The indoor air quality in nursing homes has a serious effect on the lung health of elderly residents, according to the findings of a new study.
Preliminary data from the JIKI clinical trial, which is testing the efficacy of favipiravir in reducing mortality associated with Ebola, provide two important pieces of information: • absence of efficacy in individuals who arrive at treatment centres with a very high level of viral replication and who already have serious visceral involvement, • and encouraging signs of efficacy in individuals arriving at treatment centres with a high or moderate level of viral...
An observational study carried out in France by Jennifer Zeitlin and her team, on over 14,000 women, shows that only 21% of infants with foetal growth restriction (FGR) had been suspected of having FGR during pregnancy.
The 'Tous Chercheurs' association arranges an average of seven practical training courses in biology per year, each one lasting three days, for people affected by chronic diseases
In partnership with Muscadier publishing house, Inserm is creating a series of books to inform the public about health matters.
This study is aimed at assessing the survival of infants born between 22 and 34 weeks’ gestation, and their subsequent outcomes.
Is there a relationship between blood group and the risk of developing type 2 diabetes? This is the question studied by Guy Fagherazzi and his collaborators from Joint Research Unit 1018, “Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health” (Inserm/University Paris-Sud) at Gustave Roussy Institute.
Inserm was asked by the French Ministry of Community, Youth Affairs and Sports to prepare a collective expert report that would provide a review of the scientific knowledge regarding the contribution of physical activity to the prevention of falls in older people.
Launched 3 years ago by the Sentinelles Network (Inserm–Pierre and Marie Curie University Joint Research Unit 1136) and the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS), the GrippeNet.fr website returns for a fourth consecutive year.
During their lives, every French person will be the victim of one accident in everyday life every 5 years, on average (fall, burn, drowning, etc.). Taken as a whole, these statistics represent 11 million people injured every year. The Accident Prevention and Trauma Treatment team led by Emmanuel Lagarde (Inserm Unit 897), in partnership with Calyxis, is today launching the MAVIE study to find out the scale and nature...