Malaria is a parasitical disease transmitted by mosquitoes and is potentially fatal. Climatic conditions play an important role in the transmission of this parasite, which affects the prevalence and survival of mosquitoes. Malaria starts with a fever that may be accompanied by headaches, muscular pains and vomiting. (with a margin of uncertainty of between 490,000 […]
Parkinson’s disease Day was held on 12 April; about 100,000 people in France suffer from it. Parkinson’s disease was described for the first time by James Parkinson in 1817; it is a degenerative condition, often of unknown origin. The disease mainly affects people aged over 60. The first symptoms for diagnosing the illness are a […]
The table was published by Editions ECONOMICA, through scientific coordination with the NutriNet-Santé and presents the current data concerning the nutritional composition table of food used in the context of the NutriNet-Santé study. Launched in France in May 2009, this study of a prospective observation cohort (www.etude-nutrinet-sante.fr) developed by the INSERM/Inra/Cnam/University of Paris 13 Mixed […]
According to a report published today by the ANSM (The French National Agency for Medicines and Health Products Safety), between 2000 and 2011, the risk of venous thromboembolism linked to combined oral contraceptives (the pill) is estimated at 2,529 per year, of which 1,751 is attributable to pills of the third and fourth generation. The […]
Celebrated in France and throughout the world, sleep day will be held on Friday, 22 March on the subject of “Sleep and Environment”. This day is an opportunity to learn more about the benefit of sleeping, talking to doctors and researchers and meeting patients’ associations, etc. For this international day, the experts of Inserm, the […]
Salamandra robotica II, an amphibian robot created by the Bio-robotics Laboratory of the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) will be presented at the Innorobot Show held in Lyon from 19 to 21 March. The team headed by Professor Auke Ijspeert has perfected this latest generation in collaboration with Jean-Marie Cabelguen INSERM Research Director in […]
The natural loss of hearing with age is no longer a secret today. The sixteenth “National Hearing Day” is aimed especially at the elderly. Retaining one’s hearing ability, by any means whatsoever, appears to be a new way of Aging Well. In the context of its citizens’ lectures, INSERM arranged a session on Thursday 14 […]
For the first time, you can convert your tablets and smartphones into a tool for exploring the brain so as to better understand and prevent strokes (the third-greatest cause of death). On the occasion of Brain Week that was held from 11 to 17 March 2013, Cérébro, a new application was launched on the Iphone […]
Rare diseases currently affect fewer than one in 2000 people. There are 8,000 such diseases in the world, and five new ones are identified every month. They are generally genetic conditions, but also include auto-immune diseases, infectious diseases, cancers, etc. The Sixth International Day of Rare Diseases was held on Thursday 28 February in more […]
Very little information is currently available in France about the consumption of food supplements and the associated behavioural factors, in particular in population groups such as smokers for whom, according to researchers, the taking of certain supplements could represent an increased risk in relation to certain diseases. The relative proportion of people who are self-medicating […]
