Tag: treatments
Cancer treatments: side effects that degrade patients’ lives
Skin reactions occur during cancer treatment. A situation far from trivial since almost all patients, undergoing treatment or in remission, see their quality of life degraded by these side effects…
Cervical cancer: symptoms, vaccine, what treatments?
Nearly 3,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer each year, recalls Public Health France. However, according to the WHO, this disease could be totally eliminated thanks to screening and the…
Covid, 600,000 complete treatments of the Paxlovid antiviral are coming to Italy for 2022
(Finance) – Yesterday the Commissioner Structure, in agreement with the Ministry of Health, announced that it had finalized a contract with the pharmaceutical company Pfizer for the supply of 600…
New treatments for migraine
Migraine is a debilitating neurological disease which, according to Inserm figures, affects 15% of the world’s population (1). A nightmare for those who suffer from it, this invisible disease represents…
Green light for Xevudy, one of the few treatments still effective against Omicron
A new treatment against Covid-19 has obtained the approval of the Haute Autorité de Santé. It retains its effectiveness against the Omicron variant and significantly limits the risk of hospitalization…
Covid-19: some ineffective treatments against Omicron
News Posted the 01/06/2022 at 11:35 am, 2 min read The ANSM has decided to limit the use of certain curative and prophylactic drugs against Covid-19 to infections by the…
Does Omicron also escape treatments based on monoclonal antibodies?
With its S protein with 32 mutations, Omicron undermines the effectiveness of vaccines and also that of therapeutic antibodies developed to fight against severe forms of Covid-19. This is the…
Pollen allergies: symptoms, treatments, what to do?
Pollen allergies are back! In particular, grass pollens, the allergens most responsible for pollinosis. What to do to relieve a runny nose or itchy eyes? Update on symptoms and treatments.…
Parkinson’s disease: an association warns about the shortage of drugs
News Posted on 10/16/2020 1 min read Several essential drugs for patients with Parkinson’s disease are insufficiently stocked. The France Parkinson association is sounding the alarm. France Parkinson launches the…
Will anti-Covid-19 treatments create mutant viruses?
A prominent virologist warns against the use of molnupiravir, Merck’s anti-Covid pill, which has high mutagenic potential. The large-scale administration of this drug could promote the appearance of resistant viruses,…