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Medicine is changing the landscape. It seems far away this image of the good doctor listening to his patients. Today's doctors have the means to radically change their practice. Genome exploration, predictive medicine, precision medicine, digital avatars, nano-objects, exploration and intervention robots... The doctors of the future, who we can see

Professor Arnaud Fontanet, a renowned epidemiologist (1), declared: "After a period of splendour that could be called the 'glorious thirty years', from 1960 to 1990, epidemiology is beginning to run out of steam". Epidemiology provides methods for measuring the health status of a population and for identifying the causes of disease. It is

Fake" drugs are flooding the world market, causing tragic news stories. In the face of this scourge, the struggle is being organized in the name of access for all, in the North as well as in the South, to quality, carefully controlled medicines. But the reality is complex, and this anti-counterfeiting crusade is not a simple one.

Cannabis consumption is breaking records every year. 35 % of young men under 34 years of age report smoking it regularly*. A little firecracker can't hurt, they think. However, a new study shows that the active substance in cannabis may alter the sperm, which could lead to a decrease in the number of sperm cells in the semen, which in turn could lead to a decrease in the number of sperm cells in the semen.

Antibiotic resistance is one of the major challenges of our time. Ten million people could be killed per year by 2050; as many as cancer. The World Health Organization (WHO) has long been alerting us to mobilize against these new microbial strains that are resistant to all antibiotics.

Recent work also suggests that Alzheimer's disease could, under certain conditions, be transmitted between individuals. More than fifty dementias resulting from neurodegenerative diseases have been identified to date, Alzheimer's disease being the most widespread. It is now estimated that about 35 million people suffer from the disease in the

The threat that is expected to kill 10 million people a year by 2050 is that of antibiotic resistance. Any alternatives? Yes, with a century-old therapy, bacteriophage viruses. Phage therapy treats infections with phages, natural viruses that attack bacteria. This is what we

Les bactéries résistantes aux antibiotiques ont causé la mort de 33 100 personnes en 2015 dans l’Union européenne. Elles ont par ailleurs contaminé 671 689 personnes. Soit un impact « comparable à l’effet cumulé de la grippe, de la tuberculose et du virus du sida », sur la même période,

The information has made the rounds in the media: eating organic reduces the risk of cancer by 25 %! Launched first by the daily Le Monde, which made it its front page, the news aroused the enthusiasm of journalists from both the written and audiovisual media, some going so far as to claim that eating organic food reduces the risk of cancer by 25 %!

Ce 18 septembre, trois jours après l’entrée en vigueur de la prise en charge des téléconsultations par l’Assurance Maladie, Emmanuel Macron présente son « plan hôpital ». Les investissements du gouvernement dans le domaine de l’intelligence artificielle et sa volonté de la voir, elle aussi, se mettre « en marche

À l’heure où la e-santé se développe à vitesse grand V, les patients souffrant de maladies chroniques sont les premiers concernés et touchés par ce changement. Une large enquête vient d’être réalisée auprès des principaux intéressés : quels services, outils, applications e-santé, … plébiscitent-ils ? Sont-ils enclins à cette nouvelle

This brand-new 1500 m2 factory located in Bois-D'arcy, near Paris, does not manufacture car parts or aircraft engines. No, it makes hearts. The first Carmat artificial heart manufacturing plant has just obtained its certification and is moving to the industrial stage. 800 hearts will be produced

Les signes de la crise de l’hôpital public sont manifestes : pénurie de médecins et d’infirmières, attentes et encombrements dans les services d’urgence, épuisement professionnel des soignants, « grèves » et manifestations, démissions de chefs de service, … Tout le monde s’accorde pour dire que l’hôpital public va mal. Comme

The problem with the spinal cord is that you only have one and if you have a lesion, doctors can't repair it; they can only try to reduce the damage. The consequences for the injured are serious and usually make them severely and severely disabled.

« De la condamnation à l’ouverture »: les Français se montrent de plus en plus favorables à une autorisation du cannabis, à condition qu’elle soit strictement régulée par l’État, affirme lundi une enquête de l’Ifop* pour Terra Nova et ECHO Citoyen. De là à imaginer des champs de cannabis dans nos campagnes,

Doctors, scientists, the WHO and all public health organizations keep telling us this. We are on the brink of a devastating global pandemic. The question that no one can answer is that of the source of this expected and almost certain disease. Will it be

Les hôpitaux de campagne européens, postes de soins provisoires et mobiles, sont prêts à être déployés dans le monde entier en cas de catastrophe de grande ampleur. Le projet HOPICAMP travaille à l’amélioration de la logistique de ces centres de soins éphémères ainsi qu’au développement d’outils de télémédecine et de

What history has taught us is that a global pandemic can occur at any time and spread like wildfire across the planet. It could happen within the next ten years. And we are not ready. Far from it. This is the message that