The vaccination schedule outlines the vaccinations required for people residing in France based on their age and summarizes the "general" vaccination recommendations issued by the CSHPF...

Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in Western countries. In France, regional and national incidence estimates have been calculated using data from cancer registries that...

Since April 2004, the French Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction (OFDT) has been compiling several key indicators each month in a "tobacco dashboard." This tool makes it...

This article provides an overview of recommended actions to help general practitioners effectively assist smokers in quitting. Some of these actions should be carried out during...

There are two sources of data on tobacco consumption in France: sales data and survey data. This information has been compiled recently. Sales data provide only an estimate of total...

Streptococcus pneumoniae (Sp) colonizes the upper respiratory tract within the first few months of life and is part of the normal flora of the nasopharynx. It is also responsible for...

Despite campaigns encouraging screening for hepatitis C virus (HCV), HCV infection remains underdiagnosed, and its clinical and therapeutic management is suboptimal. The authors seek to...

Objectives - To propose clinical and bio-clinical scores predictive of diabetes in the French population. Method - The study included 1,863 men and 1,954 women (D.E.S.I.R. cohort), aged...

The results presented here pertain to cases of active tuberculosis reported in France during 2006 under mandatory reporting requirements. In 2006, the number of reported cases of active...