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Neuroscientists Pay Attention to Schools

In 2014, Inserm researcher Jean-Philippe Lachaux launched the ATOL (Attentif à l'écOLe or Attention at School) program, which aims to use neuroscientific knowledge to improve children's attention span in school. A thousand children from 40 classes, spanning the French equivalents of kindergarten ...

04 Sep 2017 | World day

Wednesday May, 31: World MS Day

In a few days’ time, it will be World MS Day for which the theme this year is “Life with MS”. Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system. It causes the progressive destruction of the myelin sheath ...

24 May 2017 | World day

Friday May 12: International Fibromyalgia Awareness Day

Recognized as a rheumatic disease by the WHO in 1992, fibromyalgia is characterized by chronic widespread and persistent pain occurring in multiple areas of the body. This affects functional capacity, which varies over time and from individual to individual. ...

10 May 2017 | World day

Wednesday, May 10, 2017: World Lupus Day

Let us take this opportunity, on World Lupus Day, to revisit this chronic autoimmune disease, which triggers an inflammatory response directed against affected patients' own immune systems. One of the forms of the disease, known as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), affects several ...

05 May 2017 | World day

Tuesday, 2 May: World Asthma Day

On the initiative of WHO, World Vaccination Week is the opportunity to raise public awareness of the vital importance of vaccination throughout life. The number of children in the world who are not vaccinated or are inadequately vaccinated is 19.4 million, according to ...

25 Apr 2017 | World day

Friday 7 April: World Health Day 2017, focus on depression

Each year on the same date, so as to mark the date of its creation, the World Health Organisation alerts politicians and the media to a public health problem. This year it is depression which is in the spotlight. This affects individuals ...

03 Apr 2017 | World day