Genomic preventive medicine is now a reality. The precision medicine, based on DNA genome sequencing, makes it possible to offer targeted treatments for patients with rare genetic diseases or for ...

Several recent food scandals have made consumers increasingly cautious about what they eat. And public health services are constantly hammering home the message, “Eat well to stay healthy.” So ...

Antibiotic resistance is, according to the WHO, one of the most serious threats to global health. Multidrug resistant bacteria modify our microbiota and the environment. They are responsible for the ...

Will we ever live to be 150? And in good health? What do scientists at the forefront of anti-aging research promise us? Will the elixir of youth sought by all pharmaceutical laboratories come from ...

Faced with the growing success of vaporizers, the tobacco empire strikes back. With IQOS, Glo, Ploom, etc., cigarette companies have found a way to sell both tobacco and electronic devices. But are ...

What goes on in the mind of small children when confronted all day with masked faces? Since the introduction of face masks in the public space, we communicate with half-faces. This lack of ...

Eating disorders are constantly on the rise. Unlike obesity, binge eating disorder does not involve any compensatory strategy after overeating. This morbid passion for food led the French tv host Guy ...

Bypass surgery (RYGB) is the most practised surgery for people suffering from severe obesity. But this solution that guarantees an impressive weight loss also brings about deep upheavals in the ...

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 ...

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 ...