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
2023-12-05 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
2023-11-30 18:00:36 The Medicines Agency reports a “constant” increase in the number of serious reactions to chlorexidine, used in many medical, hygiene and cosmetic products. Hives, facial swelling and breathing difficulties, even anaphylactic shock… The medicines safety agency (ANSM) observed a “steady increase in the number of reports of serious allergic reactions associated with chlorhexidine”a … Read more
2023-11-27 16:49:20 The WHO is calling for health to be a major issue at COP28. For the first time, a day will be dedicated to him, Sunday December 3. More and more unbearable heat waves. Disasters forcing entire populations to move. Favored infectious diseases and more frequent epidemics. Agriculture that can no longer feed the … Read more
2023-11-24 13:13:27 While the High Authority for Health has recommended since 2019 that professionals systematically ask their patients if they are experiencing or have experienced violence, only 3% of them say they have been questioned in the last 18 months. Only 3% of women say they have been questioned by their general practitioner about possible … Read more
2023-11-22 19:35:39 INFO LE FIGARO – Despite the European ban on menthol since 2020, manufacturers are adding additives to create the same sensation of freshness and better attract consumers. Public authorities are struggling to react. A veil of fresh smoke hangs over the tobacco industry. “ Do you have menthol cigarettes ? » « No, … 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