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History of conventional cancer treatments: a short overview of current methods in conventional medicine
 •  Yvana van den Hork  •  18-03-2018

History of conventional cancer treatments: a short overview of current methods in conventional medicine

History of conventional cancer treatments There isn't a single person alive who hasn't experienced how a family member or loved one die because of cancer.  For myself this was most dramatically present in my mom and her sister who both developed...

Why do we get the flu in winter?
 •  Yvana van den Hork  •  25-02-2018

Why do we get the flu in winter?

Why do we get the flu in winter? Being cold doesn’t literally make you catch a cold, but it certainly seems likely how the coldest season is, as a matter of fact, the 'cold' season. Why is it there a substantial increase in common colds and flus as soon...

Good and bad estrogens: why the difference matters and how it influences your risk for breast cancer
 •  Yvana van den Hork  •  08-10-2017

Good and bad estrogens: why the difference matters and how it influences your risk for breast cancer

Good and bad estrogens Estrogen has long been considered a risk factor for a variety of women’s cancers, especially breast cancer. In fact, the risk of breast cancer has been shown to increase with the number of premenopausal years, when estrogen levels...

06-05-2017

Rare metals as tumour fighting drugs?

The earliest reports on the therapeutic use of metals or metal-containing compounds in cancer and leukemia date from the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries. They were forgotten until the 1960s, when the anti-tumour activity of an inorganic platinum complex...

23-04-2017

What are brain waves?

While reading just a single sentence, you will have experienced thousands of brain waves. These waves of electricity flow around our brains every second of the day, allowing neurons to communicate while we walk, talk, think and feel. What exactly is a...

09-04-2017

Breast milk is best

It is not even so long ago, when baby formulas were almost enforced upon new moms that gave birth to a baby in a hospital because the babies were withheld from the new mom, which makes it much harder to start breast feeding their newborn child....

25-03-2017

How can allergies be avoided in children?

Children who are exposed to more allergens and bacteria in their homes during the first year of life may be less likely to suffer from allergies, wheezing and asthma later on. Researchers found that 3-year-olds who were exposed to mouse dander, cat...

12-03-2017

What causes diarrhea?

One of the most common diseases that plague us, especially the unseasoned traveller is the famous traveller's diarrhea. When abroad, we tend to suffer more than when at home as we encounter uncommon bacteria and can't always adhere to the same hygienic...