Tag: Science and Health
Is eating red meat bad for your health? WHO’s response
Around a barbecue, a vegetarian table, in the media or in politics, the subject of red meat consumption remains sensitive. The scientific data, on the other hand, accumulates year after…
Michel Cymes and Adriana Karembeu: when popularization flirts with pseudoscience
Between two statues of Asian art, Michel Cymes slips into the camera: “Integrative medicine is the medicine of tomorrow.” A few minutes later: credits. The sequence, filmed in the Guimet…
End of life: the Academy of Medicine in favor of assisted suicide, not euthanasia
It was a long-awaited opinion for the executive, in full preparation of its future bill on the end of life. The National Academy of Medicine has come out in favor…
Global warming: will “lightning fires” increase?
Canada is burning. In six months, the equivalent of the area of Iceland or Portugal has disappeared. More than 10 million hectares have already been engulfed in flames this year,…
Why is psychoanalysis so influential in France?
Psychoanalysis is on the decline all over the world. Everywhere ? No, because a few rare countries still give it credit, in particular Argentina, the French-speaking regions of Belgium and…
In Peru, an epidemic of Guillain-Barré syndrome worries the health authorities
It is the return of the state of health emergency in Peru, for at least three months. This time, due to a mysterious spike in the number of cases of…
Aspartame: this sweetener found in sodas is “possibly” carcinogenic
The WHO now considers aspartame, an artificial sweetener used in sodas, to be “possibly carcinogenic to humans”, but the daily dose considered safe remains unchanged, it said on Friday. July…
STI: this alert that comes to us from England, by Pr. Gilles Pialoux
According to the annual report on screening and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) published by the Public Health England, the health authority for England, our neighbors experienced a worrying upward trend…
Compulsory vaccination of caregivers: the conclusions of the Ethics Committee
The vaccination obligation for caregivers can “be legitimate” in the event of a health crisis potentially jeopardizing the healthcare system, estimated on Tuesday July 11 the National Consultative Ethics Committee…
Breast cancer and colorectal cancer: the screening rate is very insufficient in France
Screenings for breast cancer and colorectal cancer are still experiencing low participation in France, and the Covid pandemic has, in the first case, not helped anything, according to two studies…