Some hospitals in Île-de-France experienced record crowds this weekend, due to severe asthma attacks triggered in patients who were not asthmatic, under the effect of thunderstorms. But how is this phenomenon explained? It was first mentioned in the 1980s, in the United Kingdom and Australia, relates an article from the Harvard University School of Medicine. … Read more
the essential At the Saut de Sabo middle school, on the initiative of a 6th grade student, breakfast was shared with all the other middle school students. “I prefer to eat in the canteen!” With friends and girlfriends”, perhaps this refrain from a popular song from the 80s by Carlos, is not on the playlist … Read more
the essential A pensioner has had the world’s largest and heaviest kidney stone removed in Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan military doctors have removed the world’s largest and heaviest kidney stone from a retired soldier, the army said on Wednesday. The 62-year-old former noncommissioned officer had a kidney stone removed that weighed 801 grams, more than … Read more
the essential Three months to go around France on a recumbent tricycle to support the associations of the Greffes+ collective, this is the challenge that Gilbert Guillerm has set himself. Thus, he will proudly wear the Green Ribbon, the emblem of organ donation across 6,000 km. This Friday, June 9, Gilbert Guillerm, a 62-year-old experienced … Read more
Coming from the word “nymph” (which refers to deities of Greek mythology associated with nature or the labia minora of the vulva) and “mania” (madness), nymphomania always carries a pejorative meaning behind it, making it sometimes be confused with a “simple” heightened libido. “It is however a real pathology”, explains Milène Leroy, sexologist in Clermont-Ferrand … Read more
the essential Does eating a balanced diet increase your chances of getting pregnant? And on the contrary, does junk food reduce the possibilities? Response elements. Dr Vanessa Lubin, endocrinologist in Aix-en-Provence, explains which foods to slip on the plate to promote pregnancies:
the essential Mobile phones are “perhaps the greatest non-drug addiction of the 21st century,” said South African psychology professor Richard Shambare in 2012. The fear of being deprived of this object even has a name: nomophobia! The term nomophobia comes from the English: “NO MObile phone Phobia”. It all started with a British study carried … Read more
A team of researchers from Ben-Gurion University has shown that adopting a healthy diet leads to weight loss associated with a slowing down of brain aging. Explanations. Does the Green Mediterranean Diet Rejuvenate the Brain? In any case, this is what researchers from the Ben Gurion University of the Negev (Israel) have just shown. Concretely, … Read more
the essential The CGT of the specialized hospital cut the ribbon for the new “MAS” in Villeneuve. A “wild” inauguration to mark the role of the union in this long file. This Tuesday morning, around fifteen union representatives and staff from the psychiatric hospital attended the inauguration of the new building of the specialized reception … Read more
47 foods commonly eaten in the United States were analyzed by researchers at William Paterson University. Regularly, studies come to elect the healthiest food or foods in the world. As summer approaches, here is a new one to reward some of them. This time, researchers from William Paterson University, in New Jersey in the United … Read more