Kategori: Health News
the worst whooping cough epidemic in 25 years
Published on 09/26/2024 22:48 Updated on 09/26/2024 22:49 Video length: 2 min Health: the worst whooping cough epidemic in 25 years In 2024, more than 130,000 cases of whooping cough…
“We realize that we can do just as well, more simply and with less toxicity” to treat them, says oncologist Jean-Yves Blay.
If the increase in risk factors explains the rise in the number of cancers, it is the advances in research which are at the origin of the fall in mortality,…
Secure prescriptions mandatory from December for opioids
Published 09/26/2024 3:53 PM Updated 09/26/2024 5:57 PM Video length: 1 min Medicines: secure prescriptions mandatory from December to combat falsification and addiction to opioids Medicines: secure prescriptions mandatory from…
CALL FOR TESTIMONIALS. Do you need a wheelchair to get around? Tell us how this equipment affects your budget
While the full reimbursement of the wheelchairs promised by Emmanuel Macron in 2023 is still awaited, franceinfo gives you the floor: how are you dealing with the costs related to…
for people with reduced mobility, obstacles in everyday life
Published 09/26/2024 4:30 p.m. Video length: 2 min Disability: for people with reduced mobility, obstacles in everyday life Many public places are still not accessible to people with reduced mobility.…
“Worrying” increase in lung and pancreatic cancers among women in France
Tobacco use, which “began in the 1970s and 1980s among women” later than among men, is a major factor in this increase, according to the National Cancer Institute. Published 09/26/2024…
France 2 launches the filming of a TV movie inspired by the book “Les Fossoyeurs” by Victor Castanet on mistreatment in the Orpéa group’s nursing homes
The TV film starring Elodie Bouchez features a woman helped by a journalist in her investigation into the nursing home where her mother died suddenly and unexplained. France Télévisions –…
From December 1, a secure prescription will be required to obtain codeine or tramadol-based medications
These two opioids are generally prescribed for pain, but are sometimes misused and become dangerous. Published 09/26/2024 06:00 Reading time: 1 min Tramadol is an opioid prescribed for pain. (FRED…
Sponsored content, evenings with influencers… An association denounces the methods used by alcohol giants to encourage young people to drink on social networks
Faced with the proliferation of content promoting alcohol on social networks, the Addictions France association is calling for it to be banned, according to a report that France Inter was…
IVG: 82% of women who have had an abortion recognize that there are still obstacles to accessing abortion
Lack of structures, waiting times still too long… According to this barometer of Family Planning, revealed by France Inter, nine out of ten French people believe that there are still…
Disposable electronic cigarettes: European Commission agrees with France to ban them
The law was passed in December 2023 in the National Assembly, then in the Senate. All that was missing was the green light from the European Union. Published 09/25/2024 10:12…
Senate report warns of dramatic economic situation in sector “at the end of its rope”
Establishments for the elderly are facing an unprecedented crisis, between a drop in occupancy rates, a crisis of confidence following the Covid-19 pandemic and the Orpéa scandal, and difficulties in…
“[Paul Christophe] “is not a superman,” worries Sophie Cluzel, former Secretary of State for Disabled People
Published 09/25/2024 7:09 PM Updated 09/25/2024 7:09 PM Video length: 11 min Disability: “[Paul Christophe] “is not a superman,” worries Sophie Cluzel, former Secretary of State for Disabled People Disability:…
In Nice, the OTERA store focuses on transparent prices
Published 09/25/2024 5:22 PM Updated 09/25/2024 5:22 PM Video length: 2 min Consumption: in Nice, the OTERA store focuses on transparent prices Consumption: in Nice, the OTERA store focuses on…
franceinfo junior. What are lice looking for in our hair?
We’re talking about lice this Wednesday on franceinfo junior. To answer the children’s questions: Vincent Albouy, entomologist, naturalist writer and speaker. Published 09/25/2024 5:14 PM Reading time: 5 min Lice…
Drug shortage: eleven pharmaceutical laboratories sanctioned
Published 09/25/2024 11:10 Video length: 2 min Drug shortage: eleven pharmaceutical laboratories sanctioned Drug shortage: eleven pharmaceutical laboratories sanctioned (FRANCEINFO) On Tuesday, September 24, the National Agency for the Safety…
“I’m angry,” says Michaël Jérémiasz, former wheelchair tennis champion
Many associations deplore the fact that there is no portfolio dedicated to Disability within the new government. Published 09/25/2024 11:39 Reading time: 2 min Michaël Jérémiasz carries the flame during…
WHO calls for ‘immediate and sustained action’ to protect young people from risk of addiction
Published 09/25/2024 10:23 Updated 09/25/2024 10:46 Video length: 1 min Social networks: WHO issues warning on risk of addiction Social networks: WHO issues warning on risk of addiction (France 2)…
the number of voluntary terminations of pregnancy increased by 3.7%
In 2023, 243,623 women had an abortion, 8,600 more than in 2022. Published 09/25/2024 06:00 Updated 09/25/2024 07:33 Reading time: 3 min A voluntary termination of pregnancy center in a…
What are the effects of melatonin on sleep?
Sold without a prescription in the form of a food supplement, this synthetic hormone can in certain cases promote sleep, although side effects have nevertheless been reported to the National…