World Ovarian Cancer Day: “significant progress in treatment”
On the occasion of World Ovarian Cancer Day, Why Doctor collected the words of Dr. Jean-Claude Darmon, gynecological and breast ...
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Anti-Covid treatment: nitazoxanide would drastically reduce severe forms
A phase 3 clinical trial would have confirmed the preventive effectiveness of the antiviral against severe forms of Covid-19 at ...
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Advanced rectal cancer: new hope for treatment for patients
Two-stage chemotherapy increases the chances of relapse-free survival by 31% of people with severe rectal cancer. A major step forward. ...
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Thrombosis after the anti-Covid vaccine: how to prevent and treat them
Following very rare reported cases of immunoallergic thrombosis with dramatic evolution following the administration of AstraZeneca's anti-Covid vaccine, 2 studies ...
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Teenage anxiety: brain imaging helps find the right treatment
This technique makes it possible to observe the effects of a drug after two weeks of use. THE ESSENTIAL For ...
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Early menopause: a potential treatment to restore fertility
The administration of plasma enriched in platelets and gonadotropins would restore ovarian function. THE ESSENTIAL Early menopause prevents some women ...
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Alzheimer’s: commonalities with diabetes that could lead to new treatments
American scientists have identified a small molecule that could help regulate cholesterol levels in the brain. The researchers put forward ...
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Psychiatric disorders: where do the differences between men and women come from?
They would be linked to genetics: certain genes would not be expressed in the same way according to sex. THE ...
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Crohn’s disease: what is the role of Debaryomyces hansenii?
A fungus called Debaryomyces hansenii may prevent patients from recovering from Crohn's disease. This would have several repercussions on their ...
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Pain: towards better targeted treatments thanks to artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence models could make it possible to more accurately estimate the level of pain felt by patients. Ultimately, their ...
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Covid-19 treatment: Octofene, the antibiotic tested in secret by the Pasteur Institute, soon in clinical trial
This Friday, Xavier Nassif, director of the Pasteur Institute in Lille, revealed the hitherto kept secret name of the drug ...
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Covid-19 treatment series: at the Institut Pasteur de Lille, encouraging results on the repositioning of an existing molecule
This week, Why Doctor is interested in the treatments developed in France against Covid-19. Slower than for vaccines, research is ...
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Covid-19 treatment series: avdoralimab, a monoclonal antibody to prevent severe pneumonia
This week, Why Doctor is interested in the treatments developed in France against Covid-19. Slower than for vaccines, research is ...
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Vitamin D against Covid: a study tempers optimism!
Administration of a high dose of vitamin D did not produce significant effects in patients with moderate or severe forms ...
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Covid-19 treatment series: polyclonal antibodies to destroy the virus
This week, Why Doctor is interested in the treatments developed in France against Covid-19. Slower than for vaccines, research is ...
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“South African” variant: the neutralizing activity of vaccines would be 6.5 to 8.5 times lower
The "English" but especially "South African" variants would greatly limit the effectiveness of vaccines and certain treatments against Covid-19. THE ...
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“The first doses of each of the available vaccines have the same effectiveness”
Contents of this podcast produced in partnership with Groupe VYV and hosted by Dr Jean-François Lemoine: Prof Robert Cohen reviews ...
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Monoclonal antibodies and interferon: what are these two “innovative treatments” for Covid-19?
At a press conference, the Minister of Health Olivier Véran presented two new treatments on Thursday February 25 which would ...
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Recurrent urinary tract infections: a new way to eliminate them permanently
Urinary tract infections affect more than 50% of women, in some cases recurrently. THE ESSENTIAL For the first time, scientists ...
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“In rare diseases, there is a significant risk of diagnostic error”
On the occasion of the International Day of Rare Diseases on February 28, Why Doctor met Dr. Nadia Belmatoug, specialist ...
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“The day we put a name to the disease, there is a hope that is born”
On the occasion of the International Day of Rare Diseases this February 28, Why Doctor met a patient with Gaucher ...
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Covid-19: a heart drug effective against cell infection
A drug used to treat angina has been shown to be effective in preventing SARS-CoV-2 from entering human cells to ...
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Pregnancy: ANSM recommends stopping acne treatments
Medications against acne based on isotretinoin taken during pregnancy lead, in addition to possible malformations, to the risk of neurodevelopmental ...
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Covid-19: antidepressants against severe forms?
Certain antidepressants would reduce the risk of a severe form of Covid-19, in particular by avoiding intubations. A study supports ...
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“Prostate MRI is a revolution”
While the new ten-year strategy against cancer will be unveiled this week, Thierry Lebret, urologist and head of the Urology ...
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Multiple sclerosis: a treatment approach to reduce visual disturbances
A new treatment would restore the myelin and the nerve fibers of the optic system. THE ESSENTIAL Multiple sclerosis attacks ...
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“To have metastatic triple negative breast cancer today is to have a limited life expectancy”
While the new ten-year cancer strategy will be unveiled this week, Claude Coutier, a 51-year-old computer scientist, recounts her battle ...
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Covid-19: Inserm stops testing Remdesivir “for lack of evidence of its effectiveness”
The Discovery clinical trial which tested this product was initially launched in March 2020 by Inserm to assess possible treatments ...
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Triple negative breast cancer: “thousands of French women die each year for lack of access to innovative treatments”
A new group of patients with triple negative breast cancer warns of a situation deemed "catastrophic". THE ESSENTIAL Triple negative ...
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Covid-19: Germany authorizes use of experimental treatment received by Donald Trump
The drug uses synthetic antibodies to mimic the action of the immune system and prevent the virus from replicating in ...
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