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Press releases - 29.10.2015
October 29th 2015: World Stroke Day
A Cerebrovascular Accident results from the interruption of blood flow to the brain. The deprivation of oxygen and essential nutrients causes brain cells to die, leading to permanent damage (speech or writing difficulty, memory problems, bodily paralysis to a greater or lesser extent), or even sudden death.
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What's on? - 29.10.2015
October 29th 2015: World Stroke Day
A Cerebrovascular Accident results from the interruption of blood flow to the brain. The deprivation of oxygen and essential nutrients causes brain cells to die, leading to permanent damage (speech or writing difficulty, memory problems, bodily paralysis to a greater or lesser extent), or even sudden death. World Cerebrovascular Accident Day is organised on 29 […]
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Press releases - 26.10.2015
Obesity: surgery corrects diabetes even before weight loss occurs
Each year, obesity kills 2.8 million people worldwide. When confronting morbid overweight—and its direct consequence, type 2 diabetes—surgery is used as a last resort. Strangely, in patients who have had such an operation, the diabetes disappears before and independently of weight loss. Inserm researchers, with the help of physicians from Bichat Hospital, AP-HP, have shown that the surgically reconfigured intestine might be at the root of this improved glycaemic control. This study is published in Gastroenterology.
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Press releases - 22.10.2015
Radioactive sources discovered at the University of Bordeaux
Inserm is paying close attention to the level 2 incident, declared on 21 October 2015 by the French Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN), which occurred in a joint Inserm/University of Bordeaux laboratory.
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Press releases - 21.10.2015
Fresh insight into the causes of infant and perinatal mortality in the Seine-Saint-Denis district
In 2012, the Île-de-France Regional Health Agency initiated a regional project aimed at Reducing Infant and Perinatal Mortality (RéMI). This initiative was primarily focused on Seine-Saint-Denis, a district characterised by excess infant mortality (death before one year of age) and perinatal mortality (foetal deaths and deaths in the first week of life).
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What's on? - 21.10.2015
Fresh insight into the causes of infant and perinatal mortality in the Seine-Saint-Denis district
In 2012, the Île-de-France Regional Health Agency initiated a regional project aimed at Reducing Infant and Perinatal Mortality (RéMI). This initiative was primarily focused on Seine-Saint-Denis, a district characterised by excess infant mortality (death before one year of age) and perinatal mortality (foetal deaths and deaths in the first week of life). The 2 research […]
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Press releases - 20.10.2015
A first step in personalising stroke management
The team led by Didier Leys and Régis Bordet (UMR-S 1171, Lille 2 University, Inserm, Lille University Hospital) has identified a biomarker that makes it possible to predict the risk of haemorrhagic complications from thrombolytic treatment following a Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA or stroke).
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Press releases - 16.10.2015
Launch of the influenza vaccination campaign
Monday 12 October saw the start of the annual vaccination campaign, which will continue until the end of January 2016
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What's on? - 16.10.2015
Launch of the influenza vaccination campaign
Monday 12 October saw the start of the annual vaccination campaign, which will continue until the end of January 2016. Last winter recalled the potential seriousness of influenza, which severely affected the most vulnerable populations (mainly people over the age of 65). To better control the influenza epidemic, Inserm has created the Sentinelles network, an […]
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Press releases - 12.10.2015
Ovarian cancer: A promising approach for treating the most aggressive forms using targeted therapy
Thanks to work done at Institute Curie by a team led by Fatima Mechta-Grigoriou, Inserm Research Director, it is now possible to identify, among women with aggressive ovarian cancer, those who could benefit from a promising targeted therapy.