It is generally recommended to have your teeth cleaned twice a year. Research now shows that once a year is sufficient for many people. 5,100 adults were monitored for 16 years. They had no gum disease and all had their teeth cleaned once or twice a year. Bandages The scientists examined the ass

Losing weight comes with many ups and downs. You can use some support from the people around you. How do you support someone who is losing weight? Listen to stories Not everyone is eager for unintentional training advice and nutritional tips, but a listening ear is always nice. Listen to stories

There is always room for improvement and that also applies to healthcare in the Netherlands. The Best Care Idea competition challenges you to think about how healthcare can be improved. Join us and maybe your idea will be put into practice soon. For more information or to participate, visit the we

If you regularly sleep with earplugs, you may eventually no longer be able to fall asleep without earplugs. are earplugs bad for your ears? ENT specialist Sietske Meinesz: In itself, the use of earplugs is not harmful to the ear. If you do not suffer from ear infections or from a build-up of cerum

Tired eyes, aka “visual fatigue”; Sixty percent of all 20- to 45-year-olds seem to suffer from it regularly. Complaints:itchy, red or burning eyes, blurred vision, concentration problems and headache. Visual fatigue can be caused by stress, fatigue, air conditioning or staring at a screen for long

6 things you can do now to live a healthy life next week. Plan your sports moments Agree with yourself when you will exercise this week. Put your agenda next to that of your training buddy. This week you have no excuses for delaying your training. Pack your gym bag Make sure your sportswear has

Angelina Jolie lost her mother to breast cancer in 2007. When Angelinas children ask if the same could happen to her, Angelina answers that they dont have to worry, but the truth is that she also carries the BRCA1 gene herself. This gene increases the risk of breast and ovarian cancer. Angelina has

A dog has a positive effect on your health. 7 reasons to bring a dog into your home. 1. Dogs make you move The dog needs to be walked and that provides exercise. People with a dog are 34 percent more likely to walk 150 minutes a week. 2. Dogs make you run faster Walking a puppy increases your w

The Medical File has been expanded and improved on our new website! Read here how it works and let us know which files you would like to see. Im looking for… You can search extensively in the Medical File. When you enter your search term, you will immediately see which articles and files match yo

Epidemiologists predict that 1 in 5 Dutch people will develop some form of skin cancer. It is important to quickly discover suspicious spots. Saturday 25 May is Check your skin day. Checking your skin is very important to detect skin cancer at an early stage. In various hospitals and independent

The too cold spring has an advantage for people with hay fever:people with an allergy to grass pollen have fewer complaints. There are 94 percent less grass pollen than usual. Unfortunately, there will be no cancellation. The grass pollen season is expected to start in early June. On the Allergy

You should definitely have the following beauty products in your closet for the summer. Scrub Get rid of all those dead skin cells before summer really kicks off. A scrub should not be missing in your bathroom. Your skin will look shinier after exfoliating and your tan will be more even and last l

Roman Atwoods mission is to make the world gape. It works well, we have to admit that as we yawn typing this article. Do you have to yawn from his video? Curious? Watch the video below. Do you have to yawn?

Sometimes it is useful to swallow the pill. Because your period is not right now, or out of convenience. Is it bad to swallow the pill? Gynecologist Lucie Ribbert: The bleeding that occurs during the stop week of the pill is not a real period, but a bleeding that is triggered by the lowering of th

Do you always have cold hands and feet? Would you prefer to turn the heating up a few degrees? Dont worry:there is hope for the cold. An expert gives advice. Ingrid Kuiper (GP): There are a lot of people who are always cold. Especially women turn out to be real cold-blooded. The complaints vary fro

People with anorexia have a distorted view of their bodies. Recent research shows that they even act as if they are fatter than they actually are. Port For the study, a gate that could be made wider or narrower was used. The participants were given a task that had nothing to do with the study. Th

Can you stay tired for a long time after an anaesthetic? After anesthesia:fatigue “I had surgery about six months ago. This lasted about five hours. I came out of the anesthesia well and was even able to observe my surroundings very quickly. But six months after the operation I still have the feel

Before you show your bare legs, you prefer to have a tan. Getting a tan is not that difficult thanks to self-tanner, but can you sunbathe with self-tanner? Brown with/without sun Yes, you can sunbathe with self-tanner. Self-tanner adheres to the top layer of your skin (the dead skin cells). While t

When your skin is slightly warmed up, you fall asleep faster, sleep deeper and sleep longer. It has been known for some time that your body temperature and the warmth of your sleeping environment can influence your sleep. Research is being carried out at the Free University into specifically the w

People are still sniffling around us. The flu epidemic that has already gripped the Netherlands for a record time is still not over. Figures from the research institute Nivel show that the number of people with flu has even risen again. The flu epidemic has lasted 17 weeks, making it the longest i