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Fetal exposure to Bisphenol A, an additive of plastic, alters mammary gland development in primates. Further evidence that this compound can cause health problems and that could help increase the risk of breast cancer in humans. Previous studies had shown that mice low doses of Bisphenol A may alter the development of mammary glands and [...]

Anyone who had a heart attack shouldn’t live too close to a motorway, ’cause I may die over the next ten years due to noise pollution and the environment. The odds of dying within a decade would increase by over a quarter. In the study of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, published in the journal [...]

A U.S. study shows that individuals refrain from reading their emails throughout the day have a level of stress than others. Gloria j. Mark and Stephen Voida, both professors of computer science at the University of Irvine, California, study the effects of email at work since 2004. A year ago, they were stopped by an [...]

Spend less than three hours per day outside when it is young increases the risk of becoming short-sighted, Australian researchers suggest. Your child never plays outside and spends his time locked in the computer or video games? It could well become short-sighted growing. This is not the fact of being geek or téléphage makes more [...]

  You are frustrated, agitated? This concatenation will help you to regain your composure. If the context permits, close your eyes. If they remain open, secure a point for to more easily focus you and live a moment more slowly.The techniqueBecause you are tense, your breath is short and irregular.• Just stay spectator of this [...]

FALSE This is a new that will reassure all those and those who used to crack their finger joints: the noise that you hear when you “crack” your joints is cartilage or bone. It is therefore hardly damaging or causing an osteoarthritis later. This cracking is caused by gas bubbles that form in the synovium [...]

FALSE It is probably the most common idea about the disease: most people with arthritis are convinced that they cannot exercise because of joint pain they feel. However, the exercise is not only permitted but it is even recommended because inactivity causes an acceleration in the deterioration of the joints. Of course it is not [...]

Epanouie, it can be at any age! But it is easier when you feel beautiful, love, désirée… and that his body is in good working condition. Past 40, hormonal balance begins to undergo small changes. Rules are often irregular, more abundant, sometimes preceded by stomach again. These small disorders should not worry, but encourage them [...]

For the first time, were simultaneously measuring the electrical activity of several regions of the brain involved in reading. Thus, it was possible to view working with whom and at what time, so how the dialogue is organised in the brain. This discovery could lead to applications in the field of cognitive impairment, such as [...]

Results: 80% of the studied people (aged 18 to 74 years) had a vitamin D deficiency, but the deficit is considered moderate to severe in 42.5% of the population and severe in 5%. Overall, the risk of deficiency is associated with the fact to be born outside Europe, do not go on vacation, to reside [...]

In practice, many vaccines require regular reminders to stay effective, especially against diphtheria, tetanus and poliomyelitis (DTP) or against pertussis. In addition, changes in behaviour related to adolescence and adulthood (sexuality, profession, group living) give rise to new risks (such as hepatitis B or human papillomavirus infections). Finally, young adults are often in contact with [...]

The team of Pr Hans Clevers, Director of the Hubrecht Institute (Netherlands), and Mamoru Watanabe, University medical and dental Tokyo (Japan), managed to regenerate damaged mouse intestine carry out from a colon adult stem cells. In a recent issue of the journal Nature Medicine, researchers explain how they were reconstituted, in the laboratory, a three-dimensional [...]

Hemophilia is a genetic and hereditary blood disease. Serious but fortunately quite rare, it affects nearly 6 000 people in France and more than 350,000 worldwide. Taking into account the most severe forms of the disease Willebrand and other hemorrhagic diseases, experts estimate at 15 000 the number of individuals affected by a blood coagulation [...]

It is essential to consult a weight loss specialist and strongly deny the drug requirements that, under cover of homeopathic capsules, offer dangerous goods for your physical and mental health. The cocktail is almost always the same, under often different names: take a little bit of thyroid extract, add some anti-angoisses drugs, alongside elsewhere their [...]

You have probably heard of the slow food movement which advocates a ‘good, clean and fair’ food as opposed to the fast food. “” The “slow sex”, new avatar of the “slow attitude”. Conceptualized in 2002 by the Italian Alberto Vitale, author of the tribute of the slow, slow sex advocates “erotic deceleration”. Understanding: the [...]

If the artificial retinas are recently tested in clinical trials, they are still a number of shortcomings, including the need of cables for them. American scientists propose to overcome some of these shortcomings in developing a retinal implant without cable, operating with light energy. That could offer a better quality vision. Restore sight to blind [...]

Genetically modified stem cells have protected three patients with a tumor in the brain of the serious side effects of chemotherapy and increased their chances of survival. One of them is still living three years after. This innovative technique promises great promise if its effectiveness is confirmed more widely. It is the paradox. Chemotherapy saves [...]

Scholars of the University of California have built a model of the skull: “significant loss of white matter»  Phineas Gage, as usual, was struggling with bolts and iron beams on its dusty work. There was a railway from building and he was the supervisor of the yard for the Rutland-Burlington Vermont. But more than for [...]

No one is without knowing the failure of plans of bases. To allow to households and individuals to improve significantly their financial situation, insurance companies have developed health insurance and contracts contracts of insurance to meet the needs of financial protection of all. Complementary health The reimbursement of social security on health care spending continues [...]

Social security payments cover a part of the medical expenses of citizens. But care supported are limited while the medical needs evolve. Complete the health guarantees, to subscribe to a mutual. Several proposals are presented by brokers online. Interested parties may access offers compatible with their needs and their level of income through the sites [...]