Aesthetic surgery

In just a decade, the number of aesthetic has more than quintupled in the United States. Between 2006 and 2007, they had already increased by 8%, and there were almost 12 million cosmetic interventions - with or without surgery - with a value estimated at $ 13 billion. Among the 11.7 million interventions counted, 18% were surgical. The remaining 82% represent the non-surgical interventions, and reflect the increase of almost 750% over the past decade the use of patients without surgery procedures. The surgery is most wanted by American remains liposuction (456828 recorded in 2007). At the top 5 of plastic surgery operations more widespread in the United States after the lipo: the increase in breast by the installation of breast implants, blepharoplasty backtracking eyelids, abdominoplasty to reshape his stomach and the mammoplastie reduction to reduce breast hypertrophy. It should be noted that the buttock augmentation has been the operation which has experienced the strongest growth in 2007 among women. With regard to non-surgical interventions, the most frequent is the injection of Botox (2.77 million interventions). Suit laser hair removal and regeneration of the skin, also practiced laser. The photographs do not lie because it is mainly women who are seeking aesthetic. Alone, Americans accounted for more than ten and a half million interventions and 91% of patients in 2007. The men are still the minority, but the number of male patients who have had recourse to an aesthetic nevertheless increased from 17% in the same year. At the top of their queries: liposuction (57980 operations) and injections of Botox (329,519 interventions).

Rage animal - Continued vigilance

According to the health ministry, 177 people were taken care of after the health survey opened after the discovery of a case of animal rabies Feb. 26 in Seine et Marne. To date, 152 people were vaccinated, whose owners and relatives of the three dogs, all children of primary school Grandpuits (Seine et Marne) and veterinarians who had cared for the dogs. The situation now appears to be under control, but the ministry maintains the system of vigilance and said: "Despite the results rather favorable analyses conducted in animals have been or could have come into contact with three dogs, veterinary and public health authorities maintain their alertness and mobilization. " The analyses performed on animals that have been or could have come into contact with three dogs (namely, a cat, six dogs and a dog found dead last January) are all positive and no rabies has were found in the samples analyzed. The Department stating that "it remains to identify those who traveled by train on the route Paris - Lisieux Dec. 15 and Lisieux - Paris on December 17" (one of three dogs, a black labrador cross responsible for their journeys with his owner ).

A mayor outlaws death

Since February 13, it is forbidden to die at Sarpourenx. Empêché justice by expanding its cemetery, the mayor of this small village in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques indeed came to make an order prohibiting any deaths in its territory. Violators are threatened with severe sanctions. "While some die, well, they will do," says Gerard Lalanne, elected since 1971. The first death that happens, I send to the state representative in the department. " Two years ago, the édile had obtained the legal right to extend the communal cemetery to a private area of 5000 square metres, adjacent to the church. But the expropriation procedure was cancelled in July 2007 by the Administrative Court of Pau, holding that "the attacks on private property were excessive." The mayor, who wanted to dig new graves, build a parking lot, install a columbarium and a hedge vegetative order to separate the cemetery houses, do not décolère. His town has no place, he says, to accept new corpses. "It takes a separate location so as not to disturb the residents, but with roads and parking, taking into account the geological… It is very difficult to find common ground to bury the dead," says one to Cugnaux (Haute-Garonne), a city that has taken a similar decree in late 2007. Here is a lack of authorization from the Ministry of Defence that blocked the proposed expansion of the cemetery. The prefect finally gave its approval in January. "Some people take it for fun, but not us!" Storm on its side Gérard Lalanne, which run Sunday his seventh term

Genoa until visual loss, glaucoma can be fatal

From March 6 to April 12, the national information campaign and glaucoma screening takes place across France. A team composed of shifting health professionals eye on the bus will travel to 11 cities in France. An ophthalmologist and an orthoptist offer two examinations free of charge. The first is the extent of the tension eye which can highlight hypertonia. This means a voltage too high, which can be a risk factor for glaucoma. The second is a measure of the field of vision to detect potential deficits that may reveal the presence of glaucoma. But what exactly is a glaucoma? It is a serious disease of the vision that results in a slow destruction of the optic nerve. The visual field is thus degraded and it may even lead to blindness. This disease often painless affects between 1 and 2% of the French population, and especially adults over 40 years. This insidious disease requires an early but especially early. So do not hesitate to go for screening.

