Joining a family constellation is increasingly popular. This method tries to uncover how patterns that you learned as a child can cause problems in your adult life. This can provide valuable insights, say participants. There is also criticism. “In a family constellation, all kinds of things are just filled in for the absent family members.”…
NU.nl checks messages for reliability. Claim: “It’s dangerous to clean your ears with a cotton swab.” Verdict: true Various websites, such as Faqt, write that cleaning your ears with a cotton swab is dangerous. But why is using a cotton swab not a good idea, and is it necessary to clean your ears at all?…
More than seventeen hundred Dutch women are taking the German pharmaceutical company Bayer to court, the Essure Claims Foundation announced on Monday. The women are said to have suffered physical damage from the sterilizing agent Essure, a metal spring that was placed in the fallopian tube, and are responsible for the pharmaceutical. In total, about…
A green schoolyard ensures better concentration after the break, creative play and less bullying, say researchers at VU University Amsterdam. A green outdoor space not only has positive consequences for playing during the break, but can also be used as an outdoor classroom during class. “Use that outdoor space, even in winter.” Children are allowed…
The House of Representatives wants the pill and other contraceptives to be included in the basic health insurance package again. A majority on Thursday supported a motion by PvdA MP Attje Kuiken calling on the cabinet to arrange this. It concerns a wide range of contraceptives that can be obtained from the doctor, but not…
Most children in the Netherlands do not visit the dentist for the first time until after their fourth birthday. In plenty of time, you would think, but unfortunately: many children already suffer from dental plaque. Poor oral health in young children has been receiving a lot of attention for some time. Although dental care for…
Most children in the Netherlands do not visit the dentist for the first time until after their fourth birthday. In plenty of time, you would think, but unfortunately: many children already suffer from dental plaque. Poor oral health in young children has been receiving a lot of attention for some time. Although dental care for…
NUcheckt checks messages for their reliability. This time we look at rumors that corona vaccination could affect fertility. There is no evidence for this. On our response platform NUjij, several readers are concerned about the influence of corona vaccines on fertility. In addition, rumors have been circulating on Facebook and Twitter since at least the…
February is the month of dental check-ups for pets. What about the teeth of dogs and cats? Why don’t they have to brush their teeth? Or should it actually? Eight questions for veterinarian and animal dentistry specialist Henriëtte Booij-Vrieling. It is the month of the dental check-up in pets. Is that control really necessary? “Certainly….
From June, pupils will have free menstrual products at all schools in New Zealand, according to the news agency Reuters and New Zealand media Thursday. Pupils would occasionally not go to school because they cannot afford tampons and sanitary pads. New Zealand had already announced the step against so-called menstrual poverty last year. A trial…