Getty Images NOS News•Wednesday, 12:34•Amended Wednesday, 12:42 Iraqi actress Enas Taleb is taking legal action against British magazine The Economist, which has used a photo of her as an example of an overweight Arab woman. She called the use of the photo disappointing to New Lines Magazine and demanded compensation for “the emotional, mental and … Read more
Magnesium is an important natural mineral that regulates a lot in our body. In fact: it is necessary to be able to live! Therefore, a deficiency of this mineral can lead to unpleasant symptoms. In this blog we explain what magnesium is important for in our body, the symptoms and causes of a deficiency and … Read more
One has full hips, the other a tummy. Part of that has to do with physique. Unfortunately, that belly fat is really unhealthier than fat elsewhere in the body. Visceral fat is located around your organs, such as stomach and intestines. It can put pressure on your organs, making them less effective. But there is … Read more
The Iranian regime has killed more than 1,600 dogs in Damavand County (east of Tehran) City officials locked up guards at the Gandak shelter and barricaded access roads to the site to prevent volunteers from coming to protect the dogs. Iranian journalist and activist Masih Alinejad (45) posted a video on Twitter in which a … Read more
BILTHOVEN (AP) – Another 60 people have tested positive for the monkeypox virus in recent days. As a result, the total number of confirmed infections in the Netherlands has risen to 878, the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment reports. Last Monday the counter stood at 818 registered cases and last Thursday at … Read more
Monkeypox has added a new disease to the list of diseases you can contract from having sex with someone. That list is quite long. “It is believed that the Human Papillomavirus – HPV – and herpes are most common in our country. The first form can, for example, cause throat cancer after alternating oral sexual … Read more
Dr Carole K. Hooven is a professor at Harvard University who conducts research on testosterone. She says in Die Zeit that the hormone has a greater influence on men’s behavior than you might think. Hooven studied the influence of testosterone on chimpanzees in Uganda early in her career. She saw how drastic the difference in … Read more
If you take too much vitamin D for a long time, it can damage your heart, kidneys and blood vessels. You may also experience nausea, sleepiness, loss of appetite or constipation if you take too much vitamin D. It is a ‘wealth’ ailment: too many vitamins from food or the sun (vitamin D) is almost … Read more
Is the train a good alternative to the car? Maybe if train tickets weren’t so incredibly expensive. There is only one country where a ride with the boomel costs more and that is Switzerland. This is evident from figures from statistics website Statista† Swiss public transport users pay almost 44 euros per person per month. … Read more
Almost half of the people who got corona last year still had complaints after three months, according to research by the RIVM. Which people are more likely to belong to that group? In Belgium they are slightly stricter with their definition of long-term covid and they come to about 130,000 people, who still have significant … Read more