Administering the vaccine against the flu through the skin and no longer into the muscle would be more effective, a registry will soon list women with breast prostheses and the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis would be less certain than we thought. Here is the main news.
Influenza: administration of the vaccine through the skin would be more effective
The flu epidemic has just ended and it has caused more than 7,000 deaths. The best way to protect yourself is to get vaccinated. The product is never 100% effective, but researchers from Inserm Unit 1135 show that a change in the mode of administration improves its effectiveness. When you get vaccinated against the flu, the product is injected into the muscle. It allows the body to produce antibodies (humoral response). The new technique developed by French researchers provokes a cytotoxic response: the vaccine stimulates the production of T lymphocytes, white blood cells capable of destroying infected cells. We tell you more in our article.
Breast implants: a registry will list patients from this summer
It was a request from patients and cosmetic surgeons: the General Directorate of Health (DGS) announced the establishment of a national register of breast prostheses this summer. This decision follows the announcement last week, by the National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products (ANSM), of the banning of 95 models of prostheses, likely to cause anaplastic large cell lymphoma ( ALCL), cancer of the lymph nodes. To read more click here.
Multiple sclerosis: 18% of patients receive the wrong diagnosis
By analyzing the medical records of the patients, the researchers found that several of them with a previous diagnosis of multiple sclerosis did not meet the criteria for this diagnosis. They spent an average of 4 years being treated for multiple sclerosis before receiving the correct diagnosis. In the majority of cases, it was a migraine (16%). This was followed by a radiologically isolated syndrome: if the people who suffer from it have no symptoms of multiple sclerosis, the imaging examinations bear similarities to those of patients with multiple sclerosis. Other correct diagnoses included spondyloarthritis (a spinal disorder) and neuropathy (nerve damage). Click here for more information.
