Tanja Reutelingsperger This time of year, the temperature drops below zero and together with the bleak wind this results in a freezing cold winter. However, these temperatures are nothing compared to the temperatures people are voluntarily exposing themselves to in whole body cryotherapy (WBC). They even pay big bucks for three minutes in -110 degrees of Celsius in wellness centers. Is this something we should all try or should we leave these crazy colds up to Wim Hof, the … [Lees meer...]
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Is the “man flu” really worse than a woman’s flu?
Jamie Hulzebos I was browsing the website of the BMJ Christmas editions, and my attention was caught by an article about ‘The science behind man flu’ written by Kyle Sue [1]. Recently, this article was in the Dutch papers NRC and Volkskrant and called unscientific [2, 3]. However, I was curious about the concept of the “man flu” and did some research. I think every woman in a relationship with a man can relate to the concept of the “man flu”. The Oxford dictionary defines it as: “A … [Lees meer...]
