It is a disease whose mere mention can cause concern, even though it is very poorly understood and is increasingly better managed. Multiple sclerosis affects more than 130,000 people, almost 3/4 of them are women. The diagnosis occurs in the majority of cases between the ages of 25 and 35. Why do we develop Multiple Sclerosis? What are the first symptoms? How does the disease progress? What are the treatments? We ask all these questions to Dr Anne-Caroline Papeix is a neurologist, Head of the general neurology department at the Rothschild Foundation Hospital, member of the FCRIN4MS (F-CRIN) network. And then, how can you improve your daily life apart from medication? This is what Sofiane Khayat, diagnosed with MS in 2015, explains to us… Author of “My anti-inflammatory routine” published by Larousse. A very active guest on social networks with his So_foodiee account which has more than 200,000 subscribers.
It is a disease that affects 15% of the world’s population and yet is poorly diagnosed. It is also recognized by the World Health Organization as being the 2nd most disabling pathology. If it occurs most often between the ages of 20 and 50, it also affects 8% of children and adolescents, or a million young French people. So how to diagnose migraine? How to take care of it? How can we limit the impact on the social life and education of young people? Margaux de Frouville, head of the health department at BFMTV, and Alain Ducardonnet, cardiologist and health consultant at BFMTV receive Cassandre Clément, an 18-year-old patient, member of the association “La voix des Migraineux” and Dr Michel Dib, neurologist at Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital in Paris, author of the book “Taming the Migraine” published by Editions du Huitième Jour.
It’s a feeling we’ve all felt: the racing heart, the pounding in the chest, or the racing heart. These are heart palpitations. Most of the time they are benign but sometimes it is your heart that sends you an alarm message. So, what do we mean by palpitations? Why do they arrive without warning? Can it be serious? Is it always necessary to consult? Margaux de Frouville, head of the health department at BFMTV, and Alain Ducardonnet, cardiologist and health consultant at BFMTV, receive Professor Ariel Cohen, head of the cardiology department at Saint-Antoine hospital in Paris.
Osteopathy, massages, food supplements, hypnosis, acupuncture… Complementary medicines are widely popular and used by more than 90% of French people. If these unconventional practices arouse undeniable sympathy among the population, there remains an incontestable vagueness in terms of effectiveness, level of training and regulations. So what do we mean by complementary medicine? What are the disciplines officially recognized by the authorities? On what criteria can you choose a specialist with complete confidence? Margaux de Frouville, head of the health department at BFMTV, and Alain Ducardonnet, cardiologist and health consultant at BFMTV, receive Véronique Suissa, general director of the adapted complementary medicine agency.
Since the start of the year, nearly 1,700 cases of this disease transmitted by the tiger mosquito have been recorded in mainland France. There were 131 last year at the same time. This “unprecedented” situation is linked to the outbreak of cases in the Americas and the Caribbean, in the face of which health authorities have called for vigilance, especially at the time of the Olympic Games. What is dengue? What are the symptoms? Is there a treatment? How to limit the risk of infection? Margaux de Frouville, head of the health department at BFMTV, and Alain Ducardonnet, cardiologist and health consultant at BFMTV, receive Professor Christophe Rapp, infectious disease doctor at the American hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine and specialist in infectious and tropical diseases.
Eat five fruits and vegetables a day! Take 10,000 steps! Don’t go out in the sun! Do not smoke or drink! Who has not been lulled by these recommendations, even these injunctions which sometimes discourage us instead of motivating us? “Prevention is better than cure”, but prevention does not necessarily mean suffering. How to make prevention a sympathetic ally? What is good advice throughout life, from pregnancy, early childhood, to the temptations of adolescence to eventual addiction? Margaux de Frouville, head of the health department at BFMTV, and Alain Ducardonnet, cardiologist and health consultant at BFMTV, receive Professor Antoine Flahaut, epidemiologist, professor of public health and author of Prévenez moi, published by Robert Laffont.
Nearly one in five French people are obese, nearly one in two are overweight. According to WHO forecasts, obesity could even affect 29% of the population by 2030. It is a multifactorial disease which itself leads to other diseases and reduces life expectancy. Not to mention daily discrimination. How to change the way we view obesity? What support? What hope do treatments derived from anti-diabetics represent? Margaux de Frouville and Alain Ducardonnet receive Anne-Sophie Joly, president and founder of the Collectif National des Associations d’Obèses, author of “I didn’t choose to be fat” published by SOLAR.
In France, around 700,000 French people, or 1 to 2% of the population, are directly affected by autism spectrum disorders. Disorders that are part of the broader category of neurodevelopmental disorders, which affect one in six people. How to explain autism? What support? What treatments or avenues of research? The two guests of the Health Podcast enlighten us: Florent Chapel, father of an autistic child and Co-President of Autisme Info Service, and Thomas Bourgeron, head of the Human Genetics and Cognitive Functions laboratory at the Pasteur Institute in Paris.
Up to 15 million tourists, 15,000 athletes and 40,000 media representatives are expected for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Influx of tourists, risk of heatwave, saturated emergencies: the JOPs represent a new organizational challenge for the hospital, in a period that is already typically tense. The Paris tourist office says it expects 150,000 additional people each day compared to a typical summer. A surplus which could result in 150 more daily visits to the emergency room according to AP-HP forecasts. How are health establishments preparing? What do emergency workers expect? How do they train? Professor Frédéric Adnet, head of the Paris SAMU, is the guest of Margaux de Frouville and Alain Ducardonnet.
