2023-11-24 09:00:00 Books – Hisham Abdel Jalil The Mental Patient Care Law aims to preserve the rights of mentally ill patients and their health care, in light of the resulting developments in the concepts of mental health and modern treatment methods associated with it. The legislation reflects the developments witnessed in the file, and the … Read more
2023-11-21 18:00:00 DECRYPTION – The work of a French researcher exploring a new therapeutic target received the Marcel Dassault Prize for innovation in psychiatry. Heal the depression by simply taking a medication, and spare patients the profound repercussions of the disease on their mental life, their cognitive abilities and their social life? A dream that … Read more
2023-11-17 14:40:37 Every year, Clarivate Analytics identifies “scientists and researchers in the sciences and social sciences who have demonstrated significant and widespread influence in their fields of research”. In the 2023 list, nineteen AP-HP clinicians appear in the list of the most cited scientists in the world. France remains in 8th position with a number … 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
2023-11-17 12:30:53 Contrary to what is often stated, there is no no real consensus on existing problems and solutions to be implemented in psychiatry. For forty years, reports and works have followed one another and contradicted each other. This situation can explain the embarrassment of the public authority in design and undertake a rebuild yet … Read more
2023-11-08 15:05:40 At the end of 2022, the National Research Coordination Committee (CNCR) launched a vast bibliometric* study on the field Brain Health, covering neuroscience, clinical neurology, as well as adult and pediatric psychiatry. Today 9 thematic sheets covering psychiatry are available and allow us to situate French research in this area. The objective of … Read more
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