In France, more than 6 million people are unaware they have hypertension, according to a 2023 survey by Public Health France. This represents a third of the 17 million French people affected. This situation is particularly concerning because high blood pressure is often called the “silent killer,” as pointed out by the magazine 60 million … Read more
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
2023-12-16 14:39:22 This anesthetic diverted into a drug, at the origin of the death of the actor Friends, is sought following for its hallucinatory effects mixed with a physical sensation of loss of the body. The mystery is lifted over the death of American actor Matthew Perry. The star of the TV series Friendsfound unconscious … Read more
2023-12-16 14:43:50 NARRATIVE – In the 1950s, chiropractors began to promote their profession by organizing beauty contests focused on the posture of the candidates, supported by x-rays. On October 5, 1967, a pretty young woman walked in the Rose Garden of the White House, in the company of American President Lindon Johnson. Ruth McCarter is … Read more
2023-12-12 18:07:57 Faced with drug shortages last winter, the European Union proposed a list of essential medicines whose availability must be ensured. Haunted by shortages last winter, Europe published its first list of medicines on Tuesday.critiques» for which it is essential to avoid supply disruptions in order to ensure their availability to patients. Paracetamol, morphine, … 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
2023-12-11 23:02:32 According to reports from general practitioners, the incidence of gonococcal infections, chlamydia and syphilis has increased significantly. Figures partly revealing screening efforts, but which remind us of the importance of protective measures. Public Health France has just made public a survey on the monitoring of STIs in mainland France, and its results may … Read more
2023-12-06 17:47:38 The drug met with global success on social networks thanks to “its weight-loss properties”, leading to stock shortages in certain countries. The Danish laboratory Novo Nordisk recommended on Wednesday December 6 that health professionals in France only prescribe its antidiabetic Ozempic to patients already treated, in order to ensure continuity of care, in … Read more