Patients bare themselves in a calendar to raise awareness of their illnesses
To raise funds for research and raise public awareness, 12 associations have produced a calendar where patients pose naked.Getting naked ...
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Rare diseases: love at first sight is called Stendhal syndrome!
On the occasion of International Rare Disease Day which takes place on February 28, Pourquoi Docteur introduces you to Stendhal ...
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Progeria: researchers curb accelerated aging
A molecule capable of greatly slowing down their accelerated aging in old children has been discovered. THE ESSENTIAL Progeria is ...
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Rare diseases: facial recognition to reduce diagnostic guesswork
DiGeorge syndrome could be detected faster, and with 97% reliability, thanks to facial recognition.The detection of certain rare diseases could ...
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Rare diseases: 7 in 10 French people are unfamiliar with them
More than one in two French people believe that rare diseases affect less than 50,000 people in France. In reality, ...
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Krabbe disease: fundraising to offer treatment to Ayden
Ayden suffers from a rare disease. To allow him to test an innovative therapy in the United States, his parents ...
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Preimplantation diagnosis: indications still limited
Preimplantation diagnosis makes it possible to identify embryos carrying serious genetic diseases. Its use remains very limited in France. File ...
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Gene therapies: major advances for the brain
Research on gene therapy is advancing. In diseases of the central nervous system, several approaches are being tested. A vector ...
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Rare diseases are displayed in the Paris metro
The Alliance Maladies Rares association, in collaboration with the RATP, has launched an awareness campaign on these pathologies in the ...
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Rare diseases: Marisol Touraine announces a new plan
INTERVIEW - Marisol Touraine announced a third plan dedicated to rare diseases, which affect less than one in 2,000 people. ...
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