On the 9th International Rare Disease Day, which will be held on 29 February next, many events will be organised in over 80 countries to raise awareness among the general public, health professionals and politicians about the characteristics of these diseases, their impacts and the means to manage and treat them. This year, the […]
These diseases are a group of disorders of the heart and blood vessels, such as hypertension, coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular disease (stroke), peripheral arterial disease, heart failure, rheumatic heart disease, congenital heart disease and cardiomyopathy. Heart Day, initiated by Alliance du Cœur and held on 14 February every year, the symbolic date of St. […]
The place of the School survey in monitoring the Elfe child cohort Elfe is the first French study devoted to monitoring children from birth to adult age, which addresses the many aspects of their development and socialisation from the social sciences, health and environment perspective. When it was launched at national level in 2011, over […]
This international campaign is a reminder of the seriousness of cancer, a major cause of death worldwide, leading to 8.2 million deaths in 2012.[1] According to WHO, the annual number of new cases is expected to rise from 14 million in 2012 to 22 million in the next two decades. Inserm researchers devote themselves […]
In France, this cancer affects nearly 3,000 women, and causes over 1,100 deaths each year. There are two complementary levers for preventing and detecting the disease, the cervical smear test for women aged 25 to 65 years, and vaccination against HPV. According to the French National Cancer Institute (INCa), nearly 90% of cervical cancers […]
Interest in the intestinal microbiota, or intestinal flora, has grown considerably in recent years. In 2015, over 4,500 scientific studies on the subject were published in PubMed. The intestinal microbiota is an ecosystem made up of 100,000 billion bacteria that colonise our digestive tract from the time we are born. Each host has his/her […]
The Sentinelles network, developed by Inserm and Pierre and Marie Curie University (UPMC), is a national surveillance system made up of 1,300 general practitioners and about a hundred private paediatricians, which allows the creation of large databases for several diseases, for purposes of health monitoring and research. The Sentinelles physicians collect information from their patients […]
The 21st International Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21/CMP11) opened on Monday 30 November, underlining the willingness of participating governments to fight climate change and its consequences. In this context, Inserm wishes to raise awareness among professionals and the general public about the impacts of climate change on […]
World AIDS day, which will be held on 1 December next, is aimed at making the general public aware about prevention and management of the disease. Inserm researchers are involved in combating this infection on a year-round basis.
Surveillance of the virus in metropolitan France continues nonetheless, with the launch of the fifth season of GrippeNet.fr this Wednesday, 25 November. Originally launched in January 2012 by the Sentinelles network team (Inserm – UPMC) and the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS), GrippeNet.fr offers everyone living in metropolitan France, whatever his/her health status, a chance […]
Initiated by the International Diabetes Federation and the World Health Organization, World Diabetes Day, which takes place next Saturday, 14 November, is aimed at sensitising and informing the general public about diabetes prevention and management. Diabetes, type 1 or type 2, is a chronic disease characterised by insufficient production of insulin, or by poor […]
