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. ...

This report tackles vaccine scepticism”, a movement prompting a growing number of parents not to have their children vaccinated. Leaving behind mistrust and the sterile debate on the pros and cons ...

They are the new slaves of our societies, whose ageing demography is one of our major challenges. Working 24 hours a day, six days a week for low wages including board and room allowance, migrants ...

Discover keto and low carb-high fat (LCHF), two diets that are about to shatter traditional nutritional recommendations. The research is unequivocal: it's sugar that makes you sick, notfat! Diabetes, ...

What if hypnosis could revolutionize hospital care ? The natural method that used to be controversial makes it possible to drastically reduce the dose of chemical anesthetics. In Yverdon, ...

Here is a tale of rebirth. A brilliant journalist, writer, chess puzzle creator and avid sportsman - Thierry Ott's world came crashing down in 1994 when he was struck with aphasia. After undergoing ...

When one learns, often in adulthood, that one was born by sperm donation in medically assisted procreation, the news falls like a bombshell. Thousands of people learn that their father is not who ...

Prenatal screening for Trisomy 21 is a technological advance that also presents parents with an extremely difficult ethical decision: should the pregnancy be terminated? Nine out of ten couples opt ...

Our journalists investigate into the controversial biobank sector. In 2019, 250,000 European families who thought they were protecting their children from rare genetic diseases by entrusting their ...

Research is now focusing on the microbiota to help treat depression, anxiety disorders or hyperactivity. In case of a porous abdominal wall, microbiota’s billions of micro-organisms are suspected ...