Category: General Interest

We all want to eat healthily. Many foods have health benefits that we don’t want to miss out on. But some other foods masquerade as healthy superfoods when, in fact, the opposite is true. The health halo effectAccording to experts, this phenomenon is known as the “halo effect”. The phenomenon is seen in the food industry when labels such as “high in fibre” or “low in calories” are applied to food packaging to make the product appear healthier. These foods are actually extremely processed, making them anything but nutritious. Because…

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The majority of Austrians have already been vaccinated against coronavirus or have recovered. However, people whose immune system is weakened due to illness or the use of immunosuppressive medication are often unable to build up sufficient immune protection against the SARS-CoV-2 virus despite vaccination and are, therefore, almost defenceless against it. There is a new prophylactic drug for this particularly vulnerable group of people. It is administered by two intramuscular injections at the same time. “Covid can definitely pose a risk to certain people in autumn and winter,” confirms Viennese…

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Onions are a tried-and-tested household remedy for coughs, earaches and insect bites. What ingredients go into producing wholesome onion juice, and how are onion pouches made? Onions are considered to be one of the oldest medicinal plants. It probably came to Europe via the Middle East and was originally mainly grown in monastery gardens. When onions are chopped or peeled, the sulfur-containing compound allicin—an antibacterial agent—is released. It makes our eyes water, has an antibacterial effect and also helps to loosen mucus, making it thinner and easier to cough up.…

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Newly purchased clothes should always be washed before you wear them for the first time. Because you never know what’s hiding on the surface. Sometimes, the anticipation of wearing a new item of clothing is too great. But it’s better to have the patience to wash it first, says Kim Romine, hygiene scientist at Procter & Gamble in Fairfield, Ohio (USA). “The human body naturally produces body dirt throughout the day.” On average, this adds up to about one liter of sweat, 40 grams of sebum, 10 grams of skin…

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Doctors urgently warn against suppressing a sneeze. What seems harmless to us can have serious consequences. Do you sometimes stifle a sneeze when you’re out and about in public? We often find it unpleasant when someone sneezes loudly on the bus or train. But it is better not to suppress a sneeze, as it can harm your health. Severe damage caused by suppressed sneezingBacteria and viruses are expelled through the nose when you sneeze. This process is vital to prevent the pathogens from remaining in our bodies and exacerbating or…

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A study reveals new findings on the link between perceived age and dementia.Many people associate dementia with old age. But “younger” people can also be affected by the cognitive disease. According to a recent study, people who feel older may be sicker because they are physically older. Age is diverseHow is this possible? This is what the Swedish study by Sara Hägg and Jonathan Mak attempts to explain. They demonstrated that the number of years of life, or chronological age, differs significantly from biological age. “People age at different rates,…

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Attention! Telephone scammers want to trick their victims into installing certain programs on their computers.They speak broken German or English with a heavy accent, call many times in a row and pretend to be Microsoft employees. Calls from telephone fraudsters are currently on the increase again. Unusual telephone numbers appear on the displays, including those with an Austrian area code. An alleged support employee tells anyone who picks up the phone that the computer is infected with a virus. However, these criminals want to persuade their victims to install a…

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Sugar alternatives are in, and ‘natural’ products are becoming increasingly popular. That’s why many people are turning to golden bee honey. But is it better than household sugar? In our society, we can’t avoid sugar. It is omnipresent and is even found in many baby food products. Sweet seductionFocus Gesundheit Arztsuche reports that in the 7955 products examined in Budapest, Haifa, Sofia and Vienna, around a third of the calories came from added sugar, fruit juice concentrates or other sweeteners. If the taste buds of babies under six months are…

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Autumn has been like a doctor who says, You don’t need an artificial knee yet. It’s easy to think I’ll never get to the alley with the artificial knee. But anyone caught out by the fog on the way to work today can say to themselves, Now I know what the blues are again, but at least it’s not Monday because Monday felt even worse. A considerable proportion of the population suffers from a mini-depression on Mondays. There’s even a medical name for it: “Monday neurosis.” It could just be…

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