Cracks in your hands can be caused by a skin problem such as eczema or psoriasis, but even when its cold outside and the air inside is dry, some people are more prone to cracks in the fingers or knuckles. What is a skin gap? A chasm is a cracked piece of skin. If your skin is dry, your skin is les

A striking headline on Nu.nl:Europeans must drastically change their diet. It is a warning from European academics. We should be getting fewer calories and eating less meat. Its not just any advice. One hundred and thirty academics spent two years researching the future of health, nutrition, the en

Youre still so neat. There are those forgotten items that almost everyone forgets to clean from time to time. 1. Bags In your gym bag you probably carry regularly worn shoes, sportswear and used towels. Even if you take it out neatly at home, your bag could use a wash or cleaning. Even your handbag

The European Parliament is likely to vote on this issue in December. A working group has investigated the pros and cons of changing the clock. The idea behind summer time is that you can cut back on lighting, but according to the working group, the intended energy savings are not achieved. If the

An impossible piece of advice for some people to follow. If you work night shifts, you are not alone. In the Netherlands, 1.3 million people sometimes work at night. It was already known before that this leads to risks. According to the Health Council, working night shifts increases your risk of sl

The healthiest thing to do is just let that fart go. But during yoga class or at any other time when everyone can hear it? Rather not. How bad is it to hold him up? By letting out a wind, you remove excess gases from your body. These gases are released by digested food. A person produces about 12 t

The topic of burnout is being discussed more and more. It is increasingly common among the relatively young group of millennials. The fact that burnout is increasingly a topic in the media ensures that burnout is seen as normal by 38 percent of millennials. On the one hand, that might mean that the

These plants have a positive effect on your health. 1. Sansevieria (sanseveria) This plant regulates the humidity and that has a positive influence on, among other things, your skin, eyes and respiratory tract. The womans tongue converts harmful substances into oxygen. 2. Columnar cactus The colu

In most cases, a sore throat is gone within ten days, but in the meantime it can be quite annoying. With these ingredients you can soothe a sore throat Eating ice cream or drinking cold water will cool the throat and numb the pain. A cup of tea can also soothe your sore throat. Especially if you a

Did you go to the doctor last year? Then you belong to the 78 percent of Dutch people who went to the GP in 2016. The average is 4.4 GP visits per person. The average has therefore increased slightly from 2012 to 2014, with an average of 4.1 GP visits. In 2015 that rose to 4.3 and last year it ros

A very good question. Sometimes you think you are hungry, but you are actually thirsty. Your body has a hard time keeping hunger and thirst apart. How do you ensure that this works from now on? You dont have to drink a glass of water right away. That doesnt make much sense, because it takes at leas

We blink regularly without thinking about it. Our brains know how to time it so that we miss as little information as possible. Yet you close your eyes for a maximum of 6 seconds per minute. Optometrist Simone Stad of Specsavers explains why we blink. Blinking is not only important to protect your

Sometimes an emergency Caesarean section has to be chosen at the last minute during a delivery. Research is being carried out at the University Medical Center Groningen into performing an ultrasound during childbirth. Before delivery it is difficult to determine whether the head will fit through th

Our life expectancy is increasing slightly less quickly than was thought. Will you reach the age of 65 in 2023? Then you probably have 20.48 years to live from that moment on. Last year it was thought that this group of people would live another 20.74 years on average. Why has life expectancy been

In 1942, only eight percent of people slept six hours or less. Today that is almost half of the people. Where does that change come from? Matthew Walker has been researching sleep for years. For the past four and a half years he wrote the book Why We Sleep. He is convinced that we are in a catastro

September 29 is Dress Red Day, a day to draw attention to cardiovascular disease in women. These problems are still too often overlooked, because the symptoms are different in women than in men. The diagnosis of heart attack is more often – incorrectly – not made in women than in men. This has seve

When it comes to pubic hair, everyone has their own preference. Shaving, waxing or just as nature once conceived it. When it comes to your health, what would be the best choice? When it comes to your health, its best to go au naturel. Body hair has a function. Your pubic hair is a natural protectiv

Are you a cold-blooded person? There is probably a good explanation for that. Read also: 10 Things You Recognize When Youre Cold Your body has more receptors for cold than for heat. This will make you cold faster. On average, women have more receptors for cold than men. That is one of the reasons

Bad habits sometimes have surprisingly good sides. 1. Dont make your bed According to a study by Kingston University, dust mites, fungi and bacteria survive less well in an open bed than in a neatly smoothed bed. The warmer the environment, the better these pathogens thrive. So from now on, leave

Almost every woman has experienced it at some point in her life:unwanted urine loss due to a weakened bladder. How come? Unwanted urine loss occurs because your pelvic floor muscles have weakened. You can lose some urine while laughing, sneezing, coughing or exercising. Or maybe youre having troubl