De-reimbursement of anti-Alzheimer’s treatments: more than 850,000 French people impacted
Currently, Alzheimer's disease is covered 100% once the diagnosis is made according to the long-term condition No. 15 of the ...
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Brain cancer: nanoparticles could be a game-changer
American researchers have developed a treatment based on nanoparticles in mice that could overcome gliobastoma, the most common and aggressive ...
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Aimovig: a preventive treatment for migraine on the market
The American regulatory authority for pharmaceutical products (Food and Drug Administration) has just authorized the marketing of Aimovig, a preventive ...
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Hip osteoarthritis: intramuscular injection simplifies the administration of a corticosteroid
An intramuscular injection of glucocorticoids would be as effective and much less difficult than the intramuscular route to treat osteoarthritis ...
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A hangover pill soon?
American scientists are developing a treatment specially designed to treat hangovers. Testing in humans could start as early as 2019. ...
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Sex addiction: a mother tells her ordeal (VIDEO)
Rebecca Barker, a British nurse now living in France, has been addicted to sex. In order to challenge the public ...
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VIDEO. The incredible progress in acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Acute lymphoblastic leukemias correspond to a very heterogeneous disease with various genetic abnormalities. It remains the most common form of ...
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Multiple sclerosis: start treatment as soon as possible
For most people with multiple sclerosis, the best treatment strategy would be to start treatment as early as possible, before ...
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Lupus: a new monoclonal antibody improves treatment
In lupus, a new molecule that blocks a protein that abnormally stimulates the immune system, very clearly improves the disease ...
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Lyme disease: contention in France and new recommendations in Great Britain
While the national Lyme disease diagnosis and care protocol (PNDS) should soon be validated by the HAS, a protocol that ...
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Hepatitis C: researchers discover a new treatment that is effective and much cheaper than current ones
A combination of two treatments 97% effective in treating hepatitis C and 93% cheaper than current treatments has been discovered ...
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Depression: a marker can quickly predict the response to treatment
A new American study reveals that the PET scan could allow rapid assessment of the response to antidepressant treatment.“Depression is ...
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Hepatitis C: recommendations from hepatologists to eradicate the disease by 2025
Hepatitis C, of which 250,000 French people were still carriers in 2015, is now the only chronic viral disease to ...
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Lupus: effective sirolimus in forms resistant to usual treatments
American researchers have evaluated the benefit of sirolimus in the context of a prospective clinical trial in patients suffering from ...
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Should women and men be treated differently?
Biological differences between men and women might justify different treatment according to gender in some cases. The Academy of Medicine ...
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Hepatitis B: 300 million patients and only 1 in 20 patients treated
Hepatitis B is common in France and around the world (nearly 300 million cases in 2016) and 95% of patients ...
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Endometriosis: against suffering, a global march and expert centers
The global march against endometriosis is an opportunity to recall the suffering that this disease inflicts on 10 to 15% ...
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Multiple sclerosis: a new drug against the progressive forms
Researchers have developed a new drug, siponimod, which reduces the progression of MS in its progressive form.A new drug, siponimod, ...
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The effectiveness of rheumatoid arthritis treatments can be predicted
American researchers are using predictive medicine methods to determine the effectiveness of treatments for rheumatoid arthritis. Based on the genetic ...
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Discovery of new osteoarthritis genes to radically change treatment
Nine new genes for osteoarthritis have been discovered by scientists at the University of Sheffield, five of which could lead ...
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Breast cancer: key role of the tumor cell microenvironment
The microenvironment of breast cancer cells, that is, the blood and immune cells that are also in the tumor, play ...
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Boosting Brain Immune Cells May Stop Alzheimer’s Disease
A new avenue of research for treating early-stage Alzheimer's disease has just been found. By making the plaques regress, it ...
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Blindness: gold nanoparticles to restore vision
A team of scientists has successfully restored the vision of mice with the help of retinal implants made of nanoparticles ...
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Schizophrenia: early treatment divides mortality by 4!
A new study shows that early treatment of psychosis considerably reduces the risk of death in patients.Researchers at the Lawson ...
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Skiing and knee sprain: prevent or manage it
In skiing, as in contact sports, a sprained knee is a common injury after a fall. In the most severe ...
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Marfan and aneurysms: a new therapeutic avenue to prevent sudden death
In Marfan's disease, progressive dilation of the ascending aorta causes valve failure, aneurysm, and sudden death. The key mechanism to ...
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Measles virus could serve as effective cancer treatment
Researchers from Inserm in Nantes are working on a new therapeutic approach to treat cancer. Their work mainly concerns the ...
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Thumb sprain: check for severity criteria before treating
Sprained thumb is the most common trauma during ski falls. The seriousness of this sprain must absolutely be evaluated by ...
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Cannabis derivative helps reduce resistant epileptic seizures
The combination of therapeutic cannabidiol, a derivative of cannabis, with other antiepileptic treatments can reduce the number of seizures in ...
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WHO: A promising treatment for malaria
An international research team has successfully conducted phase II clinical trials of a new drug against malaria. The treatment made ...
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