For the majority of people, coronavirus infection will have no major consequences. But for a small fraction of those infected, it will be a matter of life and death. If the epidemic figures continue to rise, the small percentage of people who will be in vital need of medical assistance
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France is not China. Not so much because of its geographical size or economic power, but because of its culture and the way of life and behaviour of the French. The coronavirus is reshuffling the maps of the hierarchy of needs, without revolutionizing everyday habits. It is
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::: 11/03 - The Society for the Encouragement of National Industry is organising a round table on the theme "Do we still have a choice in our medical practice? "on Wednesday, March 11, at 2pm, in partnership with Alternative Santé, on the occasion of the 4th week of the Mutualité. With more than
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I am dragging myself along, I am no longer worth anything... Affected by old age, "organ" disease or accidents in life, my body no longer responds, it has become my best enemy and remembers me at the slightest wrong step. This body loved, adored, pampered since
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Macular degeneration is a disease of the central part of the retina, the macula. It appears from the age of 50 onwards and gradually affects the visual abilities of those affected. This disease affects 1.5 million people in France and is one of the main causes of visual impairment,
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Against the backdrop of a new day of action by hospital nurses and emergency doctors, the Senate is due to adopt this Tuesday, 11 June, after the National Assembly, the Health Bill put forward by Agnès Buzyn, after having injected several new measures such as the end of the numerus Clausus, the development of hospitals and the creation of a new hospital.
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Researchers from Inserm and the University of Strasbourg, within Unit 1260 "Regenerative Nanomedicine", have developed an implant which, applied as a dressing, enables cartilage to be regenerated in the event of major joint injuries or early osteoarthritis. The details of this innovation validated in
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Selon une note des services de lutte contre les trafics de stupéfiants, la concentration en THC de la résine de cannabis est passée de 11% à 26,5% en huit ans. D’après les spécialistes, plus sa qualité augmente, plus le risque de développer une maladie psychiatrique est grand et plus l’addiction
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Cela fait vingt-cinq ans que l’on nous parle d’un vaccin contre le Sida. Dès 1984 les services de santé publique parlent d’un vaccin imminent. Force est de constater que, malgré l’acharnement d’équipes de scientifiques partout dans le monde, le vaccin se fait encore attendre. Où en sommes-nous, à quel horizon
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On February 20, the National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products (ANSM) warned of the risks of addiction to pain medications containing opiates or morphine. Several consumer drugs, such as Tramadol, are targeted, in a context in which
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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
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The Nobel Peace Prize co-winners, Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege and Iraqi Nadia Murad, a survivor of sexual slavery organised by Daesh, received the prestigious prize in Oslo on 10 December. In an interview conducted in Bukavu by Daesh's Democratic Republic of Congo correspondent, Denis Mukwege, who was interviewed in Bukavu, the Democratic Republic of the Congo correspondent for
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The World Health Organization (WHO) is about to introduce, for the first time, traditional Chinese medicine into the world pharmacopoeia. This decision comes after several decades of bitter battles between Asian and Western doctors. For many Western doctors, this decision is questionable and will have a major impact.
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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
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The Nuffield Council on Bioethics in the United Kingdom says that it is acceptable to genetically manipulate human embryos, as long as the interventions do not harm the child or society as a whole. The council takes a surprisingly progressive position on this issue, but we are still a long way from
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That intelligence knows how to see and drive cars, that it knows how to talk and exchange with us, that it knows how to play Go better than we do... All this doesn't impress us anymore and has almost become part of our daily life. In the AI's skill set, we can also add the sense of smell. British researchers claim to have
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« 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,
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Artificial intelligence has managed to be better than experienced dermatologists at spotting skin cancers in a series of photos, a team of researchers announced on May 28. The machine is effective in 95 % cases, better than the performance of human doctors.
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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
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Scientists at the University of Lincoln in the United Kingdom have developed a new technique to coat gold nanoparticles with a specific protein so that they can be used to address a drug that will target a specific area of the body, such as a cancerous tumour, very precisely. Gold nanoparticles are
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