Breast cancer: a promising therapeutic vaccine clinically tested
© iStockDeveloped by the School of Medicine at the University of Washington (United States), the therapeutic vaccine against breast cancer ...
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Cervical cancer: one in two women get screened
Cancer of the cervix is the 12th largest in France. Screening is recommended every three years. But too few women ...
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Papillomavirus: a rapid and effective urine screening test
A simple urine test could be the solution to encourage women to be screened for cervical cancer, while 50% of ...
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Drugs: twice as many side effects in women
Inequalities are also found in the field of health, affirms Science et Vie. Adverse effects of drugs and vaccines affect ...
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Papillomavirus: the vaccine does not cause phlebitis
© iStockIn 2009, thunderclap: the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the US health agency, said in a memo ...
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Cervical cancer: 3,000 women affected each year
INCa is launching a campaign on June 15 recalling the importance of a regular smear and preventive vaccination against cervical ...
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Travelers’ health: new features in the 2013 guide
Malaria, yellow fever or even diarrhea, the Travel-Related Diseases Committee has just issued its recommendations. Among them, a vaccination against ...
Read moreWhat’s in the swine flu vaccine?
Read the package inserts! Many Dutch people are concerned about the composition of the vaccines against the Mexican flu. In ...
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Positive dengue vaccine tests
© istockThe Sanofi Pasteur laboratory is jubilant. Its bet to market the first vaccine against dengue in 2015 is on ...
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Gardasil: Europe validates the 2-dose vaccination schedule
The European Commission has approved a 2-dose vaccination for the Gardasil papillomavirus vaccine. While the controversy over the efficacy and ...
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Why the flu shot was less effective this year
Due to a problem in the process of preparing this winter's vaccine, its overall effectiveness was 50% instead of 75%. ...
Read moreMultiple sclerosis is linked to hepatitis B vaccine
September 15, 2004 - Hepatitis B vaccines could be the cause of the onset of multiple sclerosis in some adults, ...
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Flu vaccine would reduce strokes
© iStockGetting the seasonal flu shot will decrease your risk ofStroke according to the results of a British scientific study ...
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Malaria: a new vaccine being tested
© iStockphotoAfter insecticidal soap to fight malaria, it is the turn of a new vaccine to emerge. American researchers at ...
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AIDS: a curative vaccine being tested
"This is not the end of the AIDS, it's not even the beginning of the end. It is just, perhaps, ...
Read moreWhat vaccines for seniors?
Contrary to popular belief, vaccinations are not just for children and young adults. Seniors should be concerned about this too, ...
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Influenza A vaccine: how does it work in a vaccination center?
"The French going to one of the vaccination centers against influenza A will be greeted by two members of the ...
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Measles: Invs’ call for vigilance
"Remain vigilant and continue to ensure the updating of the vaccination status with 2 doses of vaccine for any person ...
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Cervical cancer: the High Committee wants to vaccinate from 11 years old
To protect young girls from the papillomavirus, the High Public Health Committee recommends advancing the vaccination age from 14 to ...
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Hepatitis B vaccination: the benefit of late catching up
Only one in two French people is vaccinated correctly against hepatitis B. However, a study shows that updating their vaccination, ...
Read moreChlorella increases the effectiveness of the influenza vaccine
July 28, 2003 - Green algae Chlorella pyrenoidosa, or chlorella, would markedly increase the effectiveness of the influenza vaccine, but ...
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Vaccinations: caregivers do not lead by example
The French are not sufficiently vaccinated, notes the Invs which draws up the first exhaustive inventory. And often parents and ...
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Flu: heart patients called for vaccination
While only 50% of people at risk were vaccinated in 2011, experts recall the urgency of remobilizing chronic patients to ...
Read moreNovartis flu vaccine suspended as a precaution
The European Medicines Agency points out that the withdrawal of batches of influenza vaccines, produced by Novartis, was decided as ...
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Cervical cancer: the vaccine advanced to 11 years
© Fotolia11-year-old girls can now be vaccinated against the papillomavirus (HPV), the virus responsible for the majority cervical cancer. While ...
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Meningitis: WHO authorizes Sanofi vaccine
© Wavebreak Media The World Health Organization (WHO) has granted Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of the pharmaceutical company Sanofi, ...
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Influenza A vaccine: the centers open on Sundays?
Several hundred medical interns, occupational physicians and army health service physicians should be assigned to these vaccination centers from December ...
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Cervical cancer: 1 dose of vaccine may be enough
While in France, 3 doses of vaccine are recommended for young people, a study reveals that a single injection would ...
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Flu: promising results from a vaccine for people over 65
© Lifesize This vaccine belongs to the family of influenza vaccines Fluzone and is proposed for the prevention of influenza ...
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Cervical cancer: Gardasil implicated by a complaint
A first complaint is filed against Sanofi Pasteur, manufacturer of the vaccine against the papillomavirus Gardasil. The vaccine is accused ...
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