How many steps should we walk every day for our health?

Everyone has heard the 10,000 steps per day rule. But how many steps should we walk every day for our health? Here’s how to find the answer. Office jobs, trips by car and evenings on the sofa: we are quite comfortable in our everyday lives. As studies show, however, we should actively counteract this. But how many steps should we walk every day for our health? The value of 10,000 steps per day is not based on scientific research results but on the marketing campaign of a Japanese pedometer manufacturer.…

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WHO relaxes recommendations for Corona vaccinations

The World Health Organization (WHO) has now relaxed its vaccination recommendations against the coronavirus. Accordingly, in this new phase of the pandemic, only high-risk groups should receive an additional vaccination twelve months after their last booster, and not, as previously, healthy children and adolescents, for example. According to the WHO, this applies to older and younger people with significant risk factors. Corona: relaxation of vaccination recommendations.The organization also said Tuesday that vaccination protection beyond the basic immunization of two shots and a booster is no longer generally recommended for people…

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The Easter holiday start brings traffic jams and delays

The start of the Easter vacation next weekend will cause traffic jams and traffic delays. Not only Austria starts its Easter vacations, but also ten German states, including Bavaria, Berlin and North Rhine-Westphalia. The main travel day on Austria’s roads is Saturday, according to the Ö3 traffic forecast. In addition, trade fairs are taking place in Dornbirn and Klagenfurt, which are likely to become crowd pullers, ARBÖ also expects. ÖBB is offering more connections again. Additional trains will run on the southern and western routes from Friday, March 31. They…

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New Corona wave – these countries should expect it

The omicron subline XBB.1.16 is causing a sharp increase in the incidence of infection in India. The first samples have also appeared in this country. Recently, reports from India, in particular, have caused a stir, where the Corona variant known as Arcturus, XBB.1.16, has caused an explosion in Covid 19 incidences. The latest omicron subline of coronavirus has numerous mutations also found in its sister variant XBB.1.5. However, other key mutations within the spike protein are crucial for infecting a human with the virus: E180V, K478R and S486P. Moreover, experts…

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Stomach growling – not only a sign of hunger

Loud stomach growling is a sign of hunger for many people, but our stomach also makes itself heard for other reasons. It growls and rumbles loudly audibly from the middle of the body. What does our body want to signal to us with stomach growling? And how can we stop it when the situation demands it? Most of the time, the so-called stomach growl is a sign that no more food can be processed. But sometimes, the loud noises coming from the body’s center have something else to do with…

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