-health is a good

If you want to be treated by a provider with whom your health insurer has no agreements, you will now be reimbursed for three quarters of the healthcare costs. If a proposed legislative change goes through, you will now have to pay for the entire treatment yourself. Proposal In 2012, Minist

We are aware of the importance of healthy eating. But did you know that a healthy diet also has a positive effect on IVF? Women who eat a lot of fruit and whole-grain products have a greater chance of successful IVF treatment, a researcher from Erasmus MC has discovered. Better prepared In wome

American youth could live a lot healthier. To achieve this, Michelle Obama has started a special collaboration with Big Bird, the American variant of Pino. Check out the two videos Michelle and Big Bird made below. The first is about healthy eating in the White House kitchen. The second video is a

Keeping your attention away from your phone or tablet isnt always easy. Because we can be so absorbed in it, we do not notice that we sometimes sit or lie in unnatural positions. A Florido chiropractor first coined the term texting neck, straining the head, neck and shoulders from looking down at

Overweight people have a different intestinal flora composition than slim people. Do their intestinal flora deviate because they are too fat, or are they too fat because their intestinal flora deviates? That is one of the questions that drives AMC internist Anne Vrieze in her research into transpl

Losing weight doesnt mean you have to go hungry. Read the 7 tips. Have a good breakfast Eat several times throughout the day Some people can manage just fine on three meals a day, but for many people that is not enough. Make your meals slightly smaller so that you have some calories left over to s