Tag: screening
Sickle cell screening for all newborns in France from November 1
News Published on 10/30/2024 at 3:06 p.m. updated on 10/30/2024 at 3:06 p.m. Reading 3 min. From November 1, screening for sickle cell disease (a hereditary genetic blood disease) will…
Jaws actor attends Chatham screening as part of film festival
Nearly five decades ago, a cinematic classic – recognizable by two famous notes – surfaced on movie screens across the globe. Article content On Thursday, fans of that same film…
Is lung cancer screening feasible in real life? Yes, according to a pneumo-oncologist
News Published on 10/22/2024 at 4:09 p.m. updated on 10/22/2024 at 4:09 p.m. Reading 2 min. Will lung cancer screening be introduced one day in France? And if so, is…
Breast cancer screening: more than one in two women do not participate, how can we reverse the trend?
News Published on 10/16/2024 at 4:38 p.m. updated on 10/16/2024 at 4:38 p.m. Reading 3 min. According to new data from Public Health France on organized breast cancer screening, the…
Pregnancy: the Academy of Medicine calls for organized screening for congenital cytomegalovirus infection
News Published on 09/10/2024 at 3:50 p.m. updated on 09/10/2024 at 3:50 p.m. Reading 3 min. Cytomegalovirus infection (from the same family as cold sores or herpes) can be dramatic…
Pink October: “Less than half of women invited for breast cancer screening do so”
Pink October has become an essential month to talk about breast cancer, which affects more than 60,000 women each year and causes around 12,000 deaths per year in France. Depending…
why AI won’t save screening (well, not right away) – L’Express
This Saturday, October 5 at the Wagram room in Paris, it was glitter, fluff and party favors. The French radiology community celebrated 20 years of organized breast cancer screening, with…
Pink October: is there too long a time limit for access to screening mammography?
News Published on 01/10/2024 at 4:43 p.m. updated on 01/10/2024 at 4:43 p.m. Reading 2 min. In the regional daily press, various articles report the anger of women who have…
STI screening: free, without prescription, how does it work?
Faced with the increase in sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in France, the Ministry of Health has announced the possibility of being screened free of charge in a laboratory. Unprotected sex,…
Since September 1, STI screening has been free and without a prescription for those under 26
News Published on 02/09/2024 at 10:35 a.m. updated on 02/09/2024 at 10:35 a.m. Reading 3 min. Since September 1, young people have been able to get free, no-prescription testing for…