The vital card on Smartphone tested in two departments, antibiotics now pollute rivers around the world and among young people, obesity quickly affects the arteries. Here is the main news.
The vital card on Smartphone tested in two departments
Technology is taking over our old routines. Like announced the Minister of Health Agnès Buzyn on April 25 when presenting her digital health roadmap, the vital card will soon be dematerialized on Smartphone. Soon to be tested in the Alpes-Maritimes and the Rhône until the end of May 2020 according to a decree published this Wednesday in the Official Journal, it will be generalized the following year if the experience is conclusive. How it works ? Patients will be able to use their vital card thanks to the application “Health Insurance e-card”, via their smartphone or tablet. Our old green card will not disappear. The application will come “in addition” and will be “valid only for health professionals participating in the experiment”, stipulates the decree… To find out more, click here.
Antibiotics are now polluting rivers around the world
According to a study presented this Monday, May 20 at a congress in Helsinki (Finland), the world’s rivers contain too many antibiotics, which increases human resistance to these treatments. In question: human waste, those from hospitals, the pharmaceutical industry and even farms. 711 rivers from 72 different countries were analyzed. Of 14 antibiotics tested, each sample contained at least one and at a level above acceptable levels. Metronidazole, trimethoprim and ciprofloxacin were the most frequently found drugs, even in Asia and Africa. The researchers’ statement thus evokes a “global problem”, the most problematic sites being in Bangladesh, Kenya, Ghana, Pakistan and Nigeria… To read more, click here.
In young people, obesity quickly impacts the arteries
Obese children suffer from increased arterial stiffness in late adolescence, according to a new study. “Adolescence is a key period in the fight against obesity, because it improves long-term health,” explains Frida Dangardt, director of the research. To reach these findings, 3,423 young people aged 9 to 17 were followed. Their fat mass was measured at 9, 11, 13, 15 and 17 years. The scientists also assessed other risk factors for cardiovascular disease, such as high blood pressure or high blood sugar. To some extent, these data have been associated with increased arterial stiffness at age 17, but especially in obese people. We tell you more in our article.
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