Servier ordered on appeal to reimburse more than 415 million to Social Security organizations

2023-12-20 16:41:31 At the Mediator trial, January 9, 2023. THOMAS SAMSON / AFP This is the conclusion of an appeal trial which lasted six months. The Servier group, which marketed Mediator, a drug used as an appetite suppressant accused of having caused serious cardiovascular lesions, was sentenced on Wednesday December 20 on appeal to a … Read more

Flu and Respiratory Epidemics in France: Updates and Prevention Measures

2023-12-21 06:47:00 From now on, the entire east of the metropolis is also concerned. The seasonal flu epidemic spread in mid-December in France, the public health agency announced on Wednesday, confirming however that bronchiolitis had passed a peak. Concerning the flu, last week was marked by the “transition into the epidemic phase of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, … Read more

a communication campaign to “change behavior”

2023-12-19 05:00:22 Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne attends a minute of silence in honor of Carène Mezino, killed on May 22, 2023 at the Reims university hospital center. AURELIE MORISSARD/POOL/SIPA / AURELIE MORISSARD/POOL/SIPA The slogan should not leave anyone indifferent: “You have to be sick to attack a healthcare professional”, can we read on three posters … Read more

To protect your heart, eat at the right time

2023-12-19 05:00:30 It is often accepted that eating early is good for your health. A news study shows that this would significantly reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases – coronary heart pathologies and cerebrovascular pathologies such as cerebrovascular accidents (CVA). Researchers from the Nutritional Epidemiology Research Team – EREN (Inserm, Inrae, Sorbonne-Paris-Nord University) – and … Read more

the sharp price increases are confirmed

2023-12-19 05:30:08 It is one of the main players in the world of complementary health insurance which has just revealed its cards. The French Mutualité, which brings together nearly 500 mutual insurance companies (representing 35 million insured people), made public, Tuesday, December 19, the result of its annual survey on rates for 2024. The communication … Read more

More than 6,700 full hospitalization beds closed in 2022 in France

2023-12-20 05:53:12 The downward trend has continued for twenty years: as of December 31, 2022, the 2,976 public and private hospitals had exactly 374,290 full hospitalization beds, or 6,713 fewer than the previous year (-1.8 %), according to the report from the statistical department of social ministries (Drees) published Wednesday, December 20. Health establishments have, … Read more

relations become even more strained between the government and some of the caregivers

2023-12-19 10:30:03 In a corridor of the Bordeaux Nord Aquitaine polyclinic, December 11, 2023. THIBAUD MORITZ/AFP In front of the Military School, there are a dozen caregivers in a belligerent mood. This Monday, December 18, in a chic brasserie in the capital, they explain, in front of a still life representing a skinned hare, why … Read more

“Never has the publication of any law or decree since 1979 worried professionals like us as much”

2023-12-19 18:00:00 MMadam Prime Minister, The National Association of Centers for Termination of Pregnancy and Contraception, (Ancic), an association of abortion professionals created in 1979, has been working since the final vote of the Veil law to defend the rights of women to have control over their body and those of abortion professionals in their … Read more