Weight loss medications: we don’t just lose weight
Up to a third of the weight lost with GLP-1 treatments is a loss of lean mass, including muscle and ...
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Is one week of antibiotics enough to treat blood infections?
Researchers reveal that a 7-day course of antibiotics is as effective as a 14-day course in treating certain blood infections. ...
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Severe Behçet syndrome: encouraging results to improve treatment
Researchers found that infliximab, a monoclonal antibody, was more effective than the treatment usually given to people with Behçet syndrome. ...
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Make cancer cells “normal” to treat the disease? Researchers have a lead!
Researchers have discovered “molecular switches” that can reactivate the normal functions of colon cancer cells, which could ultimately allow the ...
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Mental health: how to combine medication and psychotherapy
Medication and psychotherapy are not opposed to each other: they complement each other. THE ESSENTIAL In terms of mental health, ...
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Cancer: He had a year to live, but he survived thanks to an immunotherapy trial
A look back at this story that struck you last year: a 52-year-old man, suffering from bile duct cancer and ...
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We will soon be able to regrow our teeth, according to a study
Japanese researchers have developed an antibody to regrow teeth and are currently testing this potential new treatment on humans. THE ...
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Brain aging: discovery of 13 key blood proteins
Scientists have identified thirteen blood biomarkers associated with brain aging, paving the way for preventive treatments against neurodegenerative diseases. THE ...
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“For two to three months, I have been fighting lung cancer,” reveals Pascal Bataille
On his Instagram account, television host Pascal Bataille announces that he has lung cancer, but he intends to win this ...
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Chronic abdominal pain: towards a new therapeutic approach?
Scientists have developed a new therapeutic approach to treat chronic abdominal pain without using opioids. Hope for the millions of ...
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Asthma: a promising new treatment against severe attacks
Benralizumab, an injectable treatment, is more effective than standard medications against the most severe attacks of asthma and chronic obstructive ...
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Brain tumors: discovery of a new therapeutic route
Researchers have identified a key molecule which, by targeting only cancer cells, could revolutionize the treatment of glioblastoma, a very ...
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IBD: a new avenue to accelerate healing
Researchers have identified a key mechanism that slows tissue repair in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. An advance that could ...
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COPD: “The main symptom is shortness of breath!”
November 21 will be World COPD Day, responsible in France for nearly 20,000 deaths per year. An update on this ...
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Chronic pain: how to relieve it without medication?
While drug treatments are often necessary, certain lifestyle and daily interventions can help better manage chronic pain, according to researchers. ...
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Heart attack: ablation is a better first-line treatment for survivors
After a myocardial infarction, ablation, generally reserved for adults whose condition does not improve with treatments, may be more effective ...
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Triple negative breast cancer: a new therapeutic target discovered
Researchers have discovered that a protein, called NAC1, is involved in the resistance of triple-negative breast cancer to treatment. THE ...
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Pancreatic cancer: discovery of a new treatment target protein
Recent research highlights promising results from a new method to target and eliminate the Pin1 protein, implicated in pancreatic cancer. ...
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Refusal of early access to Qalsody against Charcot disease: the HAS explains
Qalsody is a treatment for Charcot disease currently being evaluated by the High Authority for Health. She refused to validate ...
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Depression: a magnetic field reduces symptoms in five days
Transcranial magnetic stimulation applied to both sides of the brain reduced depressive symptoms in patients usually resistant to treatment, in ...
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Mild cognitive disorders: a Tibetan medicinal plant to treat them?
A study suggests that the medicinal herb Terminalia chebula has potential as a natural remedy for the treatment and prevention ...
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Hodgkin lymphoma: immunotherapy improves patient survival
Combining chemotherapy and immunotherapy, an innovative treatment for Hodgkin lymphoma has achieved a higher survival rate than standard therapies, according ...
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How Alzheimer’s disease damages the brain in two stages
A study finds that in Alzheimer's disease, the brain suffers damage long before symptoms appear, which could pave the way ...
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ALS: how a toxic protein contributes to the development of the disease
A team of researchers has shed light on the role of a certain protein in the development of amyotrophic lateral ...
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Osteoporosis: towards a new therapeutic avenue?
Researchers have discovered that a protein, called CLEC14A, inhibits bone formation and suggest that targeting it could help fight osteoporosis. ...
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Depression: psilocybin would make us more optimistic
Doses of psilocybin, the substance from magic mushrooms, increased levels of optimism in rodents, making the psychedelic a possible treatment ...
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The anti-obesity drug Wegovy marketed in France, without reimbursement
Developed by the pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk, Wegovy, a treatment for obesity, is now authorized in France but without coverage ...
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A new target protein to treat cardiac arrhythmia
A team of researchers has discovered a new potential target for developing treatments against cardiac arrhythmias, starting with atrial fibrillation. ...
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Do breast cancer treatments accelerate aging?
Chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery, commonly used to treat breast cancer, appear to intensify the cellular aging process in survivors, a ...
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Breast cancer treatments: what are the latest advances?
On the occasion of Pink October, Professor Luis Teixeira (Saint-Louis AP-HP Hospital) takes stock of immunotherapy and antibodies, two new ...
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