A study coordinated by Dr. Boris Hansel and Prof. Ronan Roussel, from the Diabetes-Endocrinology and Nutrition Department at Hôpital Bichat – Claude-Bernard, AP-HP and the Cordeliers Research Center (Inserm/Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris Diderot, Paris Descartes University) shows that online nutritional coaching -an automated nutritional support program- improves dietary habits and glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes and abdominal obesity.
Celebrated every November 14 since its creation in 1991, World Diabetes Day is an opportunity to raise collective awareness of the condition and, above all, the resources deployed to manage it. Diabetes refers to consistently higher than normal blood sugar levels (hyperglycemia).
The intestinal microbiota still has surprises in store. The mode of action of a probiotic bacteria used in the symptomatic treatment of pain in irritable bowel syndrome has been revealed in a new study conducted by scientists from Inserm, Université de Toulouse and CHU de Toulouse [1] within the Digestive Health Research Institute (Inserm/INRA/Université Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier, ENVT). The bacteria produces a neurotransmitter (GABA) which, when bound to...
Une étude publiée dans la revue Science démontre que la prise d’antibiotiques affecte l’efficacité d’un traitement par immunothérapie chez des patients atteints d’un cancer.
Une équipe de chercheurs français a montré que de multiples variants de prions peuvent coexister et se manifester sous différentes formes cliniques selon les conditions de transmission. Les résultats de cette étude sont publiés dans Nature Communications, le 2 novembre 2017.
A Cerebrovascular Accident results from the interruption of blood flow to the brain. The deprivation of oxygen and essential nutrients causes brain cells to die, leading to permanent damage (speech or writing difficulty, memory problems, bodily paralysis to a greater or lesser extent), or even sudden death.
How do we know whether a patient is conscious when he or she is unable to communicate? According to an Inserm study conducted in 127 patients aged 17 to 80, changes in heartbeat in response to sound stimulation is a good indicator of state of consciousness. This is what Inserm researcher Jacobo Sitt and his team, based at the Brain & Spine Institute (ICM) at Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, AP-HP, demonstrate...
In terms of health, men and women are not painted with the same brush. This is due not just to their biology but also to social, cultural and economic reasons, which are not always taken into account. Gender stereotypes influence medical practices, research, teaching and patient behaviors, leading to situations of gender inequality and discrimination in the management of and access to healthcare.
A study, conducted by Coralie Chevallier, Inserm researcher at Unit 960 "Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory" (Inserm/ENS), suggests that an unfavorable childhood environment leads to earlier reproduction and a decreased effort in looking after health during the course of life. These findings have been published in Evolution and Human Behavior.
For the first time, an animal model can express the two biological characteristics of Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers from CEA, Inserm, Paris-Sud and Paris-Descartes Universities, and CNRS have developed an animal model that reproduces the progression of the human disease. These results offer new possibilities for testing drugs and developing a diagnostic method involving a simple blood test. Their findings were published in Cerebral Cortex on October 18, 2017.