Podiatrists are members of the paramedical professions. Training lasts three years, and as of January 1, 2001, there were 9,059 podiatrists practicing in metropolitan France (source:...

In March 2002, the school district superintendent and the Haute-Saône Health Education Committee established a multidisciplinary working group bringing together school health services,...

Sonacotra (National Housing Construction Company for Workers) was established in 1956, initially to house Algerian workers. In the 1990s, these housing complexes were gradually converted...

In April 2003, the National AIDS Council expressed concern about the spread of HIV/AIDS in the overseas departments and called for improvements to the measures in place to combat the...

The French region most affected by obesity is Upper Normandy, with a prevalence rate of 13.8% across all age groups in 2000, compared to the French average of 9.6%. The Regional Health...

The vast majority of the 15,000 deaths in the summer of 2003 can be attributed to a twofold lack of awareness: a lack of awareness of the danger posed by extreme heat, and a...

The female polyurethane condom (FPC) is a relatively new medical device designed for contraception and the prevention of sexually transmitted infections. Over the past fifteen years, in...

The occurrence of sporadic outbreaks of cutaneous trichophytosis among wrestlers (tinea corporis gladiatorum) has been known, particularly since 1992. Most of these outbreaks have been...

Objectives - The prevalence of certain chronic conditions is high among people living in extreme poverty. The objectives of this study are to estimate the prevalence of diabetes among...

Introduction - The objective of this study is to describe suicide risk by occupation. It is based on data from the pilot phase in the Rhône-Alpes region of the "Samotrace" occupational...