2023-12-20 12:04:33 Various measures are taken to try to prevent astronauts from falling ill during their stay in space. With more or less success. Hello Houston! Do we have a problem? If there is one place where you don’t want to get sick, it’s in space: you are far from everything, in a confined space, … Read more
2023-12-12 20:32:57 105 drugs, including 88 marketed in France, are cited by the medical journal Prescrire, with a benefit-risk balance that remains “unfavorable”. Voltarene, Smecta, VogaleneActifed cold, Toplexil… The Medical Review Prescribe has published, as it has every year for twelve years, its list of drugs “more dangerous than useful”. Among the drugs authorized in … Read more
2023-12-06 04:20:00 Running to catch the bus, taking the stairs instead of the elevator, or carrying shopping bags home can be activities that help improve cardiovascular health. The VILPA concept (vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity) has been recently coined by experts and seeks to incorporate exercise into daily routines. An investigation carried out by several … Read more
2023-12-06 09:04:44 Reducing salt consumption reduces blood pressure for hypertensives under treatment, helping to preserve their cardiovascular system. Rising blood pressure: are you consuming too much salt? The WHO recommends that adults consume no more than 5 g of salt per day, and 2 g for children. But “in France, women consume on average 7 … Read more
2023-12-06 04:20:00 Running to catch the bus, taking the stairs instead of the elevator, or carrying shopping bags home can be activities that help improve cardiovascular health. The VILPA concept (vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity) has been recently coined by experts and seeks to incorporate exercise into daily routines. An investigation carried out by several … Read more
2023-12-05 18:49:01 Two works by the Flemish doctor André Vésale and the French surgeon Ambroise Paré, stolen during a conference twenty-five years ago, have just been found at the end of an “incredible” story. Three valuable 16th century medical books, stolen twenty-five years ago from a museum in Rouen and found by «miracle» at the … Read more
2023-11-19 08:00:05 Although there is still no treatment, the life expectancy of patients is similar to that of the general population. One person in 5,000 – and the result, perhaps, of major arterial problems. Marfan syndrome affects around 13,000 people in France. It is a disease resulting from a mutation in the FBN1 gene located … Read more
2023-11-16 07:00:05 Surgery replaces the clouded lens with an implant. All visual deficits can thus be treated for a life without glasses. Cataract surgery is the most frequently performed operation in France with nearly 1 million interventions in 2022. This age-related pathology results from the opacification of the lens following the formation of clusters of … Read more