Pigmentary retinopathy is a heterogeneous group of inherited eye diseases that affects vision and sometimes causes blindness. All forms of this disease lead to progressive degeneration of the photoreceptor cells in the retina. Although rare, it is the most common...
On 12 May, the High Commissioner for Planning in France, François Bayrou, issued a report on demography as being "fundamental to preserving our social model". The post of High Commissioner for Planning was recently created in September 2020 and assigned to François...
Does assisted reproductive technology (ART) resort too often to the use of unnecessary and costly techniques? In a recent study published in the Lancet, Australian researchers investigated this issue, especially focusing on the technique of intracytoplasmic sperm...
On May 18, 2021, in its House judgment, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) unanimously concluded that refusing to recognize two persons as parents of a child born of surrogacy, does not violate the European Convention on Human Rights. The case concerns Valdis...
On May 12th 2021, the French government published a decree in the official journal to specify the exact terms for extending paid paternity leave from 14 to 28 days. Voted five months ago as part of the 2021 Social Security Financial Act, the new benefits for French...
In France, prematurity is the leading cause of neonatal mortality and is responsible for half of all disabilities of perinatal origin. It affects around 55,000 births each year, or approximately 7.5% of all births in the country. The British Medical Journal has...
