Study by Didier Raoult on hydroxychloroquine: the Medicines Agency will take legal action

the essential According to the ANSM, Didier Raoult’s work on treatment with hydroxychloroquine “should have received a favorable opinion from a committee for the protection of persons and authorization” from him to be implemented. The National Medicines Safety Agency (ANSM) announced to the Parisian that she was preparing “to take legal action” concerning the last … Read more

Cahors. Two days on road safety for seniors

Two senior health days for people aged 60 and over will be organized from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The premiere will take place in Gramat on Tuesday, June 13; the second will be held in Figeac on Monday 19 June. The Mutualité Française Occitanie invites seniors, as part of the Conference of Funders for … Read more

Masseube: workshops to prevent falls

In Occitania, falls were responsible for 13,400 hospitalizations and 976 deaths in 2021. To remedy this state of affairs, the Gers Departmental Council has set up workshops called “balance and prevention of falls” for people of over 60 years old. In Masseube, the Espace Ressources Val de Gers organized and managed these free workshops. They … Read more

Negrepelisse. Donate blood as a team

the essential The first blood donation challenge in Nègrepelisse will take place during the collection on June 9th. Make your teams! The Association for voluntary blood donation in Nègrepelisse is organizing the first inter-company and association blood donation challenge. For a month, take up the challenge as a team, by offering your blood, you will … Read more

Eczema: putting an end to received ideas

Intense itching, pain, stress, shame… More than 2.5 million French people of all ages are affected by eczema, a stigmatizing disease surrounded by a lot of received ideas. A chronic skin disease, progressing in flare-ups, eczema is itchy, that is to say it causes intense itching. It is the redness, as well as the vesicles … Read more

Quitting smoking would (also) be beneficial for mental health

(ETX Daily Up) – Contrary to popular belief, smoking cessation does not worsen mental disorders, and is even associated with improved mental health. This is the observation made by British researchers, who reveal that quitting smoking improves levels of stress and anxiety in people with or without psychological disorders. Does smoking really relieve stress, as … Read more

Brittle nails: what are the causes?

Would you like to grow your nails but they keep breaking? Here are the possible reasons. Weakened, your nails thin, soften, crack and always end up breaking. This problem, without being pathological, usually appears with age. But it can have other causes, such as certain aggravating factors or pathologies. Thus, fragile nails are sometimes a … Read more