Month: May 2020

A l’occasion de la 8ème Journée mondiale de l’AVC qui alieu le 29 octobre 2010, la SociétéFrançaise Neuro Vasculaire, l’ensemble du corps médicalet le ministère de la Santé se mobilisent pour alerter lapopulation sur les symptômes d’alerte et les comportementsà adopter pour prévenir les séquelles. Chaque année en France, près de 150 000 personnessont victimes d’un accident vasculairecérébral (AVC).…

Un salon entièrement consacré à notre bien-être, rien de mieux pour se remettre doucement de cet hiver bien froid ! Du 3 au 7 février, se tiendra à la Porte de Versailles (Paris), le 28 ème Salon Bien-Être, Médecine Douce et Thalasso. Cinq jours consacrés à la détente et la relaxation. On plonge sans hésitation !Homéopathie, diététique, aromathérapie, mais aussi…

Une altération de la capacité à se défendre contre le stress oxydatif pourrait contribuer au développement de l’asthme, selon les résultats d’une étude menée auprès de femmes chinoises. Parmi les facteurs altérant ces défenses, le tabagisme passif et d’autres facteurs environnementaux. Le tabagisme passif augmente le risque d’asthme Afin d’en savoir plus sur les facteurs…

“Khodorkovski”, ou comment l’homme le plus riche et courtisé de Russie est devenu son plus célèbre prisonnier après sa disgrâce et son emprisonnement. Un destin hors du commun que retrace ce documentaire à la fois fascinant et terrifiant du réalisateur allemand Cyril Tuschi. Rencontre. Khodorkovski. Ou comment l’homme le plus riche et courtisé de Russie…

Since the COVID-19 pandemic hit Canada, thousands of volunteers and public health workers have practised  contact tracing — the painstaking process of identifying anyone who’s come into contact with someone diagnosed with the disease and telling those people they need to self-isolate. It’s intensive work. But is there a way to do that work digitally? …

In the weeks since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau coined the phrase “speaking moistly” while addressing the media during a coronavirus briefing, the term has become a certified meme. It’s spawned a very catchy song (and subsequent covers), and a fashion-forward philanthropic T-shirt, but the expression is now also raising money for a different but equally…

OTTAWA — Expecting mothers who lost their jobs due to COVID-19 in March, and have since been unable to access emergency federal aid, will become eligible Friday for a key benefit — without jeopardizing their parental leave. The government is implementing a fix on May 8 so that pregnant women can finally receive the Canada…

An Ontario health-care union is calling for criminal investigations and public inquiries into COVID-19-related deaths in the province’s long-term care homes.  Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Healthcare says Toronto and Peel Region police should open criminal investigations and the Progressive Conservative government and Ontario’s chief coroner need to do public inquiries.  “Both frontline workers and…

TORONTO — Ontario’s premier is calling for a national strategy on contact tracing. Doug Ford says he spoke with Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland on Monday about the matter and planned to make the case to his provincial counterparts this week. “We need a national plan for contact tracing. Right now each individual province is…

MONTREAL — Quebec provincial police say they’ve arrested two people in connection with a spate of cellphone tower fires in recent days. Police say the pair, who are in their 20s, will be questioned following the arrests early Thursday in Ste-Adele, which is located northwest of Montreal. Two more fires were set early Thursday in…