A woman talks about the difficulties she encountered following a miscarriage. She was strongly marked by the lack of empathy from the doctors who examined her.
Report. The contraceptive pill for men is now possible thanks to the synthesis of work by American and Canadian researchers. They reviewed all the studies conducted on the subject on more than 1,500 patients in total. The result: the method proved to be effective and reversible.
Report on the development of a male pill. With the interview of Professor BEAULIEU on its safety on virility and its importance for men in new relationships of the couple. Interview of a laughing woman, retirees, a very young woman, an old couple, and a haberdashery: you can have sex without pills, I have only two children, me, sir.
Presentation of a new center of male contraception, supervised by the ARDECOM (Association pour la Recherche et le Développement de la Contraception Masculine). A doctor sees a patient who wants to start taking the male pill. The young man sees in this approach no attack on his manhood.
Pierre COLIN and Michel PONS of the ARDECOM (Association pour la Recherche et le Développement de la Contraception Masculine) back on the male pill, the tests and experimentation of male contraception under medical supervision having taken place during one year. The results prove conclusive with good reversibility.
Professor NETTER describes the operation of the male pill, which is based on exactly the same principle as the female pill: a surplus of hormones, which in the case of man would reduce spermagenesis. He deplores the fact that this method is not yet used, explaining that it is mainly a matter of male pride.
A man in his 30s says he’s in favor of a vasectomy. He explains that his fourth child was not programmed. He added, "I don’t see why my wife alone should have to assume these responsibilities".
Report on a technique of male contraception without hormones: the heated briefs. Young men and women gathered for a sewing workshop explain the benefits.
Report. On the occasion of the European days of Down syndrome, meeting with a disabled adult who works and is integrated into society. Commentary on factual images of a disabled person and his family alternating with their testimony and the interview of Jean-Yves BEUGIN (director of the Poitou paper mills). [Source: France 2 prompter] To put an end to the taboos and a priori, these European days of Down syndrome.. Talking about it so that these young children and adults with disabilities can best fit into society and everyday life... And what better way to break down prejudice than to show that you can be independent and integrated professionally when you are trisomic? Report, Edouard BERGEON and Emmanuel Morel
A report devoted to the daily life of a disabled child in the midst of his family. The commentary on factual images alternates with interviews with her parents. [Source: Prompter France 2] Question: What do stakeholders think?... Here is the example of a family where the eldest, aged 16, has Down syndrome.... For them, the Perruche decision is simply dangerous... Report, Laetitia LEGENDRE and Maya EL-HUSNI
Every day, more than one Down syndrome baby is born in France. This is the most common chromosomal abnormalities. Yesterday, 60 cities took part in the National Trisomy Day 21. In Niort, an educational apartment was inaugurated. A structure for young adults. Objective: to give them more autonomy.
3062-d/ Bénédicte is 16 years old, she has Down syndrome and follows general and vocational education courses at the Pierre MENDES FRANCE College in Riom. Original experience of this college that allows children with Down syndrome to take classes with other students. They better appreciate their difficulties and learn a manual profession with a view to professional integration and the search for autonomy. However, this socialization has its limits since no structure takes over from the college.
The integration of Down syndrome children into the school system through the action of the association geist, constituted by parents of disabled children. In this school, children are questioned about having Down syndrome children as classmates and find nothing to complain about.
UNAPEI welcomes "new parents" of children with disabilities. An essential support if we judge by the testimony of this couple that met Gilles CHAVANEL and Bernard STEMPFER. A couple with 3 children, 2 girls and a little boy with Down syndrome.
Jean-Pierre Jourdan, médecin et directeur de recherche médicale de l'association "IANDS-France", s'interroge sur les témoignages d'expériences de mort imminente, et Jean-Pierre Postel, anesthésiste-réanimateur au centre hospitalier de Sarlat, en Dordogne, a mis au point une expérience originale qui pourrait valider (ou pas) ce phénomène étrange...
Témoignages de personnes qui ont vécu une expérience de mort imminente lors de coma ou en état de mort cérébrale, notamment le journaliste et écrivain Philippe Labro qui a écrit un livre sur le sujet ("Ca pose des questions..."), ainsi que Jean Morzelle, retraité, puis interview de Pierre Etevenon, directeur de recherche honoraire à l'INSERM : "Nous, scientifiques, on n'a pas la possibilité d'enregistrer des paramètres physiologiques ou d'imageries cérébrales car l'urgence est de sauver le malade..."
Interview en anglais de Raymond Moody (traduction off), philosophe et psychiatre américain spécialiste des expériences de mort imminente (Near Death Experience, NDE), qui pense que l'on ne peut pas prouver scientifiquement l'existence de la vie après la mort. L'explication de causes uniquement physiologiques des NDE lui semble être "un raccourci dangereux". Pour lui, l'essentiel est de focaliser sur les retombées positives de ces expériences : les rescapés n'ont plus peur de la mort et disent que l'important est de s'aimer les un, les autres...
Que se passe-t-il dans notre cerveau juste avant la mort ? La question a toujours alimenté les rumeurs et les fantasmes, entre science et croyance. Des scientifiques viennent de découvrir que l'activité du cerveau est particulièrement intense après l'arrêt du coeur. C'est un nouvel éclairage sur la fameuse "lumière blanche"... Rencontre avec Nicole Canivenq, victime d'un accident de la route qui l'a laissée inconsciente pendant quelques minutes : elle décrit sa rencontre avec des "êtres de lumières", témoignage du journaliste et écrivain Philippe Labro, qui a vécu une expérience de coma et de mort imminente, et interview du Dr Jean-Pierre Postel, du Centre national de recherche et d'information sur la conscience.