France

Chickenpox is on the way back

Created over twenty-five years ago, the Sentinel Network is a health watch network that uses data collected from 1300 family physicians based in mainland France. Thanks to the data communicated in real-time by Sentinel physicians, the Network is able to publish a ...

31 Oct 2012 | France

Monday 29 October: World Cardiovascular Disease Day

L’AVC constitue l’une des premières causes de mortalité en France avec, 150 000 cas détectés chaque année, soit 1 toutes les 4 minutes. ...

29 Oct 2012 | France

This weekend, the clocks go back: is seasonal affective disorder in store for us?

Dans la nuit de samedi 27 à dimanche 28 octobre, la France passera à l'heure d'hiver. ...

26 Oct 2012 | France

Out-of-hospital births and the supply of maternity units in France

En 2005-2006, 4,3 naissances sur 1000 ont eu lieu en dehors de l’hôpital. Les taux étaient multiplié par deux pour les femmes vivant à 30 km ou plus de la maternité la plus proche. Ce taux était encore plus fort ...

22 Oct 2012 | France Media

Self-medication : a common practice

More and more French people are using self-medication to treat minor health problems (coughs, headaches, etc.). It has become common practice, but has aroused controversy among healthcare professionals, some of whom are concerned about the misuse of medication. Sylvie Fainzang, an anthropologist, Inserm ...

19 Oct 2012 | France