(ETX Daily Up) – Donations to associations fighting against poverty and precariousness can take different forms, from food to hygiene and clothing. But what about cosmetics, those not intended for functional but aesthetic needs? Often considered superfluous, if not secondary, they are in fact essential for improving self-esteem and the view of others, but also … Read more
the essential Boston surgeons have achieved a surprising medical feat by operating on the brain of a fetus that was still in its mother’s womb. Two months after her birth, the little girl is in good health. It is a unique surgical operation in the world which took place a few weeks ago. On March … Read more
A drug would be able to delay the evolution of symptoms linked to multiple sclerosis (MS). Let’s take stock of this approach when no treatment today can cure this autoimmune disease. A disease affecting the central nervous system, multiple sclerosis affects 110,000 patients in France. In this pathology, the immune system reaches the myelin, this … Read more
Tobacco, ultra-processed foods, pollution, excess antibiotics, pesticides…: here are some of the substances implicated in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Moving away from it reduces the risk of one day having Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis. And slows down the risk of aggravation in patients already diagnosed. Let’s take stock on the occasion of World IBD … Read more
The amount of blood lost during menstruation varies among women. However, menstruation can be considered – and experienced – as too heavy: this is called menorrhagia. Are you concerned? What are the causes of these significant flows? And what can be done to fix it? “The periods are considered abundant if the duration exceeds 7 … Read more
the essential A decree published on April 25, 2023 suspends the use of hot water in washbasins in the workplace. A measure that is part of the objectives to be achieved in terms of energy sobriety. Did you used to wash your hands with lukewarm or even hot water in your company’s washrooms? This is … Read more
A lecturer in microbiology warns of the need to clean her mobile phone regularly. Many of us come with our smartphones even in the toilet (46% of French people according to a study conducted for AXA Prevention in 2019). According to microbiologist Primrose Freestone from the University of Leicester in England, it would be more … Read more
the essential Super U recalls smoked garlic sausage sold on its shelves due to suspicion of the presence of Listeria. Did you recently buy smoked garlic sausage at Super U? Do not consume it! It is the subject of a recall from the retailer. This sausage has traces of Listeria monocytogenes, the agent responsible for … Read more
the essential In the absence of treatment for NASH, more commonly known as fatty liver disease, researchers are mobilizing. A Toulouse team recently identified new bacteria present in the liver at the start of the disease. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NASH) concerns, in its severe form, more than 200,000 people in France, mainly patients with … Read more
the essential Coffee, according to a recent British study, would reduce liver fibrosis thanks to high levels of kawhéol and cafestol. But what is it really? Just because the liver is an organ that regenerates doesn’t mean it should be neglected! Especially since a deteriorated liver will not give any clinical sign. First rule, therefore, … Read more