Tag: medicine
health professionals question their patients too little, according to the High Authority of Health
Only 3% of women say they have been questioned by their general practitioner about possible domestic violence in the last eighteen months, according to a study published Friday November 24…
“It is difficult to keep neglected tropical diseases on the political agenda”
Colored scanning electron micrograph of “Trypanosoma brucei” parasites (in green) and a red blood cell. DR. CHRISTOPHER B. JACKSON/IKELOS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Laurent Fraisse has been head of the research and…
the elimination of a scourge within reach
Sleeping sickness parasite. Scanning electron micrograph of a “Trypanosoma brucei gambiense” parasite (in blue) and white blood cells (in red) in the liver of a mouse. FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS/SCIENCE…
War-ready medicine: Bundeswehr medics learn from the war in Ukraine
War-ready medicine Bundeswehr medics learn from the war in Ukraine November 12, 2023, 11:56 a.m Listen to article This audio version was artificially generated. More info | Send feedback Medical…
After the government’s decline in support for adapted physical activity, angry patients
Overweight people do physical exercises as part of their therapy at the thermal baths of Brides-les-Bains (Savoie), April 4, 2013. JEAN-PIERRE CLATOT/AFP Ten thousand steps and more. The movement finally…
Medicine by parachute: Jordan announces aid drop in Gaza Strip
Medicine by parachute Jordan announces aid drop in Gaza Strip November 6, 2023, 3:25 a.m The situation in the clinics in the Gaza Strip is catastrophic. According to the Jordanian…
“Children’s myopia is not inevitable, it is an underestimated public health issue”
Dfor several years, many experts have been warning about the global epidemic of myopia which continues to gain ground. By 2050, half of humanity could become myopic if nothing is…
Spasfon, the little pink pill would no longer pass
MEDIA FOR MEDICAL SARL / ALAMY STOCK PHOTO A success under the microscope Who doesn’t have a brochure lying around at the bottom of their toiletry bag? Bright pink phloroglucinol…
“The delays in caring for transgender minors are not going in the right direction”
ALINE OFFICE Between 1.2% and 2.7% of children and adolescents declare themselves transgender, according to the Global Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH). Chrystelle Lagrange is a clinical psychologist in…
faced with lack of access to care, the journey of coping
ALINE OFFICE One day, a dentist explains to Florent (the people named by their first name wished to remain anonymous), 26 years old, that “gender transition was dangerous for [ses]…
Food, medicine, fuel: Hamas is said to have stashed away supplies for months
Food, medicine, fuel Hamas is said to have stashed away supplies for months October 28, 2023, 1:28 p.m It is an accusation made by Israel that is confirmed by a…
Treatment of high blood pressure: the ANSM warns of a packaging error in this medication: Femme Actuelle Le MAG
In its news of October 27, the National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products (ANSM) warns of an error in the packaging of the medicines Amlodipine EG…