The commercial DNA testing company iGene offers online DNA testing that could detect cancer and Alzheimer’s disease. According to the IGJ (Health and Youth Care Inspectorate), this means that the company is violating the rules: a license is required to detect cancer or serious diseases for which no treatment or prevention is possible. IGene does … Read more
By Redactie on 20-10-2020 BORCULO – General practice Oosterwijk, Bierens and Melman and general practice ‘de Bongerd’ of general practitioners Broekhuizen and Molthof have decided in connection with the special circumstances caused by the corona crisis to one joint vaccination day on Wednesday 28 October. The vaccinations will be given in Muziekgebouw de Volharding, Haarloseweg … Read more
The National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) has found quantities of the harmful substance NDMA in a random sample of three variants of the diabetes drug metformin that are ‘close to the permitted limit’. Due to the margin of uncertainty, it is unknown whether the substance, which is likely to be carcinogenic, … Read more
More and more Dutch people who cough or have other complaints that could indicate the corona virus, are being tested. However, the willingness to stay at home with complaints is small, according to behavioral research by the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) and GGD-GHOR. The poll of 60,000 people, which is … Read more
Supermarket chain Jumbo is removing the Mix Indian Garam Masala of its own brand from the shelves. According to the group, it may be contaminated with salmonella. Especially in pregnant women, young children, the elderly and people with a weakened immune system, salmonella can be harmful to health. It concerns Jumbo Mix Indian Garam Masala … Read more
‘If someone has had a coughing fit in an elevator, 15 minutes later, small droplets are still present. If the elevator doors are left open, it will always take about two minutes before those very fine risk drops disappear from the sky. ” That is the view of Daniel Bonn, professor of complex liquids, in … Read more
The Netherlands could slowly lift the lockdown for people under fifty. The chance that they will die from corona is extremely small, say researchers at the UvA, about which EenVandaag reports. There are more than ten million people under the age of fifty in the Netherlands. Among this group, the mortality rate is 0.014 percent. … Read more
NETHERLANDS – The new coronavirus (SARS severe acute respiratory syndrome -CoV coronavirus -2) has been found in Dutch sewage. According to research from the National Institute for Public Health and Environment. Some patients with COVID-19 have the new coronavirus in the feces. That feces ends up in the sewer via the toilets. The research shows … Read more
The main entrance at Maatweg and the entrance to Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation (at the rear) will be closed from 16 March AMERSFOORT – For the reception and screening of patients and visitors, Meander Hospital Amersfoort places tents at the SEH and at the entrance in the parking garage. From Monday, March 16, employees of Meander … Read more
Now that the new coronavirus is also spreading outside of China, it is impossible to wear mouth masks. There is also an increasing demand for caps in the Netherlands. But it makes little sense to get a mask like that, says Professor of Medical Microbiology Bert Niesters of the UMC in Groningen. According to him, … Read more