Mourning: what is the role of public authorities?
While nearly half of French people have already been traumatized by bereavement, it remains a taboo subject and a societal ...
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How to support mourning?
While we all know that death is inevitable, when it takes a loved one, no one is really prepared for ...
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Movember and male cancers: “we must dare to talk about it”
Every year in November, the Movember Foundation invites men around the world to grow a mustache to communicate about male ...
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Psoriasis: a world day to inform about this little-known disease
Tuesday, October 29, to organize World Psoriasis Day, events are organized throughout France to inform and mobilize around this disease ...
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Opioid overdoses in France: an antidote still deemed too difficult to access
According to the France Patients Experts Addictions Association (FPEA) and several experts, kits delivering naloxone to save the lives of ...
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Levothyrox: a patient association files a complaint for “endangering the lives of others”
© ThinkstockNew twist in the case of Levothyrox, this thyroid drug whose new formula (marketed from March 2017) is not ...
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Lafora: a rare genetic disease still too little known
Lafora is a rare genetic disease that affects less than one in a million people and, without effective treatment, kills ...
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Animal abuse: the L214 association maintains its complaint against a chicken farm
No violation was noted by the health services which inspected the Gauché farm. L214 maintains his complaint for mistreatment.Plucked, sick ...
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France Alzheimer: an interactive site guides users
France Alzheimer is opening an interactive village to support patients and caregivers in their search for information and in their ...
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Nobel Prize for Medicine: crowning of the revolution in immunotherapy in cancerology
The 2018 Nobel Prize in Medicine recognizes the revolution in cancer treatment brought about by immunotherapy. It crowns 2 researchers: ...
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Cancer, hepatitis C: associations denounce the “exorbitant and unjustified prices” of drugs
In a white paper published on Tuesday, June 20, 8 associations for the defense of patients and professionals denounce the ...
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Essure contraceptives: an association calls for the application of the precautionary principle
© iStockPhotosEssure® contraceptive implants, suspected of triggering many side effects and monitored since 2015, will not be withdrawn from the ...
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Cystic fibrosis: therapeutic avenues are multiplying
Although no current treatment can cure patients, research has opened up several serious therapeutic avenues. Cystic fibrosis is no longer ...
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Act Up: “the film may suggest that AIDS is no longer relevant”
INTERVIEW - On the occasion of the release of "120 beats per minute" which traces the fight against AIDS, the ...
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Nanomaterials: NGOs call for a national strategy
Several measures are called for: traceability and information for the consumer, the ban on titanium dioxide and a marketing authorization ...
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Cardiology: a hospital plane to treat the most disadvantaged
The French association The Heart Fund has designed a medical aircraft offering access to cardiological care to vulnerable populations. The ...
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Angelman syndrome: 800 km by bike to support Killian
Olivier Cressens, Killian's father, will cross France on his bicycle to raise funds for the benefit of children with Angelman ...
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Pharmacies: an association calls for opening on Sunday
A union of pharmacies open 24 hours a day is mobilizing to demand authorization to open on Sundays. Prefectural decrees ...
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Pharmacies 24/24: Sunday opening is the subject of debate
MAINTENANCE - 24 hour pharmacies want to practice on Sundays. This could threaten guard tours, according to a union.They want ...
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Doctors’ association: more room for euthanasia in dementia
The medical organization KNMG has added to its position on euthanasia in dementia. Doctors are now given tools to consider ...
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Volunteers show better health than others
The men and women involved in associations are as healthy as their non-volunteer peers who are 5 years younger. Volunteering ...
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Homophobia: an association seizes the Council of the Order of Physicians
© iStockPhotosThe Council of the Order of Physicians interviewed a doctor accused of homophobia on Monday. On December 26, the ...
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French Red Cross: 10,000 more volunteers in 2016
In response to the attacks, the French Red Cross saw a 52% increase in the number of registrations. That is ...
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Donations: where are we most generous in France
Despite the crisis, the French are always more generous. The cities with the most donors are Versailles and Neuilly-sur-Seine, according ...
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Prostitution: exit aid will be halved
The budgets allocated to exiting prostitution risk being cut in half. AIDES denounces it in an open letter to parliamentarians.Promises ...
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Seniors: volunteering maintains their memory
Volunteering would preserve the memory of over 60s and reduce the risk of cognitive impairment by at least 27%.In France, ...
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Autism: an association denounces an “unacceptable medical drift”
© Getty ImagesAutism is neither a mental disability nor a psychiatric illness: it is a pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) that ...
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HIV: free self-tests for populations at high risk
HIV self-tests will be available free of charge for people at high risk of infection and those isolated from the ...
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Serena case: parents of autistic children shocked by psychiatric expertise
INTERVIEW - The president of Overcoming Autism believes that mistreating a child cannot cause autism syndrome. He questions the expertise ...
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Breast cancer: the association responds to the elected FN
An elected FN protested against an exhibition of photos of women posing topless for the prevention of breast cancer. The ...
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