It only takes a split second to become a paraplegic. These dramatic accidents often affect young people whose lives are then irreparably disrupted. How can one apprehend the future when one finds ...

As if coming close to death through a NDE wasn't enough, some NDE experiencers come back to life with what they describe as extraordinary abilities. In addition to their disturbing stories, the ...

Overweight or hypertension are not randomly distributed in our cities. On the contrary, they cluster in specific neighbourhoods. Geomedicine proves that individual responsibility is not everything. ...

Viruses are increasingly being blamed as the triggers of autoimmune diseases in people with genetic predispositions. For example, multiple sclerosis appears to be a rare complication of infection by ...

In 2015, the WHO classified meat as "probably carcinogenic". What does the research say today? Can meat quality make a difference, both in terms of health and ecology? What is the value of age-old ...

'There is no cure for who you are'. This is how a psychiatrist sums up how far we've come in recent years with regard to gender dysphoria, i.e. the permanent identification with the other gender and ...

The idea of transplanting animal organs into patients to make up for the lack of donors is resurfacing. But how far can we manipulate the living and exploit animals to save human lives? At the ...

How can you recover from the cancer that'sturned your life upside down when you're afraid it will get you fired? Our journalists interviewed four patients struggling to cope in just that situation. ...

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 ...

Louis, Jeanne and Agnès are 102, 104 and 105 years old. How did they live so long and stay healthy and young at heart? Our journalists travelled to the province of Ogliastra, Sardinia, one of the ...