Morning sickness signs of a healthy pregnancy
© ThinkstockIn pregnant women, levels of the hormone endokinin adjust to adjust blood flow to the placenta, which can produce ...
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Pregnancy: can we really speak of “morning sickness”?
© Getty ImagesDuring the first trimester of pregnancy, 50% to 70% of pregnant women experience "morning sickness". Characterized by an ...
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Tai chi: a martial art that relieves pain
A new study confirms the benefits of Tai Chi for seniors, especially for those with osteoarthritis or chronic diseases.What if ...
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Death of Pierre Vassiliu: 150,000 French people affected by Parkinson’s disease
French singer Pierre Vassiliu passed away this Sunday, August 17. Aged 76, he had suffered from Parkinson's disease for several ...
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob: blood transmission confirmed
For the first time, French researchers have succeeded in demonstrating the presence of infectivity in the blood of patients with ...
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Plague: already 39 dead in Madagascar
Madagascar is facing a plague epidemic. According to the Ministry of Health, 86 people have already been affected, 39 of ...
Read moreDepression linked to Parkinson’s disease
A depressed person has three times more risk of developing Parkinson's disease than a non-depressive, according to a study published ...
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Doctors of the World to the aid of foreign patients
Médecins du Monde is pushing back against the expulsion measures for sick migrants which threaten equal access to healthcare. “What ...
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Health: being born in May seems more beneficial than in October
Children born in September, October and November contract more illnesses than those born in May, according to a study.This is ...
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Your birth month predisposes you to certain diseases
By sifting through 1.7 million medical records, researchers have identified 55 pathologies "significantly more represented" in people born in certain ...
Read moreRadiation sickness
Radioactive radiation can damage the body. This is called radiation sickness. Radioactive elements, such as uranium and barium, release excess ...
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Strasbourg prison: the health of detainees neglected
Following visits to Strasbourg prison, inspectors noted the conditions of detention seriously affecting the health of detained persons. During the ...
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Names of diseases: WHO wants to change the rules
New names for new diseases. WHO is proposing new rules for naming recently discovered diseases, without branding. Discriminatory, the name ...
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Undernutrition in hospital: one in two patients affected
Fifteen years after the report denouncing malnutrition in the hospital, the Academy of Pharmacy denounces a still insufficient care. With ...
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Feeling young improves life expectancy
Mental age would determine the expectation of life. Thus, those in their fifties, who feel older than their age, risk ...
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Fatest man in the world dies of pneumonia at 44
Briton Keith Martin died on Friday of pneumonia at the age of 44. With 445 kg displayed on the scale, ...
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App: when doctors share photos of their patients
The online application Figure 1 was launched in France on December 3. It allows doctors to share photos with their ...
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Malaria: deadlier form spreads in Malaysia
A deadly new form of malaria is spreading in Southeast Asia. The variety of the parasite carrying the disease is ...
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Parkinson’s: treatments make you addicted to sex and games
Treatments for Parkinson's disease trigger addictive disorders in patients. A meta-analysis confirms that gambling and sex addictions are among the ...
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Fibromyalgia: a way to reduce pain
Swedish researchers have found that reducing the connectivity of certain areas of the brain may ease the pain experienced by ...
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Soda sickness: an increasingly widespread disease
April 13, 2018. On the occasion of the European Congress of Hepatology which is being held until Sunday, April 15, ...
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Ebola: how France is preparing in 4 points
A first case of the Ebola virus has been identified in Nigeria. It is the fourth African country to be ...
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At 17, Ashik Gavai has 232 teeth pulled out
Ashik Gavai, an Indian teenager underwent a seven-hour operation in which 232 teeth were removed. Unheard of according to the ...
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Hepatitis C: the High Authority of Health in favor of rapid tests
To allow early detection and reach vulnerable populations, the Haute Autorité de Santé is in favor of rapid diagnostic-oriented tests ...
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Antidepressants: the Academy of Medicine wants to put an end to received ideas
The National Academy of Medicine lists the 10 common misconceptions about antidepressants. In a report, experts recall the benefits of ...
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Flu: Wikipedia, a very precise tool for measuring the epidemic
The number of clicks on Wikipedia clicks could be a measure of the spread of influenza epidemics. This is what ...
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Official report of the flu epidemic: short and mild
Unlike in other years, the influenza epidemic was relatively short and of low intensity. This is the report that the ...
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Palliative care: inadequate care in the evenings and weekends
Patients at the end of their life are too often abandoned to their pain in the evenings and on weekends, ...
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Morning sickness would reduce the risk of miscarriages
Morning sickness would protect "from risk of miscarriages, according to the results of a study published in the medical journal ...
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Mountain sickness: Tibetans live in height thanks to a genetic mutation
© Dmitry KalinovskyThe scientific "mystery" which surrounded the physical resistance of the Tibetans in high mountain has just been unraveled ...
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