There are different types of burns of varying degrees: First-degree (superficial) burns These are the lightest burns you can get and affect only the epidermis. Burned skin is red, slightly swollen, painful, dry and has no blisters. Lightly sunburned skin is an example of this. Tissue damage on...

Wasps, bees, mosquitoes, ants, fleas, drones: there are plenty of itchy critters crawling around in our country and they can sometimes sting. Usually it's just annoying, but sometimes it's dangerous. What do you do in case of an insect sting? What do you diagnose in bug stings? Local swelling Itching Redness Sometimes pain or stinging sensation What do you do in case of...

Flu or influenza, cold and Coronavirus ( Covid-19 ) are all three viral diseases caused by different viruses. You get flu from the influenza virus, cold from a cold virus and Covid-19 from the Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 The associated symptoms can be very similar, those of flu, cold symptoms, coughing, shortness of breath,...

Itching during childbirth is very annoying, not only during the day but also during the night which also disturbs your sleep. What is the cause of itching during and after childbirth. During and after childbirth all kinds of hormonal changes occur in the body. Your liver, because of all the hormonal changes, can...

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...