Posts by Tom Willaert

Four hundred variations Coronaviruses. As many as four hundred different species of Coronavirus are known. Six of them are infectious to humans. Human coronaviruses can be divided into mild pathogenic viruses and highly pathogenic viruses (* a Patogen is a pathogenic organism ). The mild forms cause symptoms such as a simple cold and are otherwise harmless. Two types...

Regular walking and doing strength exercises improves memory and thinking skills in elderly people with dementia. This is according to research from the University Medical Center in Groningen. Walking and strength exercises not only have a positive impact on physical fitness in elderly people with dementia. They also improve memory and sharper thinking skills....

Bad sleep A bad night's sleep not only disrupts our biological clock, it even changes the epigenetic structure of our DNA (* Epigenetics: the study that focuses on processes that help influence the expression of genes). In some cases, this change seems irreversible. Biological clock Our biological clock ensures that...

Results from a Finnish study do not lie: excessive consumption of saturated fats, red meat and sausage are harmful to children's cognitive (*memory) development. Poor fish consumption also has repercussions. The study involved 428 boys and girls between the ages of six and eight. The researchers looked at whether there...