- 2013
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What's on? - 18.06.2013
Autism and high pollution levels
A study, published online on 18 May 2013 by the Environmental Health Perspectives magazine, revealed that the risk of giving birth to autistic babies is doubled for pregnant women exposed to high level of air-pollution in the US. This study has been lead by researchers from Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, Massachussetts (North-East) […]
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What's on? - 13.06.2013
2013 World Blood Donor Day
The idea of a World Blood Donor Day was launched at the 58th session of the World Health Assembly, which includes all the members of the WHO (World Health Organization). On this occasion, the countries undertook to support volunteer blood donations that are given voluntarily, gratis and anonymously. This World event will be held every […]
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Press releases - 13.06.2013
Pesticides and their effect on health
According to international scientific publications issued over the last 30 years and analysed by these experts, there appears to be a positive link between occupational exposure to pesticides and certain pathologies in adults: Parkinson’s disease, prostate cancer, hematopoietic cancers (non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and multiple myeloma). Furthermore, exposure to pesticides during the prenatal and postnatal periods and in infancy appears to be a particularly risk for the development of the child.
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What's on? - 11.06.2013
National Conference On Violence Against Children
Violence against children is not just another mere news item. It is a major public health problem. As in other countries that have a similar level of socio-economic development1, 10% of children in France are victims of physical violence, sexual abuse, serious negligence, neglect, humiliation, etc. Contrary to other children’s health issues, such as domestic […]
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Press releases - 10.06.2013
Early exposure to bisphenol A might damage the enamel of teeth.
Are teeth the latest victims of bisphenol A? Yes, according to the conclusions of work carried out by the research team led by Ariane Berdal of the Université Paris-Diderot and Sylvie Babajko. The researchers have shown that the teeth of rats treated with low daily doses of BPA could be damaged by this. Analysis of the damage shows numerous characteristics that are common with a recently identified pathology of tooth enamel that affects roughly 18% of children between the ages of 6 and 8.
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Press releases - 10.06.2013
(French) : Santé en questions : la drépanocytose, les voies de la guérison
L’Inserm et Universcience vous invitent à la conférence Santé en questions, le mercredi 19 juin, sur la drépanocytose, les voies de la guérison.
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Press releases - 10.06.2013
(French) : Cancers du rein, mélanomes de l’œil et mésothéliomes : un gène de prédisposition en commun
Une famille avec de nombreux cancers inexpliqués révèle que certaines prédispositions aux cancers du rein sont liées à des mutations du gène BAP1. Porté sur le chromosome 3, ce gène était déjà connu pour prédisposer à des cancers oculaires (mélanome uvéal) et de la plèvre (mésothéliome). Ces travaux réalisés par Marc-Henri Stern du laboratoire Génétique et Biologie des Cancers (Institut Curie/Inserm U830) en coordination avec le Pr Dominique Stoppa-Lyonnet (Institut Curie/Service de Génétique) sont publiés dans American Journal of Human Genetics en date du 6 juin 2013.
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Press releases - 07.06.2013
Optogenetics is proving to be highly promising in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorders
Thanks to work carried out by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston, Eric Burguière, an Inserm researcher working in the MHI research centre and his co-workers have succeeded in reducing the compulsive behaviour of mice using optogenetics, a technique that combines light stimulation with genetic engineering.
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What's on? - 03.06.2013
Diabetes Awareness Week
Diabetes awareness week takes place from June 3rd to 9th in France. Have the opportunity to talk with our specialists. What’s on with researches? For more information: Pascal FERRE, Inserm research director at the Inserm Unit called « Nutritional and Metabolic Pathologies: obesity and diabetes”, at the Centre des Cordeliers. François Pattou, Inserm Unit 859 «Diabetes […]
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Press releases - 28.05.2013
Physicians insufficiently informed of the side effects of drugs.
The physicians are not given enough information about the adverse effects of drugs during presentations made by medical sales representatives from pharmaceutical companies. And yet, these same physicians are willing to prescribe at least some of the presented drugs. Dr. Geneviève Durrieu (from the Pharmaco-epidemiology team assessing the use of medication and the risks involved, Unit 1027 “Epidemiology and public health analyses: risks, chronic diseases and handicaps” – Inserm / Université Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier) led the French part of this study, the results of which are published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. Within the framework of this international study, is France proving to be a model student?