Faced with the explosion in demand, the antidiabetic Ozempic will be reserved for patients...
The Danish laboratory Novo Nordisk recommended on Wednesday December 6 that health professionals in France only prescribe its antidiabetic Ozempic to patients already treated,...
Bronchiolitis, flu and Covid-19: the trend is increasing
Last week, the indicators of acute respiratory infections - flu, bronchiolitis and Covid-19 - were generally on the rise in community medicine and in...
IMVOC at the forefront of interventional radiology with Embolyon
Embolization involves injecting an “agent” into a blood vessel (a vein or artery) that feeds a lesion or into the lesion itself in order...
Hypertensive people: consuming less salt is almost as effective as taking an antihypertensive medication
Rising blood pressure: are you consuming too much salt? The WHO recommends that adults consume no more than 5 g of salt per day,...
Cystic fibrosis: how a treatment revolutionized the lives of patients
It is a revolutionary treatment for cystic fibrosis, which can now be offered to a large number of French patients and promises them a...
Cancer: should we get rid of our non-stick pans?
Should we throw our old pots, pans and frying pans with non-stick coating in the trash? PFAS (perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances), widely used since...
Flu vaccination: why is the campaign having such little success?
Since its launch on October 17, the flu vaccination campaign has had limited success. Faced with these “mediocre” figures, much lower than those of...
Three precious Renaissance medicine books stolen in 1998 returned to the Rouen museum
Three valuable 16th century medical books, stolen twenty-five years ago from a museum in Rouen and found by “miracle” at the Grenoble hospital, were...
Microbiota: what if you donated your stool to science?
It is a participatory science campaign of an unusual kind, which is launched this Monday by French research teams: members of the “French Gut”...
Systematic lung cancer screening: where is France?
Since 1990, the prevalence of lung cancer has practically doubled in France. Each year, it is detected in 50,000 new patients, with a clear...