Occupational diseases

Occupational diseases: The results of the national vigilanceHier, Gérard Lasfargues of Afsset and Régis de Gaudemaris CHU de Grenoble stock of the present national network of vigilance and prevention of occupational diseases. © CAPEHier, the French Agency for the safety of the environment and labour (Afsset) presented the activities and the latest results of the national network of vigilance and prevention of occupational diseases coordinated. According to the database, in men, they are diseases of the respiratory system and work-related cancers predominate while women consult more for psychological problems. "The national network of vigilance and prevention of occupational diseases, called RNV3P, is a network of experts whose main tasks are on the eve health, the prevention of work-related diseases and the search for occupational diseases emerging summarized yesterday Alain Chamoux Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) from Clermont-Ferrand, on the occasion of the presentation to the press of the annual report of this network. Coordinated since 2006, the French Agency for the safety of the environment and labour (Afsset), the National Health Insurance Fund of employees (CNAMTS), the French Society of Occupational Medicine and the CHU de Grenoble, This national network of vigilance and prevention (RNV3P) brings together the clinics of occupational diseases (CCPP) of France, located in hospitals. 32 centres all over France These PAAB greet patients, who are sent by general practitioners and specialists in town or work for examination by experts to determine if their disease is mostly related to their professions or in a more general way to their professions. These centers treat patients, to track the progress of their disease and their diagnoses recorded on a national database. This combination allows us to better identify and anticipate the risks associated with certain occupations and prevent the government quickly. 33000 occupational diseases identified Since the establishment of this national database, in 2001, 33000 occupational diseases have been identified, at a rate of about 5000 to 6000 a year. 60% of patients received are men vs. 40% of women and 92% of cases, experts contend a pathology profession. The information recorded show that men consult with a priority for diseases of the respiratory system and cancer (31%), while women are received mainly for psychological diseases. (29%). "The consultations for psycho-social disorders have been multiplied by four in five years. This is the first reason for consideration for women, and the third for the men after the respiratory system diseases and cancers Lafargues "said Gerard, head of the department of environmental health expertise to work Afsset . With regard to respiratory diseases and cancer, the leading causes are identified fibers such as asbestos, dust, chemicals… As for the psychic, the experts noted physical nuisance contributing such as the laying of heavy burdens to bear noise continuously or undergo organisational problems. Professions targeted Among men, their conditions are mainly related to occupations of buildings, industry and manufacturing. For women, it is mainly the health professions and service to the person (nurses, nurses' aides), but also secretaries, hairdressers, women in households that are affected. But data from the patients only by their doctors sent to the PAAB, these results may not be representative of the French population. In order to enrich the database, understand and anticipate further these diseases, Afsset and its partners are promoting the city physicians as well as those of working systematically to send their patients when they suspect a pathology of occupational origin.

Breast cancer

After the end of a hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on cardiovascular risk disappears, while that of breast cancer persists, according to a survey American. Clearly, the problems posed by hormone treatment of menopause have not finished defray the chronicle: a new study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) indicates that the risk of breast cancer associated with hormone replacement of menopause therapy (HRT) continues after stopping treatment. In July 2002, American doctors made public the results of a large clinical trial called the WHI (Women's Health Initiative) to assess the benefits and risks of HRT and which highlighted an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, thromboembolic vein, of breast cancer among women taking hormones after menopause. These findings have significantly reduced the use of alternative treatments around the world and led to limit their prescription to women who really need (unbearable hot flashes, increased risk of osteoporosis). Until then, and since the 1980's, in industrialized countries, proposed to all women, or almost one HRT at the time of menopause. Researchers from the WHI study have continued to monitor the women in this study to determine whether, upon discontinuation of hormone treatment, the cardiovascular risk or breast cancer rejoin equivalent to that of a woman of similar age not taking hormones. The WHI study launched in 1995 focused on 15730 postmenopausal women 50 to 79 years (mean age 63 years) divided into two groups, with half receiving hormone (equine estrogen, synthetic progestins), the other half a placebo . All these volunteers have been actively monitored after stopping hormones in July 2002, and that until March 2005, with a review of health and an annual mammogram. The results of this monitoring showed several important information. On the one hand, women have been treated by a THS taking more and did not have greater risk than others of a heart attack, stroke or deep venous thromboembolism. The risks disappear quickly after stopping the hormones. The dose as small as possible However, the risk of breast cancer after stopping treatment remains almost the same level as when taking hormones for at least two or three years that follow. Thus, there would be 27% of breast cancer in addition to those who were treated compared to other (79 cases with treatment, 60 in the absence of previous treatment). Other surveys on the subject, albeit smaller scale indicated an opposite result, with a return to normal as regards breast cancer after stopping HRT. In addition, during these years of monitoring, there were a total of 63 cases of cancer of all types and more among women than among treated others. For the authors of this work, a first conclusion: it is imperative to continue monitoring through regular mammograms women who received several years hormonal treatment, even after his arrest. A recent analysis has revealed for the first time a decline in the number of new cases of breast cancer in France in 2005, declining to be tied to the drop in the use of hormone treatments since 2002. This small decline of breast cancer was also seen in the United States, Canada and Germany. It is likely that over time, the risk of breast cancer for women previously treated joins that of those who were not. The risk of breast cancer-it depends on the type of hormones used? Some doctors argue that french estradiol used by percutaneous, combined with natural progesterone, would not increase the risk of breast cancer. If this message pay great attention to women, it has not yet been the subject of a scientific demonstration. Currently, the health authorities in France, but also abroad, recommend that the hormone is prescribed in doses as small as possible, for as short a time as possible, not more than five years' salary.

