Prostate cancer: do pesticides increase the risk?
American researchers have identified 22 pesticides associated with an increase in cases of prostate cancer, including four linked to increased ...
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Why is January 3 the deadliest day in France?
An INSEE study reveals new statistics on mortality in France depending on the day and the season, with notable differences ...
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Are you often exposed to light at night? You are more likely to die
People with brighter nights and darker days are at higher risk of premature mortality. THE ESSENTIAL People who are awake ...
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A simple oral test to predict mortality risk?
A new epigenetic clock based on the analysis of easily collected cheek cells or blood samples has been shown to ...
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Fish combined with a vegetarian diet: the ideal menu for seniors
A diet of fruits and vegetables and fish may be optimal for reducing the risk of mortality in older people, ...
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Multivitamins do not reduce the risk of death if you are healthy
Taking multivitamins daily does not help healthy people live longer. THE ESSENTIAL A comprehensive analysis of 3 studies found no ...
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Mediterranean diet could reduce mortality risk by a quarter
Researchers confirm that the Mediterranean diet can dramatically reduce the risk of death from all causes in women. THE ESSENTIAL ...
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Stroke: greater chance of survival in case of high income and a good level of education
People with high income and higher education have a low risk of mortality after a stroke. THE ESSENTIAL In a ...
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Infant mortality: too many deaths in France
In a report, the Court of Auditors judges perinatal health outcomes to be "poor", with high mortality among children at ...
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Less testosterone, more risk of mortality?
A new study reveals that a testosterone deficiency in men is associated with an increased risk of mortality, particularly from ...
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Suicide becomes the leading cause of death for young mothers
Suicide constitutes, ahead of cardiovascular diseases, the new leading cause of maternal mortality between the start of pregnancy and the ...
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Global life expectancy has increased by 6.2 years since 1990
The reduction in mortality due to diarrheal and respiratory diseases, strokes and even cancer has caused global life expectancy to ...
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Covid-19: the pandemic has caused a loss of more than a year of life expectancy
The Covid-19 pandemic caused global life expectancy to fall by 1.6 years between 2019 and 2020. THE ESSENTIAL The pandemic ...
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Breast cancer: preventive mastectomy reduces mortality
Preventive mastectomy significantly reduces mortality from breast cancer. THE ESSENTIAL Women carrying the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes have an 80% ...
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Ebola: the vaccine against the disease has halved deaths in the DRC
The Ebola vaccine helped reduce the risk of infection as well as the mortality of people infected with this serious ...
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Working while sitting increases the risk of dying young by 16%
Working all day while sitting increases the risk of dying young by 16%. THE ESSENTIAL The French spend on average ...
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Stroke: this new drug reduces mortality by “more than 50%”
French researchers have developed Glenzocimab, a drug that thins the blood. It cuts the risk of death by half for ...
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Breast cancer: mortality falls thanks to screening and treatment
Improvements in screening and treatment are associated with a 58% decline in breast cancer mortality since the mid-1970s in the ...
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Emergencies: spending a night on a stretcher increases the risk of mortality for seniors
Elderly people who stay overnight on a stretcher in the emergency room while waiting for a hospital bed are more ...
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Climate change: more than alarming consequences for our health
Increasing food insecurity, increased disease transmission, increasingly high mortality rates… The Lancet Countdown measured the harmful consequences of global warming ...
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What do centenarians die of?
Here are the three factors that increase the mortality rate of centenarians. THE ESSENTIAL Researchers looked at the most common ...
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Reduced mortality: how many nuts should you eat each week?
Here's how many nuts you should eat each week to reduce your risk of mortality. THE ESSENTIAL Regular consumption of ...
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Smoking always decimates the most fragile
The first avoidable mortality factor, tobacco is consumed more by socially and economically fragile French people. THE ESSENTIAL In France, ...
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Extreme heat and heat waves: an ever-increasing impact on mortality
In France, nearly 33,000 deaths are attributable to heat between June 1 and September 15 each year. THE ESSENTIAL Every ...
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Mortality in cities: transport and domestic activities are the main culprits
Transport, domestic activities and agriculture generate more deadly air pollution in European cities linked to nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and fine ...
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Twice as many cancers in France for 30 years
The number of cancer cases is particularly on the rise among women. The disease remains the leading cause of death ...
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Invasive breast cancer: the risk of death continues to fall
Breast cancer remains the deadliest type of cancer in women. But new data show that the mortality risk associated with ...
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Skin-to-skin contact with the mother reduces infant mortality by a third
Skin-to-skin contact between a mother and her premature or underweight baby soon after birth can reduce the risk of death ...
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Heatwave: Paris is the city where the risk of dying from heat is the greatest!
A study underlines that Paris is the European city where, in the event of a heat wave, the risk of ...
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Excess mortality recorded in France in 2022
INSEE has published its mortality figures for the year 2022 in France. These reveal a significant excess mortality compared to ...
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