ethics

Notice on the addition of two diseases to the carrier test offer for four recessive hereditary diseases in people from Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Charlevoix and Haute-Côte-Nord

The Department of Clinical Prevention, Dental Health and Screening of the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MSSS) submitted to the Public Health Ethics Committee (CESP) a project to add two diseases to the offers carrier tests for four recessive hereditary diseases in people from the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Charlevoix and Haute-Côte-Nord regions. The two diseases covered … Read more

why dengue is breaking records this year

Like every summer, mosquitoes have played the role of disrupting sunny days over the past few months. But more than in previous years, tiger mosquitoes transmitted dengue fever in France. From 1is May (start of the annual surveillance period) to September 20, 47 autochthonous cases, therefore contracted in France, were identified by Public Health France … Read more

On social networks, breast cancer without filter

« QFebruary 4, 2022. Today, I am 26 years old. It is also World Cancer Day. Mischievous coincidence, because since December 17, I have been fighting against “triple negative” breast cancer. » On Instagram that day, Lea Dousset comes out of the silence. Sitting on a window sill, she appears with her head bowed, fine … Read more

the importance of “supportive care”

How long does cancer last? According to the statistics, five years on average. Much longer for some patients, in whom the physical and psychological consequences of the disease are felt for many years. The cancerous cells have disappeared, the radiotherapy or chemotherapy sessions are over, and yet so many things remain to be treated. The … Read more

Bioartificial cornea restores sight to blind patients

An article published in the scientific journal Nature Biotechnology August 11, 2022 shows promising results for people with blindness due to corneal deformity. A team of researchers from the University of Linköping (Sweden) has designed a bioartificial cornea from collagen proteins from pig skin. As part of this pilot clinical study, 20 Indian and Iranian … Read more

Should we be worried about the first case in a child in France?

► Should we be worried about the first case of monkeypox in children? Saturday June 25, the regional health agency (ARS) of Île-de-France reported a case of monkeypox (“monkeypox”) in a primary school child. This is the first case affecting a child in France, where, moreover, 330 adults are infected, including 227 in the Ile-de-France … Read more