Going out with wet hair will make you sick. And if you pee over a jellyfish bite, the pain subsides. What is true and what is not? Did your mother also tell you not to go out with wet hair or you would get sick? And what about that uncle who used to say on birthdays that if you swallow an apple see

Do you suffer from unsightly bruises quickly? Sometimes it seems like women get them faster than men. But is that really true? Santé asked Karina Meijer, internist-haematologist at the University Medical Center in Groningen. Karina Meijer:“A bruise is a bruise under the skin. Something from the out

You certainly know what a mosquito bite looks like and that simply does not correspond to what you spot on your skin on hot days:bumps or blisters everywhere! What are those exactly? The end of summer is in sight. And although most of us will not immediately be waiting for another heat wave like la

You think you give your child a healthy snack? Then you are probably very wrong! Childrens rights organization UNICEF says after researching 2,000 products that no less than 70 percent contain too much sugar, salt or saturated fat or too little fiber. The main focus was on products in childlike pac

Dwayne Johnson, better known as The Rock, his wife and children were infected with the corona virus. The actor announced the news via a video on Instagram last Wednesday. They probably contracted the virus during a visit from family. Read also: Tom Hanks about coronavirus:After 12 minutes of exerc

Do you regularly check your breasts to see if anything has changed? And do you know what to look out for? With these drawings you can learn to recognize breast cancer better. As many as 1 in 8 women have a chance of developing breast cancer. You can see for yourself whether there are changes in you

Most PMS complaints often arise after your thirties and after you have had children. But they also appear at a younger age. Very annoying, but there are a number of solutions to ease the suffering. About 5 percent of women between the ages of 15 and 45 suffer from PMS complaints. Think of irritabil

There are two types of belly fat:subcutaneous fat and visceral fat. Chances are that you are not very happy with your belly fat, but do you ever think about what type of belly fat you have and how it affects your health? Type 1:Subcutaneous fat The subcutaneous fat is located between your skin and

An inflamed eyelid is painful and disfiguring. With these four tips you speed up the healing process and prevent a new inflammation. Solution 1:Let it rest A stye in the eye – in medical terms a hordeolum – is a swelling on the inside or outside of your eyelid, caused by an inflammation of a sweat

Actress Tjitske Reidinga is participating in Stoptober that will start soon. Shes stopped a few times, but once again shes gone. At a certain point you think its too late, it wont work. Yet she will try again during Stoptober, just like other celebrities such as Estelle Cruijff, Rick Brandsteder, J

Such a mask with these temperatures creates a gigantic greenhouse effect in your face. So how nice is it to wet your mouth cap for some extra cooling? But dont do it anyway, and for this reason… Yves Stevens, spokesperson for the Belgian crisis center says in Het Laatste Nieuws that the quality of

You see so many different mouth caps in times of corona. But which one is the best and which one is the worst? A team of researchers at Duke University in North Carolina figured it out. No fewer than 14 different mouth caps were used for the study. The best mouth cap was the surgical mouth cap. A n

It is important to keep an eye on your moles. The sooner you see an anomaly, the greater the chance you will be on time! It is expected that one in five Dutch people will develop skin cancer. 90 percent of melanomas are treatable if detected early. It is therefore important that you keep a close ey

The chance of a wasp sting with this weather is greater than you would like. The current climate causes wasps to be a nuisance and if you get stung… not fun! Santé has 4 solutions for a wasp sting. Remove venom from the wasp sting A wasp sting causes severe pain in combination with an itchy or burn

Youre actually full, but you still scoop it up again, because its such a shame to throw it away, because you cant freeze it, for example. But you are actually overeating and you would rather avoid that… Overeating causes you to subconsciously gain some weight. More than you actually want. So here a

The corona app will officially be launched nationally on September 1, but you can already download it. Actually, the cocorna app is now a kind of trial for the regions of Twente and Drenthe. But if you live in Noord-Holland, for example, you can already download it. Read also: Corona virus has o

You look forward to your vacation for months. Your suitcase is packed. And you quickly watered the plants once. Ready to go! And then .. you get that annoying motion sickness again. What is it and what can you do about it? About 1 in 3 people sometimes get travel sick. A lot. There is a good chance

The coronavirus has made us more aware of our health. Data from the digital magazine subscription service Readly shows that, since the lockdown at the beginning of March until now, readers have been actively looking for tips for a healthy lifestyle. The top 3 health-related search terms in the Nethe

Weve just had a heat wave, but to prepare for the waves that will undoubtedly come again:thats how much you sweat. Of course you know that you should drink enough water every day. Good for your organs, your brain and so you dont get a popping headache. Your body needs extra fluid on warmer days, be

We all want a healthy and attractive sex life, but rather not the sometimes painful or annoying shortcomings that it can cause. Lets zoom in on:getting a bladder infection after sex. Many women have had to contend with it:a bladder infection. Constantly feeling like you have to pee, only to get rid