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Falls prévention in older persons

Falls in persons aged 65 or older are a major public health problem. Some simple questions (have you experienced any fall in the previous year? Do you have a fear of falling when walking?) And a...
 Hubert Blain, Timothée Bichet, Jean-Baptiste Robiaud, Pierre-Louis Bernard. May 2022, page 50

Mental disorders of the elderly

 Dr Cyril Hazif-Thomas, Dr Hugo Lindenbaum. May 2022, page 57

Epidemiology, risk factors and current screening in rectal cancer

Incidence and survival data from the Francim Cancer Registry Network allowed an estimate of the national incidence of rectal cancer and its prognosis up to 20 years after diagnosis. In 2018, 13 744...
 Anne-Marie Bouvier, Sylvain Manfredi. March 2022, page 18

Clostridioides difficile: updated recommendations

Clostridioides difficile is a spore-forming anaerobic enteropathogen responsible for a wide spectrum of clinical features ranging from mild uncomplicated diarrhoea to severe debilitating disease,...
 Frédéric Barbut, Catherine Eckert, Valérie Lalande, Killian Le Neindre, Jeanne Couturier. December 2022, page 6

Diagnosis and staging of Hodgkin lymphoma

Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is composed of two distinct disease entities: classical HL (cHL) and nodular lymphocyte predominant HL (NLPHL). NLPHL is a rare entity with a specific therapeutic management....
 Hervé Ghesquières. September 2023, page 31

Epidemiology and pathophysiology of giant cell arteritis

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a granulomatous vasculitis. It affects patients over 50 years of age, predominantly women. The pathophysiology of GCA involves genetic and environmental factors...
 Hélène Greigert, Bernard Bonnotte, Maxime Samson. June 2023, page 39

Salivary gland infections or sialadenitis

Salivary infections, or sialadenitis, affect all types of patients but are most common in elderly or dehydrated patients. Clinical signs include pain, skin erythema, gland oedema, fever and...
 Joffrey Molher. December 2023, page 21

Vaccination of seniors

In France, the vaccination schedule for seniors (people aged 65 and over) recommends 4 vaccinations (Covid-19, flu, DTP [diphtheria, tetanus, poliomyelitis] and shingles), plus 3 others in the...
 Yves Buisson. June 2024, page 15

Insomnia and the biological clock

Multiple physiological and biological rhythms known as «circadian» are generated by the biological clock that controls them within the suprachiasmatic nuclei of the hypothalamus. However, the most...
 Damien Léger, Alexandre Rouen, Marie-Françoise Vecchierini, Victor Pitron. June 2024, page 34

Pharmacotherapies for insomnia

The first line of treatment in adult chronic insomnia is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). However, its difficult accessibility limited its use and medications are still often prescribed....
 Marie-Françoise Vecchierini, Damien Léger. June 2024, page 63

Bilateral gonalgias revealing a parathyroid adenoma

 Mohammed Arghal, Oussama El Abbassi, Zakariae Missaoui, Siham Nasri, Imane Kamaoui, Imane Skiker. June 2024, page 79