Sports trauma: watch out for your eyes!

2023-11-15 14:58:47 Much more common than we imagine, sports-related eye injuries can have serious consequences. While we often think about ankle sprains, knee dislocations or even muscle tears linked to playing sports, we don’t think enough about eye injuries. However, eye injuries are very common, particularly among children and young adults. 30% of them are … Read more

“An unprecedented rebound” in France after the Covid epidemic

2023-11-14 17:37:17 Between January and September 2023, 421 cases have already been recorded, an increase of 36%, according to the Pasteur Institute. Meningococcal meningitis, potentially fatal, has experienced a “unprecedented rebound» in France after the cessation of health measures put in place during Covid-19, alerted the Pasteur Institute on Tuesday, which called for extending the … Read more

nearly one in three French people say they do not get tested if they have symptoms

2023-11-09 13:33:48 The study carried out by Public Health France also reveals a gradual abandonment of barrier gestures by the French, some of whom do not say they are worried about Covid-19. Do the French feel less concerned by Covid-19? This is what certain figures from the latest CoviPrev study suggest, carried out from September … Read more

US approves long-awaited obesity drug

2023-11-08 19:07:55 The drug Zepbound from the American group Eli Lilly will be administered by weekly injection. The molecule used was already approved against diabetes. American health authorities announced that they had approved on Wednesday November 8 a highly anticipated drug from the American group Eli Lilly against obesity, the latest entrant into a market … Read more

In brief: BioMérieux, Alaya.bio, BMS

2023-10-30 08:00:00 Diagnosis: BioMérieux invests €80 million in Oxford Nanopore After announcing a research partnership with Oxford Nanopore Technologies last April, BioMérieux is now preparing to invest 70 million pounds (€80 million) in this British company specializing in molecular detection technologies using nanopores. Nanopore sequencing analyzes long fragments of DNA or RNA. This technology thus … Read more

HAS wants to make alcohol “a health issue for all”

2023-10-26 17:04:27 Widely consumed even if risks are proven from the first drink, alcohol remains a taboo subject in medical practices. However, its consumption should be discussed with all patients, health authorities believe. Substance psychoactive « the most consumed in France », alcohol is also the most taboo. To be convinced of this, one only … Read more

Fraudulent anti-diabetic injector pens are circulating in Europe

2023-10-23 15:56:41 Injector pens of this product diverted for weight loss purposes are falsified and have been identified in European pharmacies. Ozempic, a treatment for type 2 diabetes misused for weight loss purposes and very popular on social networks, has already caused a lot of ink to flow. But European and French health authorities are … Read more

still too many prejudices and medical errors

2023-10-24 13:15:39 The constraints of this skin disease can be heavy and false ideas persist, shows a survey carried out for the France psoriasis association. It is a skin disease, which like others, can cause real physical and social discomfort in those who suffer from it. The France psoriasis association publishes a study * on … Read more