Studies have shown that the risk of ischemic stroke is increased by the use of antipsychotics: medications with antidopaminergic properties that are commonly prescribed in psychiatry. Researchers evaluated the ischemic stroke risk associated with exposure to other antidopaminergic medications—antiemetics, which are very ...
A new modeling study by researchers from Inserm and Sorbonne Université at the Pierre Louis Institute of Epidemiology and Public Health shows that a "reactive" vaccination strategy targeting homes, schools and workplaces where cases are detected could have beneficial effects, reducing the ...
In a new study, researchers from Inserm and Université de Bordeaux at the Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, in collaboration with the Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD) and the NGO ALIMA (The Alliance for International Medical Action), have developed and tested ...
Researchers report that the MICA gene is a new histocompatibility gene, in that it helps to better explain and predict the success or failure of a kidney transplant. Their findings have been published in Nature Medicine. ...
Researchers from Inserm, Université de Rennes 1 and the EHESP School of Public Health at Irset wished to identify the impact on cognitive performance of three pollutants linked to road traffic (fine particles of less than 2.5 microns in diameter, nitrogen dioxide ...
The infant mortality rate (IMR) is a key indicator of population health. Researchers analyzed civil registry data from the French National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) from 2001 to 2019. They identified a significant increase in the IMR since 2012, ...