Can you become allergic as an adult?

It is often believed that allergies appear in early childhood, and that they cannot be triggered in adulthood. Right or wrong ? Being allergic is simply having an immune system that goes into overdrive on contact with an external substance called an allergen. Although such a reaction is more common in children, there is actually … Read more

Bagneres-de-Bigorre. Padaw’Ânes: “listen to the living world to listen to yourself”

the essential The Padaw’Ânes association offers you a moment out of time, of real reconnection with nature in an environment populated by benevolent animals. Animal encounters and introduction to animal communication, the Padaw’änes association is a resource place that invites you to feel well and let go. The gentle Eléa Schermesser had the idea of … Read more

Pays des Gaves: Digital workshops for seniors

the essential Le Clic Pays des Gaves organizes digital training workshops for seniors, starting in September. Registrations are already open. From September, weekly workshops will take place in Agos-Vidalos, Argelès-Gazost, Arrens-Marsous, Barlest, Beaucens, Jarret, Soulom and Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre to train seniors in digital technology. The proposals are numerous: learning to use computers, tablets and mobile phones; … Read more

Watch out for tick bites… at home!

the essential CiTique, a participatory research program on ticks in France, posted a tracking, which identifies tick bites. Between 2017 and 2023, more than 72,000 have been reported. And these bites do not only happen during outdoor outings, they happen for almost a third of them in familiar places. Every summer, the ticks come back. … Read more

Ehpad: families still do not find their account

the essential After the revelations of the Orpéa scandal, groups continue to point out the dysfunctions in the reception of the elderly. It probably takes more than a book, even a successful one, to burst the abscess on the living conditions of our elders in residential establishments for dependent elderly people (Ehpad) where many of … Read more