For the first time, researchers in the INSERM “Epidemiology of reproduction and infant development” team (Unit 1018 at the “Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health”) compared all of the existing treatments for ectopic pregnancy with respect to their impact on natural fertility during the subsequent two years. The conclusions of the study reproduced in the journal Human Reproduction indicate that the ability to have a normal pregnancy...
Researchers have designed a system for sensing brain activity that is 100% biocompatible and made of organic matter. The medium, which is only a few microns thick, is as thin and flexible as cellophane, and yet very tough. The model was tested on an animal suffering from epilepsy. The quality of the brain signal recorded was 10 times better than the traditional brain activity recording systems
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Constances is a “generalist’ epidemiological cohort constituted from a representative sample of 200,000 adults aged 18 to 69. It has been organised by the Centre de recherche en épidémiologie et santé des populations (CESP - INSERM/Université Paris Sud/Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines) in partnership .
An international group of researchers has discovered seven new regions in the human genome associated with an increased risk of developing age-related macular degeneration (AMD), one of the main causes of blindness.
Le 27 février, les données de la surveillance de la grippe confirmaient le franchissement du pic épidémique de la grippe saisonnière. Le site Internet www.grippenet.fr permet pour la deuxième année consécutive de collecter des données sur les syndromes grippaux directement auprès de la population française.
When blood pressure is normal in the doctor's surgery, but is high at home! This is an unknown phenomenon known as "masked hypertension". Christophe Tzourio, Research Director of Inserm unit 708 "Neuroepidemiology" (University of Bordeaux Ségalen) studied the occurrence of masked hypertension in a population of 1500 elderly persons.
André Syrota has been reappointed by the French government as Chairman and CEO of the National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm), on the recommendation of the Minister for Higher Education and Research, Geneviève Fioraso.
Research performed by the Neurology Department and Stroke Reception and Treatment Unit at the Bichat Hospital (AP-HP/ Paris University Diderot) and the associated INSERM Unit 698 (Prof. Amarenco, Dr Olivier Meilhac) has highlighted the benefits of good cholesterol in reducing bleeding complications in the only treatment available for embolic stroke. The results of this experiment, performed on the rat, have just been published in Stroke .
The immature brain of a premature infant is capable, at the age of three months pre-term, of distinguishing syllables uttered by male and female voices. These results obtained by INSERM researchers at the University of Picardy Jules Verne and the CEA’s NeuroSpin Imaging Centre, were published in the PNAS journal dated 25 February 2013. They highlight the very early sophisticated organisation of the regions of the brain involved in...