The Bulletin épidémiologique hebdomadaire (BEH), published on 07 May by The French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (Institut de veille sanitaire – InVS) focused on alcohol consumption by adolescents between the first and last class of secondary school (in 2010 and 2011). Alcohol is the psychoactive substance that is experimented with earliest in adolescence, often […]
The arrival of fine weather and milder temperatures marks the return of respiratory allergies. These allergies consist of unsuitable or excessive immune system reactions of the human body when it comes into contact with a foreign substance known as an allergen. Generally, respiratory allergies take two forms: allergic rhinitis and allergic asthma. Each of these […]
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 […]
The French health watch institute (InVS) worked in partnership with the Inserm unit “Epidemiological Center for Mortality by Medical Causes” to publish the results of models they had produced showing the development of mortality due to pleural mesothelioma in France, based on the latest data available in France. Models had been produced at the end […]
For the 16th National Suicide Prevention Days, if you want to find out more about suicide-related mortality in France, Inserm’s researchers can answer your questions. [break]Photo:
Following a foetal death in utero last weekend, the Inserm Press Department has provided figures about maternal, infant and in utero mortality. The 2010 nationwide perinatal survey , set up notably by Inserm and the DGS, gives a description of the state of health of the children, the health care given and the characteristics of the […]
At the time of the first World Cancer Day in 2008, there were 7.6 million cases of cancer in the world. Now it has become one of the major causes of death the world over (WHO). Each year, this World Cancer Day, organised by the International Union Against Cancer (UICC) is dedicated to prevention, detection […]
The systematic literature review was published in 2011: Same-gender parenting and child development: current known facts, co-signed by Guillaume Fond, mentions several therapeutic approaches to the question of same-gender parenting and its effect on children. Is being born into or growing up in a same-gender parent family a disadvantage? Is the risk of psychopathology or […]
At a time when the increase in the number of cases of drug-resistant tuberculosis in France is becoming “preoccupying on a public health scale” according to the French General Health Administration (DGS), Inserm is publishing the results of its latest research into tuberculosis. Tuberculosis: the discovery of a molecule in the immune system that is […]
The foul smell that reached as far as Parisduring the night from Monday into Tuesday was caused by a leak in the Lubriziol chemical plant in Rouen. The leak released mercaptan, an olfactory marker of the type used to give a smell to natural gas supplies. Michel Aubier from Inserm research unit U700 “Physiopathology and […]