Tag: Health and medicine
Living with breast cancer
It’s World Cancer Day, the second leading cause of death in the world. It kills 10 million people every year. And it is breast cancer that claims the most victims…
France: what solutions for crack consumers?
For years, in neighborhoods in the northeast of Paris, camps of crack users have been regularly moved by the police. Residents, exasperated, do not want it near their homes. Who…
Omicron wave hits poorly vaccinated Eastern Europe
On the Covid-19 front, the Omicron wave moved from western Europe to the east. While countries like France, Spain or Italy seem to have passed the peak of contamination, eastern…
of Orpea residences inspected in Belgium
In Belgium, Orpea manages 6,200 places in “nursing and care homes” or “serviced residences” and the accusations in the book The Gravediggers partially reproduce there. The management of the Belgian…
the boss of Orpea afflicts the deputies
The French deputies of the Social Affairs Committee heard, this Wednesday, February 2, the CEO and the general manager of Orpea, the world’s number one group of nursing homes. This…
Food: controversy over nitrite additives in charcuterie
A question of public health before the National Assembly, this Thursday, February 3 in France and it touches on a flagship of tricolor gastronomy. Are nitrite additives in charcuterie dangerous…
the ex-boss of Orpea sold his shares before the release of the book “Les Fossoyeurs”
In France, for a week, Orpea, the leader in France of retirement homes, has been accused of mistreating its elderly residents to maximize its profitability. His affairs are not going…
Lifting of health restrictions: “We are still in the situation where we must protect fragile people”
In France, the government begins this Wednesday, February 2 to lift restrictions linked to Covid-19 to lighten the daily life of the population a little. France appears to have passed…
Abortion: the ordeal of Polish women
A year after the virtual ban on abortion in Poland, the problems remain. At the end of January 2022, a 37-year-old woman pregnant with twins died of complications caused by…
In Poland, the ordeal of women one year after the virtual ban on abortion
Since January 27, 2021, abortion in the event of a serious malformation of the fetus has become illegal. This represented the majority of abortions performed each year in the country,…