Between 3 and 6 years of age, children spend an average of around 2 hours a day in front of screens. While many researchers have identified links between screen time and cognitive development in children, few have looked at the context in which screens are used. Inserm researchers at the Center of Research in Epidemiology and Statistics - Université de Paris (CRESS) have identified a link between the television...
Alcohol consumption is both directly and indirectly implicated in the onset of some 60 diseases, making it a major health risk factor. In France, around 43 million people consume alcohol. Faced with its inherent health, social and financial impacts, the country’s Health Directorate and Interdepartmental Mission to Combat Drugs and Addictive Behavior asked Inserm to take stock of the harm related to alcohol and formulate research avenues and measures...
Good gut microbiota function has an impact on our general physical and psychological health. Understanding how the architecture of the microbiota and the function of the bacteria that inhabit it affect the body has become a key research focus in recent years.
Une équipe de recherche internationale a mis en évidence que la thérapie optogénétique peut partiellement restaurer la vision chez un patient aveugle atteint de rétinopathie pigmentaire à un stade avancé. La thérapie optogénétique consiste à modifier génétiquement les cellules afin qu'elles produisent des protéines sensibles à la lumière dites « channelrhodopsines » (rhodopsine canal).
Many scientific studies have shown the health impacts of air pollution.
Teams from the Georges-Pompidou European Hospital AP-HP, the University of Paris, Inserm and the Presbyterian Hospital in New York carried out work to demonstrate the blood pressure benefit of endovascular renal denervation by focused ultrasound.
A l’âge de 5 ans et demi, 35% des enfants nés extrêmes prématurés, près de 45% des grands prématurés et 55% de ceux nés modérément prématurés auront une trajectoire développementale proche de la normale.
Un sommeil de six heures ou moins par nuit entre l’âge de 50 à 70 ans est associé à un risque accru de démence, selon une nouvelle étude menée par des chercheurs de l’Inserm et d’Université de Paris en collaboration avec University College London. Ces résultats ne permettent pas d’établir une relation de cause à effet, mais suggèrent l’existence d’un lien entre la durée du sommeil et le risque...
Air pollution is responsible for thousands of deaths each year in France. Knowing more about the health effects of its various components is therefore a priority. Scientists chose to focus on black carbon – a constituent of the fine particles produced by incomplete combustion, particularly related to automobile traffic. While it has already been associated with numerous health problems, this research suggests for the first time that long-term exposure...
Calyxis in Niort and the Inserm-Université de Bordeaux Population Health Research Center have published the findings of their study on the mental health impacts of lockdown in the journal Globalization and Health. Anxiety, depression, and self-rated mental health saw marked deteriorations in the MAVIE cohort, particularly in women, young people, elderly people, and those with less than 30 m2 of living space
Certains pesticides utilisés en Europe sont suspectés d’avoir des effets néfastes sur la santé humaine. Ils provoqueraient des perturbations hormonales et auraient également des propriétés carcinogènes, déjà observées en milieu professionnel. Le lien entre l’exposition à ces pesticides via l’alimentation et le cancer du sein dans la population générale est encore peu étudié.
