On 15 June 1972, the United Nations celebrated World Environment Day for the first time. Since that day, every year on the same date, the major issues in environmental conservation are given prominence in over 100 countries, a day devoted to the protection of the planet and the future of mankind, which is inseparable from the […]
European Obesity Day, which will be held on Saturday 23 May, recalls the seriousness of this disease, which is affecting more and more people in France and in the world. Overweight and obesity are defined as an abnormal or excessive fat accumulation. Body mass index, BMI, corresponding to the weight divided by the square of […]
World Asthma Day will take place next Tuesday, 5 May. This chronic respiratory disease is characterised by attacks during which the lining of the bronchi swells, causing the bronchi to become narrower, and reducing the volume of air inhaled and exhaled. Asthma usually has an allergic component, i.e. its progression is influenced by exposure to […]
Caused by a parasite of the genus Plasmodium, malaria is transmitted to humans by the bite of a female Anopheles mosquito. It can also be transmitted by blood transfusion, or from mother to foetus at the end of pregnancy.[1] Held on 25 April each year, World Malaria Day is specifically aimed at raising awareness among […]
. It causes a failure of the blood to coagulate. As a result, people with haemophilia do not bleed faster than normal, but bleed for longer. World Haemophilia Day is on Friday 17 April. On this occasion, the institutes and associations, particularly the World Federation of Haemophilia, work to sensitise and inform the general public […]
In France, Parkinson’s disease affects more than 150 000 people[1], and there are 6.5 million sufferers in the world, a figure set to increase as the population ages. World Parkinson’s Day is taking place on 11 April, in memory of the anniversary of the birth of Dr James Parkinson, the first physician to describe the […]
This year, World Health Day will be dedicated to food safety. This event is an opportunity to educate professionals and the general public on the importance of food safety and the role people can play every day to remove any doubt about the safety of the food on their plate. Researchers leading the Nutritional Epidemiology […]
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 World Health Organization (WHO), more than 5% of the world population, i.e. 360 million people, suffers from disabling hearing loss (hearing loss greater than 40 decibels (dB) in the better hearing ear in adults, and 30 dB in the better hearing ear in children), or 328 million adults and 32 million children. […]
A disease is said to be rare if it affects fewer than 1 in 2,000 people, or, for France, fewer than 30,000 people for a given disease. Rare diseases are highly diverse, are found in all areas of medicine, and are often serious, chronic, and progressive. The theme chosen for this 8th World Rare Disease Day, “Living […]
Epilepsy is the spontaneous occurrence of epileptic fits, resulting from abnormal and simultaneous discharge of thousands of neurons[1]. Individuals affected by epilepsy can suffer severe physical and psychological side-effects, particularly caused by the unpredictability of the fits (injuries, problems of attentiveness, etc.). A large number of events have been organised for World Epilepsy Day, particularly […]
