The author wrote that Jacques Chirac was very concerned about the deaths he attributed to counterfeit medicines in sub-Saharan Africa, which he estimated at 450,000 per year. He said he remembered Chirac in Dakar with President Wade, where he was trying to understand the situation on the ground. https://t.co/GE2Kz8WjvD #Chirac #Santé #Afrique #SN #CI #FR (translated)
The chemistry professor Adela Muñoz points out that the shortage of medications for menopause reveals a historical taboo and a denial of the benefits of hormonal treatments, which have affected the health and quality of life of many women. #Menopausia #SaludMujer #TratamientoHormonal (translated)
The food industry is taking advantage of the rise of Ozempic family medications by launching the GLP-1 friendly label, although this label lacks scientific backing and is just a marketing strategy. #GLP1 #salud #marketingalimentario (translated)
Frankito, the Curious® said that he was discharged after surgery to correct an inguinal hernia, which he described as simple nowadays. He stated that he was impressed with the techniques involved, from anesthesia to videolaparoscopy, the use of CO₂, and the surgical screen to closing the skin with glue and the medications to prevent nausea and infections. The author noted that many of these techniques, as well as a large part of current medicine, are less than a century old. He said he feels fortunate to live in this historical moment, but emphasized that not everyone has access to the procedures and advocated for this and other surgeries to become universal. #Medicina #Tecnologia #Saúde (translated)
Eric.k, known as The Irradiated Radish, had supported the people who were protesting and called for them to act peacefully and watch over each other. He advised them to charge their phones, bring water, snacks, their medications and papers, notify a loved one, and set up a meeting point as well as several exit routes, due to transport disruptions and station closures he had announced. He also recommended filming important events from a distance, keeping the original files, and noting the time and place of the events. According to him, filming law enforcement officers on duty in public was legal in France. He advised saving the videos, protecting their accounts, and not posting images that would unnecessarily expose the identity of other protesters. He finally urged to film the RIO to the maximum. #Manifestation #DroitDeManifester #Soutien (translated)
The European Medicines Agency has recommended the approval of a new innovative treatment for pancreatic cancer, marking a major advancement in the fight against this disease. #Santé #Cancer #Médicaments (translated)
The analgesic and antipyretic medication Nolotil in injectable solution form will no longer be marketed from February 1, 2027, due to manufacturing issues, as announced by Infarmed. #Medicamentos #Saúde #Infarmed (translated)
Mario Di Costanzo wrote that, almost at the end of the morning session, the president had shown bad mood, especially in response to uncomfortable questions, and suggested increasing her medication dosage. #Mañanera #Política #Presidenta (translated)
The author stated that Volodymyr Zelensky had requested an additional 70 billion from the countries of the European Union for 2027. According to him, France should contribute 13 billion euros, an amount he described as ruinous. He also wrote that, at the same time, measures aimed at reducing reimbursements for medications and un-indexing pensions over 1,260 euros were being considered in France. #Ukraine #UnionEuropéenne #Finances #FR (translated)
By 2030, pancreatic cancer will be the second most common cancer. #CáncerDePáncreas #Daraxonrasib #MedicamentosInnovadores (translated)
Europe has approved the drug Rasonque, whose active ingredient daraxonrasib has been shown to double survival in patients with pancreatic cancer. #CáncerDePáncreas #Daraxonrasib #MedicamentosInnovadores (translated)
Guillaume Kasbarian indicated that prescribed and dispensed medications that were never used cost 517 million euros per year to the health insurance. He added that his amendment aimed at generalizing the dispensing of medications by unit had been adopted in committee and could allow, according to him, up to 2.25 billion euros in savings over 5 years. https://t.co/1TmonaKMPo #Santé #Médicaments #Économie (translated)
The deputies voted in committee to extend the issuance to the unit of medicines in pharmacies, aiming to reduce waste, while expanding access to vaccination and delaying the coverage of the health insurance for hospital staff. #SécuritéSociale #Médicaments #Pharmacie (translated)
The deputies voted in committee to broaden the issuance of medications, allowing pharmacists to provide the exact number of prescribed medications, instead of being limited to the box sizes imposed by the laboratories. #Budget2027 #Santé #Médicaments (translated)
The deputies adopted an amendment allowing pharmacists to dispense medications by unit, rather than by whole boxes, in order to improve medical prescriptions and reduce costs for health insurance. #Santé #Pharmacies #Médicaments (translated)
The president of Vooruit, Conner Rousseau, was not in favor of the idea that essential goods – meat, non-alcoholic beverages, medications, property renovations, etc. – could be subject to a VAT of 9% instead of 6% today. #TVA #Belgique #Fiscalité (translated)
Mario Di Costanzo stated that, according to a person present, Claudia Sheinbaum had become upset after learning of the rejection by Social Security workers of a 2.9% salary increase. He also noted that workers from IMSS-BIENESTAR had called for a march and that employees from the Health Secretariat were blocking the viaduct. Di Costanzo asserted that Sheinbaum had reprimanded Zoé Robledo, Alejandro Svarch, and David Kershenobich, and that the doctors had to increase her medication. He attributed the episode also to the news that HR Ratings would downgrade Mexico's long-term rating and to some statements by Donald Trump regarding possible attacks by sea and land against the cartels in Mexico, even if Sheinbaum opposed it. The author concluded that the mental health of the president, or at least her mood, was deteriorating. #Sheinbaum #CrisisPolítica #SaludMental (translated)
A nursing assistant from a nursing home near Menton has been placed in provisional detention on suspicion of having administered non-prescribed medications to residents in order to steal from them. #Ehpad #Justice #AideSoignante (translated)
The PSD proposed a new statute for the National Council for Medically Assisted Procreation (CNPMA) in order to improve regulation, but the PS expressed concerns regarding the disappearance of references to surrogate pregnancy in the new proposal. #PMA #Saúde #Política (translated)
The Chequei Brasil stated that elderly people reported the lack of medications at the Popular Pharmacy during Lula's government. https://t.co/Womg3G3CBu #saúde #farmácia #medicamentos (translated)
