Baby swaps: hospitals do everything to avoid confusing patients
A patient operated on for the wrong knee, babies exchanged at birth, these patient identification errors are impressive. If they ...
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Long Covid: a questionnaire created by a patient association
The association Tous PartenairesCovid has launched a research project “LONG COVID TRACKING”, To identify and define the consequences of Covid-19 ...
Read moreHypnosis: an alliance between patient and caregiver
Why is the use of hypnosis so widespread today?The explosion of the technicality of medicine has distanced the doctor from ...
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Covid-19: a patient can infect half of the members of his household
It is very difficult to quantify the transmission of the coronavirus within households. However, this is the goal a team ...
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Covid-19: A patient lost his hearing permanently after contamination
A new symptom is added to an already long list: hearing loss. A first British case has reportedly lost hearing ...
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Stroke: victims are not well followed when leaving the hospital
Stroke patients do not get enough medical follow-up and feel abandoned beyond three months, according to a new British study. ...
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Paramedics take patient to see the sea one last time
© Queensland ambulance service FacebookIt is a story both moving and sad that has made the buzz on Facebook in ...
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Prevention: French people dissatisfied with their doctor
Patients have full confidence in their doctor, according to a Carenity survey. But for preventive actions, the French believe, on ...
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HIV: recovery of a second patient in London
March 11, 2019. A British patient has just recovered from AIDS. This medical miracle would have been made possible thanks ...
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Unusual: doctor’s age influences patient mortality rate
© ThinkstockHow old is your attending physician? If this question seems ridiculous to you, wait to find out more: According ...
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France: first robotic kidney transplant on an obese patient
Two obese patients have kidney transplants using a robot, according to a press release from Toulouse University Hospital. A medical ...
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Nasal sprays: prolonged use clogs the nostrils
Study points to the dangers of over-the-counter sprays believed to cure nasal inflammation. According to the researchers, prolonged use of ...
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Patient has a compress removed from his lungs 30 years after surgery
December 14, 2018. For almost twenty years this patient lived with a compress in the lung, forgotten during surgery. A ...
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Operated by a robot, a patient regains sight
British surgeons used a robot to perform eye surgery. Thanks to the precision of this technology, scientists were able to ...
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Multiple sclerosis: playing wii helps patients progress
Playing the Wii Balance Board could help patients with multiple sclerosis improve their balance and precision of movement. This is ...
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Cancer: patient follow-up is not easy for generalists
© iStockPhotosNumber of cancer cases (estimated at 385,000 in 2015) continues to increase and once out of the hospital, patients ...
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A worm found under the skin of a patient
June 26, 2018. A 32-year-old woman suffered from heartworm disease, a disease that is quite rare in humans and is ...
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Breast cancer: a patient treated on the wrong side
© iStockPhotosThe info was revealed by the Parisian. A patient at the radiotherapy center of the Créteil hospital center underwent ...
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Dramatic conclusion for the patient who wanted to have his penis lengthened
February 19, 2018. A surgical operation turned into a fiasco and the patient, now in his thirties, has just lodged ...
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How fragile is the patient?
Why hospitals check people over 65 for frailty Those who end up in hospital and are 65+ are asked questions ...
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Transplant: patients want to know the medical profile of the donor
When it comes to liver transplantation, patients ask to be informed and to participate in decision-making. This is the result ...
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Outpatient surgery: the French National Authority for Health recommends on a case-by-case basis
In its latest report on outpatient surgery, the High Authority for Health gives doctors the keys to better direct patients ...
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World record longevity for a patient with a hybrid heart
© ThinkstockMB is 76 years old. He lives in Nantes, and suffers from cardiomyopathy, a heart disease that causes heart ...
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Kidney patient? You should avoid these drugs
Prevent your kidneys from getting even worse Medicines ensure that your kidneys do not get even worse. But some drugs ...
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A blind patient after stomach surgery
© istockThe case dates back to 2006. And yet, it continues to poison the life of the victim. Reine Cailton ...
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Psoriasis must come out of the shadows
Psoriasis affects one in 20 French people who, in general, prefer to experience the disease in silence. Update on the ...
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Hospitals: limit contamination by prohibiting handshaking
An American professor proposes the installation of signs prohibiting handshakes in hospitals, in order to limit the transmission of viruses. ...
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Public hospital: an emir privatizes 9 rooms for a week
From May 8 to 13, a wealthy emir from the Gulf privatized no less than nine rooms on the 7th ...
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Emergencies: the French do not want to wait more than 30 min
For the first time in France, a hospital player is committed to transparency of deadlines, responding to an expectation of ...
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Migraines: better patient care
November 21, 2016. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) migraines in developed countries affect more than a third of ...
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