After sitting in the same position for a while, your foot stings and feels half numb:your foot is asleep. How does that feeling arise? Press Often a body part sleeps after you stand, sit or lie in the same position for too long, if you cross your legs or if your shoes are too tight. That is no coin

Michigan State University researchers have made a quite remarkable discovery:sex is healthier for older women than it is for older men. This was discovered in a study that started in 2005. The participants were aged between 57 and 85 years. They completed a questionnaire about their health and life

Research by the Erasmus MC in Rotterdam shows that obese people have just as high a life expectancy as their neighbors who are not overweight. This conclusion is drawn after the analysis of 6,500 participants of a long-term population survey in Rotterdam. Previous studies have shown different resul

Is sugar as addictive as cigarettes and drugs? Actually, there is no real answer to this question for the following reasons… Not sufficiently studied in humans Most studies of sugar addiction have not been conducted in humans, but in rats. There is as yet no evidence that the results found in rats

Nightmares are annoying, but theres more to them than you think. Did you already know the following facts? 1. Dont take your nightmares too literally Nightmares often arise from a fear, but you are not always literally dreaming about what that fear is. In America there was a study into nightmares a

According to research from the website Treadmillreviews, refilling your water bottle without washing it is just as dirty as licking a toilet seat. You fill a bottle with water, so you may have the feeling that it stays clean by itself. So thats not true. Lots of bacteria Researchers test various r

Traveling to a distant destination can pose health risks. Fortunately, there are vaccinations and other precautions you can take. You probably rely on special vaccination centers for the advice, but that advice is not always completely correct. The Consumers Association sent 20 mystery shoppers to

How can you make a trip as pleasant as possible for children with motion sickness? What causes motion sickness? Travel sickness is the name for carsickness, airsickness and seasickness all in one. Motion sickness is caused by your eyes seeing something different than what your body is experiencing.

Mosquitoes are annoying critters that keep you from sleeping, or in worse cases transmit diseases. Wouldnt it be easier if all mosquitoes were simply eradicated? There are more than 3000 mosquito species, only a few hundred of which sting humans. Exterminating all mosquitoes would mean killing many

Do you have a hard time falling asleep? Nutritionist Anita Mulderij gives advice. Anita Mulderij: You got to bed on time, you didnt secretly watch that one exciting series until late and you are currently not experiencing any extra stress at work. Yet you lie awake for hours every time. Annoying.

The morning rush will be a completely different story. All together in a too busy train, while the lady next to you is sniffling a lot? You may be more susceptible to the virus than in the afternoon. The cause is probably that all body processes have to be started in the morning and the body is bus

Since the smoking ban, secondhand smoke has become less common, but we still breathe a lot of unhealthy air. This is apparent from research by Milieudefensie. On average, we smoke five cigarettes a day, but the air quality differs greatly per city. Most people smoke in Rotterdam:6.7 cigarettes a d

A good reason to finally start reading that book this weekend that has been on your bedside table for weeks. Bookworms 3,635 people over the age of 50 completed a questionnaire about their habits. They were then divided into three groups:people who read no books, people who read a maximum of 3.5 h

Fruit juice healthy? Not always. It often contains a lot of sugar and by eating normal fruit, you stay satiated longer than from a juice. It seems to be slowly getting through to more and more people, because less and less fruit juice and fruit drinks are requested. In 2013, Dutch supermarkets sol

It may seem tempting on hot days, but jumping off a bridge to cool off in the water is dangerous. The dangers of bridge jumping Bridges are often higher than they appear. You can injure yourself by the impact on the water, but you can also break a bone or suffer a collapsed lung. The water in a can

Hopefully youll have time today to enjoy the sun, but pay attention to your skin. The sun power is very high today. The KNMI will inform you about this. The sun strength today is 8 on the UV index, which means that your skin can be burned after 10-15 minutes. So, in addition to enjoying yourself,

All for free except for two prints. The Red Cross has made a fan that you can print out. Choose sturdy paper, so that the fan provides more cooling. Print the front and back here. Heat poses no problems for healthy adults. Although it is extra important to drink enough, seek shade and protect yo

Heatstroke occurs when your body overheats and cannot get rid of the heat. Try to prevent that with the following tips. Read first: What is heat stroke? It is better to prevent heat stroke than to cure it. With these tips you reduce the chance of getting sunstroke: Dont go out in the sun too much

More than 3.3 million Dutch people go on a camping holiday. Walking around the campsite with a toilet roll under your arm? No problem. But what we are ashamed of… We are ashamed of the noises we make in the toilet. Young campers are more ashamed. Even 77 percent of 12 to 20-year-olds. We also find

With the heat, sunstroke is lurking. Do you know how to prevent and cure heatstroke? How do you get sunstroke? Your body constantly keeps itself at the right temperature and even on hot days it usually works well. If you lose more fluid than you take in, your body has too little fluid to evaporate.