Antonino Mercuri, an osteopath accused of sectarian excesses and abuse of vulnerability, is being tried in Paris for exploiting 51 former patients, imposing control on them for years under the guise of supposedly spiritual and energetic treatments. #DérivesSectaires #AbusDeFaiblesse #Ostéopathie (translated)
Chronic fatigue syndrome, also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis, is controversial between patient associations and the medical community, which partly views it as a psychosomatic disorder, with estimates of cases varying significantly. #SyndromeDeFatigueChronique #EncéphalomyéliteMyalgique #Santé (translated)
Osteopath Antonino Mercuri is accused of having put 51 former patients under his influence by claiming to have the ability to "pass through matter." #FaitsDivers #Ostéopathie #Justice (translated)
A patients' group has warned that upcoming strikes will result in significant disruptions and chaos in hospitals during the winter months. #Cookies #Security #OnlinePrivacy
The author wrote that personalised medicine could transform prevention, diagnosis and treatment, but said its breakthroughs would matter only if they reached patients. In a message to a conference on personalised medicine in Ireland, the author said EU pharmaceutical reform and the Biotech Act could support innovation and access. https://t.co/W7FMPjG9Gn #PersonalisedMedicine #Innovation #Healthcare #IE #EU
The growing enthusiasm of patients for anti-obesity medications is causing a strain on the French healthcare system. #ProblemasDeConexión #Navegador #ExtensionesDeNavegador (translated)
Actu Foot indicated that OM had planned a special jersey for its women's team as part of Pink October and the breast cancer awareness campaign. According to the account, the Marseille players were to wear it on October 18 against FC Fleury 91. OM was also to invite representatives from Marseille hospitals, caregivers, patients, and associations to the match. #OM #CancerDuSein #OctobreRose (translated)
This is detailed in the brand new Belgian cancer plan, presented this Friday by the federal Minister of Health, Frank Vandenbroucke (Vooruit), and informed by the work of 86 local organizations (university hospitals, scientific societies, patients, Inami, Sciensano, ...). #PlanCancer #Santé #Prévention (translated)
Elodie Dvt accused the macronists of labeling others as impatient, asserting that they had been tolerated for ten years. She described Gabriel Attal's spokesperson as arrogant and out of touch, and believed that a high school student and François Piquemal had put her in a difficult position. https://t.co/GDO7rce9DI #France #politique #Macron (translated)
The author wrote that structured laughter therapy reduced breathlessness and improved self-rated health among patients with COPD, with effects comparable to those of conventional breathing exercises.
The AP-HP suffered a cyberattack, leading to the theft and online sale of personal data of over a thousand patients. #Erreur #Service #Système (translated)
An optogenetic treatment restored partial vision in six patients with blindness. #ProblemasDeConexión #ErroresDeNavegación #SoporteTécnico (translated)
The author, a rheumatologist, said they had built RheumaNext so patients’ accounts would not be lost between appointments. They wrote that symptoms and treatments could change, while a single visit captured only part of the picture. RheumaNext v2, they said, connected what patients reported with what clinicians needed to review.
More than 1000 patients of AP-HP have been victims of a data breach, leading to the filing of a complaint. #Paris #VolDeDonnées #Santé (translated)
Doctors at the Gustave-Roussy hospital are accused of having received bribes to treat patients abroad. #corruption #santé #médecine (translated)
The author wrote that patients needed to be able to trust that medicines bought in pharmacies or online were safe and genuine. They said falsified medicines sold online put lives at risk and called for health, digital, customs and law enforcement services to work together to tackle the problem.
The author said the research could help scientists identify links between brain cells and functions, memories and behaviour, and better understand conditions such as dementia, epilepsy and addiction. They added that this knowledge could lead to new approaches to diagnosis and treatment and improve outcomes for patients.
🚨Patient and resident safety: the 2026-2028 roadmap details its 3 transverse objectives, 5 axes, and 26 actions. 📒 Improving the safety of patients and residents: the national roadmap 2026-2028 ✍️ Ministry of Health, Families, Autonomy, and People with Disabilities — General Directorate for Health Care Offer (DGOS) 🤝 Teamwork, reporting of serious adverse events, feedback, the role of the patient and their loved ones: what continues and what is new. Audio Capsules on Health Practices 🎙️🎥 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4HGygys5YM Analysis of Health Practices and link to the source ℹ️➕ https://www.pratiquesensante.com/blog/pratiques-15/ameliorer-la-securite-des-patients-et-des-residents-la-feuille-de-route-nationale-2026-2028-6231 📌 The document aims to make existing safety mechanisms more accessible and promote a shared safety culture (p. 2). It allows for the identification of the tools and approaches it presents as existing (SAED guide, PACTE program, HAS non-technical skills reference framework, operating room checklist, "Patient Challenge") and those that are announced (reporting portal toolbox, guides, plans). It also provides the schedule for the next two safety culture measurement campaigns (2027 and 2028) and actions concerning nursing homes, primary care, and urban settings, as well as patients, residents, and their loved ones. #️⃣ #healthpractices #PatientSafety #QualityOfCare #SafetyCulture #SeriousAdverseEvents #Feedback #Teamwork #NursingHomes #pratiquesensante #SécuritéDesPatients #QualitéDesSoins #CultureDeSécurité #EIGS #RetourDExpérience #TravailEnÉquipe #EHPAD (translated)
NEW: RFK Jr. says Medicare spending on wound care patches exploded from $200 million in 2019 to $14 billion last year: "It's all stolen." Bad actors billed Medicare billions by slapping the most expensive skin grafts on elderly and dying patients who didn't need them. "The doctors who prescribed them would get 6% of the sales cost. And so, they were incentivized to prescribe more expensive products. In Europe, they spend 35 cents a cubic inch. We were spending $135, and that went up to $2,000 a cubic inch." "So 2019, we were paying $200 million. Last year we spent 14 billion. All stolen. It's all stolen. And we were on track to spend 23 billion this year." "We put an end to it, and we now have driven that cost down to somewhere around a billion dollars." In one Arizona case, the owners of two wound care companies pleaded guilty to more than $1.2 billion in fraudulent claims. Medicare paid over $1 million per patient for grafts slapped on elderly patients who didn't need them, many of them dying in hospice. In June, DOJ charged 11 more defendants over more than $2 billion in allograft claims, including a company accused of issuing sham invoices to inflate what Medicare paid. It feels like every week I learn a new way people were ripping off taxpayers for billions. https://x.com/KanekoaTheGreat/status/2105375659401035868
The 27-year-old Finnish influencer Olivia Oras passed away after complications from a cosmetic procedure in Finland, which has sparked a debate about patient safety and deficiencies in legislation within the beauty industry. #Skönhetsingrepp #Plastikkirurgi #Patientsäkerhet (translated)