An award of design for phones Doro

An award of design for phones Doro Doro has just received a Janus of Health, Design Award awarded by the renowned french Institute of Design since 1953, for his phone MemoryPlus 319ph. The device, specially designed for senior citizens, is one of the products of the division Care Electronics, which is the largest market for the group. It responds to the specific needs of people suffering from memory problems, hearing and dexterity. The Award is presented annually to products and services that best meet the five E: ergonomics, aesthetics, ethics, economics, Emotion. At the root of this success, in collaboration with Maria Benktzon Doro, a professor of industrial design, and his staff of the design agency Ergonomidesign in Stockholm. The result provides a simple and intuitive phone equipped with an ergonomic shapes combined for maximum comfort and, of course, compatible with hearing aids.

A new survey reveals the changing sexual practices of the French

What's new in our quilts? A new survey reveals the changing sexual practices of the French. Florilège. And you, how is your sex life? To find out what happens in the privacy of French, the National Agency for Research on AIDS has commissioned a survey on sexuality in France. Investigators have returned to the privacy of more than 12,000 people aged 18 to 69 years to better decipher changes in behaviour. What has changed in our sexuality? "One of the major changes is without question the convergence of practices of men and women," the authors report. The women said - like their male counterparts - increasing the number of partners. The share of those who claim to have had only one partner during their lifetime has declined considerably: 68% in 1972, 43% in 1992, 34% in 2006. The gap between men and women is narrowing as on the age of first: the gap between the sexes has increased from two years to a few months.

Bluetongue

Brussels is already spend 72 million euros to vaccination

The European Commission plans to allocate an initial budget of 72 million euros for the vaccination campaign planned in the EU to stop the spread of bluetongue, known disease of the tongue blue, which affects a significant portion of livestock. This envelope is designed to support national plans of emergency vaccination submitted by Member States. It will cover the acquisition of full doses of vaccine (up to 0.6 euro per dose of vaccine) and half of the costs of their administration to flocks (2 euros per cattle vaccinated, euro 0.75 per sheep or goat). The campaign over one year concerning the latest strains of this disease, which has more than twenty. Other strains oldest already have vaccines used in several countries. Currently, a dozen countries in the north of the European Union are affected. They are the ones who would be affected primarily by the vaccination to prevent the spread of the disease. This applies in particular to Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France and the United Kingdom. In France, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, the mass vaccination campaign will begin in March for the vaccine Btv 1 (serotype 1) and April 8 for the Btv (serotype 8). Bluetongue is a viral infection transmitted by a species of biting midges, Culicoides

The race for "a dignified death" of a disfigured his fifties accelerates

DIJON, March 6, 2008 - Chantal Sébire, disfigured by an orphan disease, an incurable and progressive, announced Thursday have entrusted his case to the Association for the Right to Die in Dignity (ADMD), ten days after his appeal to the Rescue "that accompanies dignity in death." "I am meeting Friday Jean-Luc Romero responsible for ADMD, I sent him my file and he immediately responded," said Ms. Sébire AFP, reached by telephone. This former school teacher 52 years, based at Plombieres-les-Dijon (Côte d'Or) and the mother of three children, was told in 2002 that she was suffering from a "Esthesioneuroblastome", a progressive sinus tumor and the nasal cavity. A very rare disease - only 200 cases have been reported in the world since 20 years - incurable and whose evolution causes a dramatic and irreversible deformation of the face and suffering "excruciating", says Sébire. "Today I arrived at the end of their tether," added the fifties who fights "with all its strength for years" against the tumor and which expresses "readiness" now starting to Switzerland to "die with dignity" . Ms. Sébire stated they had sent "these days", a letter to the President of the Republic, Nicolas Sarkozy, "a letter accompanied by a videotape of FR3 Burgundy, giving rise to its first witness, so that it complements the law of the sick. "It can advance quickly, but for me it will be too late", concluded Ms. Sébire. Leonetti Act of 22 April 2005 on the rights of patients goes in the direction of compliance with the terminally ill, but it does not allow euthanasia in France, unlike some other European countries such as the Netherlands, Belgium or Switzerland.