Press releases

The pill crisis in France: towards a new contraceptive model?

By analysing the Fecond survey, conducted by Inserm and the French National Institute for Demographic Studies (INED) several months later, Nathalie Bajos, Mylène Rouzaud-Cornabas, Henri Panjo, Aline Bohet and Caroline Moreau examined the recent trends in contraceptive practices, and the contribution of ...
Press release | 13 May 2014 | Public health

Retired people continue to have cognitive impairment long after high occupational exposure to solvents

French researchers from Inserm Unit 1061, “Neuropsychiatry: Epidemiological and Clinical Research,” and their American colleagues at Harvard have just shown that retired people continued to be affected by their work with solvents in cases of high exposure. ...
Press release | 12 May 2014 | Public health

Yes, you can make your children eat vegetables!

Researchers have made a step forward in the understanding of how eating behaviours and preferences form in early life. ...
Press release | 31 Mar 2014 | Europe Public health

Breast milk and diet up to 2 years old: a means of preventing the risk of child obesity

From analysis of data from the ELANCE cohort, Marie Françoise Rolland-Cachera, former researcher at Inserm and her co-workers in the Nutritional Epidemiology Research Team (EREN)[1] have shown that breast-feeding has a protective effect on the risk of obesity at 20 years of ...
Press release | 27 Mar 2014 | Public health

Addictive behaviours in adolescents

In France, the levels of use of some psychoactive substances, especially alcohol, tobacco and cannabis, remain high among adolescents, despite progress in regulatory efforts to limit access to these products by minors, and regular prevention campaigns. ...
Press file | 06 Feb 2014 | Public health

Heavy drinking in adulthood accelerates cognitive decline in men

According to the results of an epidemiological study conducted jointly by French and English researchers at Inserm and University College London, men who drink more than 36 grams of alcohol (3.5 drinks) per day may have a faster decline in memory, which ...
Press release | 16 Jan 2014 | Public health
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