The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has just announced that consumption of more than 400 milligrams of caffeine per day (i.e. 4 espressos) may be harmful for health. Caffeine consumed in high doses may be involved in cardiovascular disorders and problems of the nervous system (sleep, anxiety, etc.). Below this threshold of 400 mg per […]
In France, the total cost of pollution to health is estimated at between €1 billion and approximately €2 billion/year, according to a study conducted by Isabella Annesi Maesano, a research director at Inserm, and her colleagues (Inserm Unit 1136, Epidemiology of Allergic and Respiratory Diseases). In other words, 15-31% of the 2012 deficit (€5.5 billion) […]
According to the French National Institute of Sleep and Alertness (InSV), 1 French person in 5 suffers from insomnia, and up to 9% of these insomniacs are badly affected (poor quality sleep, difficulty falling asleep, multiple awakenings or waking too early). Indeed, sleep is indispensable to the learning, memorisation, adaptation and growth functions, and is also […]
According to the weekly bulletin of the Sentinelles network, the incidence of influenza is close to its peak. In 5 weeks, 2 044 000 persons had consulted their doctor. The rates of incidence has been estimated that 231 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. A figure that exceeds the epidemic threshold (179 cases per 100,000 inhabitants). At regional […]
For the second consecutive year, FameLab, the international scientific communication competition organised by the British Council and its partners, is coming back to France !Who is this competition for?Whether you are a young researcher, student or teacher of science, FameLab invites you to present your chosen subject for three minutes to a panel of professionals […]
Bernard Cazeneuve, French Minister of the Interior, presented a plan of action to address all causes of lack of road safety on Monday 26 January 2015. Comprising 26 measures, the plan is aimed at sensitising, alerting and educating road users, combating serious breaches of road safety, and making France’s infrastructure safer.[1] In 2014, according to […]
According to the weekly bulletin of the Sentinelles network, the incidence of influenza crossed the epidemic threshold last week, with 231 cases detected in general practice per 100,000 inhabitants. A figure that exceeds the epidemic threshold (179 cases per 100,000 inhabitants). At regional level, the highest rates of incidence were found in: Limousin, Auvergne and […]
A study conducted by Inserm’s Centre for Epidemiology on Medical Causes of Death (CépiDc) and the Paris public hospital system (AP-HP) highlights an association between suicide rate and unemployment in metropolitan France between 2000 and 2010. The statistical model actually reveals a mean 1.5% increase in suicide rate, both sexes combined, for a 10% increase […]
In metropolitan France last week, the incidence rate for cases of acute diarrhoea seen in general practice was estimated at 253 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, i.e. 160,000 new cases, higher than the previous week, and just below the epidemic threshold (269 cases per 100,000 inhabitants). At regional level, the highest rates of incidence were found […]
9 children with X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency have received a new form of gene therapy. Alain Fischer, Marina Cavazzana-Calvo and Salima Hacein-Bey-Abina, together with their teams at Inserm Unit 1163 and AP-HP, have just published these results in the New England Journal of Medicine. In 1999, these researchers pioneered the treatment by gene therapy of […]
