Health

At Bichat hospital, transplants slowed down by Covid-19

[ad_1] JULIE BALAGUE FOR THE WORLD The second wave day by day | Episode 4. Tuesday, November 24, just before 11pm, Reynald is on the couch watching a documentary on television when the long-awaited phone call from Bichat hospital finally arrives: thanks to a donation from a family, two lungs …

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The baby is born with antibodies to the coronavirus

[ad_1] Infected during pregnancy with Covid-19, a woman gave birth to a child like no other on November 7 at Singapore University Hospital. In fact, little Aldrin has antibodies against Covid-19, as reported by various media. Her mother contracted the disease in the 10th week of pregnancy, after a trip …

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Australian economists are calling for simplified cigarette prices

[ad_1] In Australia, brand logos on cigarette packets have been replaced by plain packaging and graphic images illustrating the dangers of smoking, since 2012. Australia was the first country to adopt this strategy and 2017 data from the Australian Secondary Student’s Alcohol and Drug Survey showed that from 2011 to …

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Sanofi-Aventis recalls a batch of Micropakine

[ad_1] A batch of Micropakine, a medicine prescribed by Sanofi-Aventis to prevent epilepsy, was withdrawn due to the risk of overdose. The National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products (ANSM) indicates that batch No. DM0059 of Micropakine LP 500 mg, whose expiration date is March 2022, has …

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The new blacklist of dangerous drugs from Prescgere magazine

[ad_1] Some drugs are more dangerous than effective. The medical journal Prescendere has updated its list of drugs pinned for 2021. Here are the six new ones. Every year, the medical journal To prescribe publishes its blacklist of drugs to avoid. It brings together all those whose “the benefit-risk balance …

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the maximum contagiousness lasts 5 days

[ad_1] THE ESSENTIAL The active virus is present in nasal swabs for up to nine days after symptoms appear. In 97.5% of cases, people who develop the disease do so within 11.5 days of exposure to the virus. People who are asymptomatic are also contagious, but less so than people …

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Deep learning predicts a woman’s risk of breast cancer

[ad_1] OAK BROOK, Ill., November 30, 2020 / PRNewswire / – Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have developed a deep learning model that identifies imaging biomarkers on mammography screening to predict a patient’s risk of developing breast cancer more accurately than traditional assessment tools risk. The results of the study …

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