Health systems: Iceland is the best performing country in the world
France is only in 25th place in a ranking that takes into account 33 health performance indicators, in 188 countries.No, ...
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Indoor pollution: the French remain poorly informed
The French have a biased knowledge of indoor air quality, according to a survey.The French would benefit from being better ...
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Public health: first Franco-Russian forum in Moscow
The links are renewed between Russian and French medicine. The 1st Franco-Russian forum for public health and medical innovation formalized ...
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Public health: François Bourdillon takes the head of the new agency
François Bourdillon will head the new French agency “Santé Publique France”, mergers of three bodies.He is the very first director ...
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E-cigarette: non-smokers are not vapers
Tobacco and e-cigarettes are not opposed. Those who combine these two modes of consumption are twice as numerous as vapers ...
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Antibiotic resistance: deadlier than cancer
A report commissioned by the British Prime Minister on antibiotic resistance estimates that it would cost 10 million lives and ...
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Anti-smoking laws: new measures from Marisol Touraine
To accompany the arrival of the neutral package, an envelope of 32 million euros will be released for the fight ...
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Philippe Douste-Blazy: a candidate doctor at the head of the WHO
The former Minister of Health is a candidate for the general management of the World Health Organization. He highlights his ...
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Public health: Marisol Touraine brings together the agencies
Since May 1, a new agency has replaced InVS, INPES and EPRUS. They are brought together within “Santé publique France”, ...
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Immunization week: reminders often forgotten by adults
One in two adults is not protected against diphtheria, polio and tetanus. Vaccination omissions that can have serious consequences on ...
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Pesticides: neonicotinoids banned in 2018
An amendment adopted by the National Assembly provides for a ban from 2018 on neonicotinoids, pesticides toxic to bees and ...
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Cigarettes: 56% of French people approve of the neutral package
In a poll, the French approve the public health provisions of the Health Law of Marisol Touraine. Especially the plain ...
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Calanques National Park: why the discharge of “red mud” was again authorized
The Alteo mining company was authorized to continue dumping its toxic waste at sea. The decision followed the vote of ...
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Tobacco: making smokers feel guilty is counterproductive
Smoking kills. Shock to encourage quitting smoking. This guilt often present in advertising campaigns does not encourage smokers to quit ...
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Furniture: 31 toxic substances in the sights
ANSES has published a list of 31 toxic substances used in the manufacture of furniture, which will have to be ...
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Olympic Games 2016: the waters of Rio dangerous for the health of athletes
The beaches of Rio de Janeiro are a dream, but they are very polluted. Some future Olympic venues far exceed ...
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Global health: donors overlook major scourges
Billions of dollars are allocated to public health every year around the world. But too much of it goes to ...
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World No Tobacco Day: WHO tackles the black market
10 billion euros of shortfall: this is the economic weight of the illicit trade in cigarettes in Europe. The burden ...
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Health Law: the text adopted by the National Assembly
Generalized third-party payers, experimentation with shooting rooms, treating doctors for children, are patients really the big winners of the health ...
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Alcohol and pregnancy: accidental exposure worries women
Zero alcohol during pregnancy. The message is clear. But women worry about the consequences of accidental exposure, ignored by official ...
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Cancer: a 60% increase in deaths among women in 2030
A report puts female cancer mortality in 2030 at 5.5 million people, 60% more than in 2012.A gloomy prospect… In ...
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