Is burn-out to the twenty-first century what consumption was to the nineteenth? It affects all occupations and jobs, with almost one in four employees feeling stressed at work and exhausted at a cost ...

Why has the number of caesareans exploded in the past ten years? Is medical necessity always at the origin of the surgeon's decision to operate? Today, the growing number of health conditions related ...

The therapeutic interventions of Vincent Humbert's case, in France, has left its mark and highlighted the importance of advance directives. This signed document can be unsettling as it details what ...

Thanks to social egg freezing, or oocyte cryopreservation, women can now delay motherhood. I'll have a baby if, with whom and when I want to!” could become the rallying call of an entire generation ...

Losing a loved one inevitably brings pain. Even more so when the countdown is related to assisted suicide. In Switzerland, assisted dying has more than tripled in ten years. Chantal chose it almost ...

Scary fact : 2.2 billion people, i.e. 40% of the world's population, are considered overweight or obese. In Mexico, the figure skyrockets to 76%. Junk food plays the main role in this notorious ...

At age 20, Delphine had a car accident and has been suffering chronic ankle pain ever since. His multiple ankle fractures were mysteriously not diagnosed immediately at the hospital. It was only ...

How to account for the slow transition toward healthier agriculture as the overwhelming scientific evidence of the toxicity of pesticides is stacking up? Three quarters of flying insects have now ...

What is the daily life of the nurses who spend their lives saving the lives of others? How do they manage deal with the stress of every moment, and the lack of time that sometimes prevents them from ...

Extraordinary healings that sometimes leave even medical professionals stunned are modern-day miracles for the patients involved. But they're more than just individual remissions - these recoveries ...