On a national level, the areas with the highest occurrences of cases per 100,000 inhabitants are: Aquitaine (743 100 000 , Picardie (736), Midi-Pyrénées (639), Languedoc-Roussillon (554), Basse-Normandie (479), Limousin (470), Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur (393), Haute-Normandie (375), Bretagne (346), Auvergne (300), Ile-de-France (290), Pays-de-la-Loire (285) and Centre (285). Complete data region by region are given at the […]
“Oser vaincre” (Dare to win) is the slogan for the Telethon 2012 campaign that will start on December 7 and 8. Three million people in France are affected by 6,000 different rare diseases. These diseases, mostly genetic and disabling, had remained largely unknown for a long time. The aim of the Telethon is to put […]
The French Minister of Home Affairs, Manuel Valls, set up the new National Road Safety Policy on 27 November. It is to be chaired by the Socialist Party Deputy of the Bas-Rhin, Mr. Armand Jung. This “road safety parliament” so to speak will be responsible for making suggestions to the Government on how to combat […]
According to the WHO, diabetes affects 347 million people the world over. This chronic disease occurs when the pancreas no longer produces enough insulin (type1 diabetes), or when the body is unable to correctly use the insulin it produces (type 2 diabetes). Those affected by diabetes are obliged to keep to a strict diet, or […]
Created over twenty-five years ago, the Sentinel Network is a health watch network that uses data collected from 1300 family physicians based in mainland France. Thanks to the data communicated in real-time by Sentinel physicians, the Network is able to publish a weekly report of the chickenpox, gastroenteritis and influenza epidemics and can forecast the […]
Cardiovascular disease is one of the main causes of death inFrance. 150,000 new cases are detected every year. That’s one every four minutes. Contrary to popular belief, cardiovascular diseases do not only affect the elderly: each year 10,000 to 15,000 persons under the age of 45 are victims of cardiovascular diseases. See clip showing an […]
More and more French people are using self-medication to treat minor health problems (coughs, headaches, etc.). It has become common practice, but has aroused controversy among healthcare professionals, some of whom are concerned about the misuse of medication. Sylvie Fainzang, an anthropologist, Inserm Research Director and member of Cermes 3 (Centre for Research, Medicine, Science, […]
At nearly 112 years of age, Irénise Moulonguet, who was born in Martinique, is the new oldest known living person inFrance. For more information: Mr. Jean-Marie Robine, Research Director at Inserm Montpellier and head of the Health and Demography team at the Department of Biostatistics.