Tag: Science and Health
Noise, a public health issue too often ignored
“Hell is the noise of others”, could have written Jean-Paul Sartre. In a post-lockdown world linked to Covid, the imposed silence has made us aware of its impact on our…
The man older than the woman in the couple, a model that has persisted for 250,000 years
In movies and on dating apps, men tend to look for women younger than them. But what about the distant past? A study recently published in the journal Science Advances…
Covid-19 in China: the authorities recognize at least 60,000 deaths for a month
After three years of some of the most draconian restrictions in the world, China abruptly lifted most of its health measures against the coronavirus in early December 2022. As a…
Flu, Covid, bronchiolitis… Why ventilation is still too neglected
Before the emergence of modern medicine, disease transmission was explained by miasmas. With the work of Louis Pasteur and other hygienists, this thesis of “bad air” will gradually become synonymous…
What DNA tells us about our immune system
A bit of everything and its opposite has been said about Neanderthal Man and his role in the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to Homo sapiens sapiens that we are. At the…
Amoxicillin shortage: pharmacists to the rescue of the drug industry
In the heart of the 6th arrondissement of Paris, in the Saint-Michel district, a pharmacy manufactures the most prescribed antibiotic in France, which is currently in short supply: amoxicillin. For…
Pensions: with a stricken occupational medicine, who will take care of the hardship?
In the complexity of the debates on pension reform, there is a discriminating criterion which cannot leave anyone indifferent: the vague notion of “difficulty at work”. The stakes are high…
PODCAST. How Covid-19 has advanced medicine
In this new episode of La Loupe, Xavier Yvon reviews the innovations linked to Covid, with Stéphanie Benz, Health journalist at L’Express, and Anne-Claude Crémieux, infectious disease specialist and author…
Social networks and religion: between young people and science, an unprecedented mistrust
An edifying development among young people: in 1972, 55% of 18-24 year olds believed that science brought more good than harm. In 2022, this proportion fell to 22%, a drop…
Prince Harry and his misfortunes, counter-advertisement for EMDR, by Pr Ernst
Right now, it’s almost impossible to escape the hubbub that surrounds Prince Harry and the problems he’s causing the royal family. Whether you listen to the radio, read a newspaper…