During this last weekend in March, we will be switching to summer time. On the night between Saturday and Sunday, we must put our watches and clocks forward by one hour. What do we currently know about the impact of changing the time on our health? Does it upset our biological clock? Find out more […]
For the last few days, several French cities have had to face episodes of air pollution by particulates, frequently exceeding alert threshold levels. Further information – On the Impact of air pollution on our health: Press release, “Large European study finds exposure to even low levels of air pollution during pregnancy increases risk of lower […]
A national trial coordinated by Dr Ivan Berlin at La Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital (AP-HP) and researchers from Inserm shows that nicotine replacement patches are not effective in helping pregnant women to stop smoking during their pregnancy. This work has been published in the British Medical Journal See the press release for further information (French version)
The 15th edition of Brain Awareness Week will take place in France and in 62 countries around the world from 10 to 16 March 2014. Throughout this week, the general public will be able to meet researchers from Inserm to gain better knowledge of the brain and become better informed about recent research in this […]
European consortium BIOSID have developed a bioartificial pancreas that can directly produce insulin in the bodies of patients with type 1 diabetes, which should be tested in humans by 2015. Trials will be conducted by the team led by Eric Renard, a researcher at Inserm Unit 661, “Institute for Functional Genomics,” at Montpellier University Hospital, […]
Today the Vaccine Research Institute (VRI) in Créteil near Paris started to recruit 100 volunteers to evaluate a preventive HIV candidate vaccine. An innovative vaccine trial was launched by the VRI and the French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Hepatitis (ANRS). It will be based in four centres. It will be the first […]
In France, the Journée du Cœur (Heart Day) will take place on 14 February.Cardiovascular disease caused 33% of all deaths in 2011, and is still the main cause of death in the 33 OECD countries. One person in three is affected.With 180,000 deaths a year, cardiovascular diseases are the leading long-term illness, affecting 2.8 million […]
The Sentinelles network is a research and vigilance platform in general medicine at the Unité Mixte de Recherche en Santé 707 (Mixed Health Research Unit 707) (UMR S 707, Inserm-UPMC). At present it is composed of 1288 general practitioners, and 333 of them help in the continual surveillance of epidemics. Please see the Sentiweb site.
On World Cancer Day, visit the press room to see the latest press releases and packs on cancer. For further information about cancer (the latest figures and major landmarks), take a look at the WHO site.
Throughout the year, the press office filmed Inserm researchers talking about their discoveries in the simplest possible terms. The short “making of” below shows that this was not always easy. Enjoy the bloopers of 2013! We at the Inserm press office hope that these 2 minutes will make you smile as much as they did […]