Understanding Head and Neck Cancers: Identify, Treat, and Prevent
Head and neck cancers, although less publicized than other types of cancer, represent a significant share of oncological diagnoses. Knowing ...
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Can drinking too much coffee give you a headache?
Too much coffee can cause headaches, due to the effects of caffeine on blood vessels in the brain. THE ESSENTIAL ...
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Stroke: here’s why you should lie down without a pillow before a thrombectomy
A flat head position before surgical removal of a blood clot in the brain may lead to better results. THE ...
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Genetic mutation causes babies to have a sixth finger
Researchers have discovered a new genetic mutation responsible for the appearance of an extra toe or finger. It also causes ...
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Neurology: Boy survives decapitation in car crash
When he was just 9 years old, Jordan Taylor survived internal decapitation after a horrific car accident. THE ESSENTIAL In ...
Read moreHead and neck cancers: how to recognize the symptoms?
Some of the symptoms that reveal head and neck cancers are commonplace and can go unnoticed. Here's how to recognize ...
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How to get rid of head lice?
Dr Berthine Toubate, biological research engineer at the University of Tours and lice specialist, explains to us how to get ...
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Why do some songs stick in our heads?
Songs or music that stays in our mind for several hours are earworms, a phenomenon for which researchers have just ...
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Her bump was skin cancer that caused her to lose part of her skull
The bump on a 38-year-old woman's head was found to be a rare skin cancer, causing her to lose part ...
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Dizziness and Dizziness: The Main Causes of “Dizziness”
Vertigo (or "dizziness") can have several causes and give the impression that "the head is spinning". THE ESSENTIAL Vertigo is ...
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Football: headers banned among young people in England, Scotland and Ireland
More and more European countries are banning the game of headers in training among young footballers. A few months ago, ...
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Football: playing with the head harms the brain
The analysis of blood samples shows a deterioration in the levels of certain molecules present in the brain in footballers ...
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A woman drives a nail through her head to have a boy
In northwestern Pakistan, Peshawar, a woman arrived in the emergency room after driving a nail through her head. THE ESSENTIAL ...
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A new organ discovered in the human skull
Researchers have accidentally identified a pair of glands located in the center of our skull, behind the palate, while studying ...
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Football: France could limit the game of head among players
In a few months, UEFA, the body that manages football on a European scale, will unveil a series of measures ...
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Smartphones: their use is responsible for an increase in head injuries
An American study points to the responsibility of smartphones in the increase in head and neck injuries. In question: the ...
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Tapeworm: we have identified the stem cells allowing it to regenerate
Researchers have identified the stem cells allowing the tapeworm to regenerate. They also understood that the location of the worms ...
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A slight bump to the head can make you lose your sense of smell
Researchers from the University of Montreal have shown that contrary to what the scientific community thought, people who suffered a ...
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Recurrent or metastatic head and neck cancer: major interest of immunotherapy
Head and neck cancer patients who received pembrolizumab had a higher response rate to treatment than those who received standard ...
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UV cabins: an American woman finds herself with a hole in her head after having abused it
In the United States, a 34-year-old woman who had been using UV cabins for a decade without protection developed a ...
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Head and neck cancer: beware survivors can commit suicide
The suicide risk of survivors of head or neck cancer is twice as high as among other ex-sufferers. Here's why.The ...
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Football: neurologist calls for head ban on players under 18
Dr Bennet Omalu is a renowned neurologist in England who advocates banning heads for players under the age of 18. ...
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Flat head: pediatricians react after the LIEN alert
In a column published on the website of the Naître et Vivre association, Dr Elisabeth Briand-Huchet recalls that sleeping babies ...
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Flat head: getting children to sleep on their backs remains a must
INTERVIEW - A patient association claims that plagiocephaly is on the rise because of lying on your back. This questioning ...
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Head transplant: an operation that can be performed on humans, according to an Italian neurologist
Graft a head onto a body. The project of an Italian neurologist is due to be presented shortly at an ...
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Texting causes back pain
People spend between two and four hours a day with their heads down on their smartphones reading and texting. A ...
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Why do we all hear voices in our heads?
Our brain spends its time trying to communicate with us. This little voice that we hear in our head is ...
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