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The French Hospital Federation (FHF), the French-speaking Infectious Pathology Society (SPILF) and Le Lien, an association for the defense of patients, have joined forces to launch a campaign on the fair use of antibiotics in all public hospitals. Antibiotics have saved millions of lives, but their too frequent and often inappropriate use has favored the…
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The test will be carried out in around a hundred pharmacies in Ile-de-France, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Lorraine and Limousin, and only on antibiotics. The idea of the Minister of Health is clear and the objectives well determined: to fight against the misuse of drugs and to save money for Social Security. Marisol Touraine kicked off, on…
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In the heart of the ice of the South Pole, a team of Chilean scientists sets out to find unknown bacteria that are super resistant to extreme conditions… In the future, they could serve as a basis for the development of new, more effective antibiotics. To survive the freezing climate, the microorganisms of the white…
Antoine Andremont, professor and author of the book “Antibiotics, le naufrage. Our health in danger” reports on France 2 on the increase in the consumption of antibiotics by the French. The increase in the consumption of antibiotics is of concern to the Medicines Agency, but also to doctors. This is particularly the case of the…
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The Medicines Agency, which notes a worrying increase in the consumption of antibiotics (+ 5.9% since 2010), is sounding the alarm. “Antibiotics are not automatic”. Launched ten years ago, the slogan recalling the dangers of the overconsumption of antibiotics has obviously been forgotten by the French, as noted by a France 2 team. “When you…
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