- 2013
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What's on? - 28.05.2013
Impact of Tobacco on Mortality
Tobacco kills almost six million people worldwide, whether they are active or passive smokers, and this represents 6% of the world population of women and 12% of the population of men. The association between tobacco and the risk of a specific cancer on the one hand and the global cancer risk on the other hand […]
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Press releases - 27.05.2013
The Health and Care of Pregnant Women and Babies in Europe in 2010
The burden of mortality and morbidity in the perinatal period – pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum – remains a major concern in Europe. Over 5 million women deliver babies in European countries every year.
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Press releases - 23.05.2013
Analysis of metabolic fingerprints of pregnant women living in proximity to cereal farming areas
An exploratory study published today by Sylvaine Cordier and her team and researchers from Inra in Toulouse, suggests that environmental exposure to complex pesticide mixtures could led to metabolic disturbance in pregnant women.
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News in brief - 23.05.2013
A major advance in colon cancer
A French consortium of clinicians and biologists has proposed a molecular classification of colon cancers into six sub-types. A national multicentric consortium of clinicians, biologists and researchers performed a genomic study as part of the CIT programme (Cartes d’Identité des Tumeurs® [Tumour Identity Cards]) of the Ligue contre le Cancer. The study included tumours from […]
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Press releases - 22.05.2013
The “Young Researchers” congress to be held in 5 towns in France, on the theme of addiction
Over the whole school year, 20 middle school and high school pupils were seen each month in 5 neuroscience laboratories specializing in the study of addictions.
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What's on? - 21.05.2013
Does time affect our mental health?
Bad weather and rain are at the heart of all discussions. After a long, cold winter and a virtually non-existent start to spring, grey skies predominate in France. Do these temperature variations impact our mood? Is it known whether the weather affects our mental health? What are the effects of light on our health and on human […]
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Press releases - 16.05.2013
Vesicular transport: a requirement for T immune response
Claire Hivroz, INSERM Research Director and her colleagues recently showed in an article published in Nature immunology how a specific protein known as VAMP7 is essential for transporting the signal produced by the ligand–TCR link.
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Press releases - 15.05.2013
Discovery of a molecule derived from cholesterol that has anti-cancer properties
Although excessive quantities of cholesterol in the body are known to have adverse effects on health, researchers might polish up its reputation via one of its derivatives.
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What's on? - 13.05.2013
Coronavirus: a second case in France
As the Minister for Social Affairs and Health, Marisol Touraine, stressed during her visit to the Lille CHRU [hospital] on Saturday 11 May, an epidemiological investigation has been launched following confirmation of the first case of infection of a new coronavirus (NCoV) in a patient in France. For more information about the coronavirus NCoV please […]
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What's on? - 07.05.2013
Alcohol Consumption by Secondary School Pupils
The Bulletin épidémiologique hebdomadaire (BEH), published on 07 May by The French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (Institut de veille sanitaire – InVS) focused on alcohol consumption by adolescents between the first and last class of secondary school (in 2010 and 2011). Alcohol is the psychoactive substance that is experimented with earliest in adolescence, often […]