A therapeutic AIDS vaccine has been successfully tested in animals. It will soon be tested on the man in the hospital of Timone in Marseilles. There will be two phases, the first on HIV-positive people on ART. If the results are good, the treatment will be applied to 80 people. The vaccine should neutralize the protein responsible for the development of the infection. The associations of aids to the sick are sceptical and evoke: "the announcing effects". The commentary on images of the hospital of Timone in Marseille and images of illustration, alternates with the interviews of Erwann LORET, researcher Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Marseille, and the reaction of Christian ANDREO, Director National Actions AIDES.
Do we have to worry about aluminum in the vaccines or not? This is not a new issue, but the debate is revived by researchers who are calling for new studies to determine whether or not he is responsible for neurological disorders. We are at the stage of suspicions and testimonies. Testimonials of two members of the association "Entraide aux malades de la Myofasclite à macrophages": Domitille and Caroline have been vaccinated and today suffer from myofasciitis with macrophages. Aluminum in vaccines would be responsible for their very disabling disorders. It increases the effectiveness of vaccines but would be toxic in some people by accumulation in the brain. Professor Romain GHERARDI, a researcher at Inserm, conducted a study in 600 people and applied for funding to continue his research, which was refused. Bernard DELORME of the National Drug Safety Agency, believes that aluminum is a proven adjuvant, used for more than 40 years, whose dangerousness is not proven. The patient associations and some doctors are calling for a ban on aluminum on the precautionary principle.
Following the departure of the village doctor, the inhabitants of Châtelus, and in particular the elderly, deplore the fact that they have to travel 15 to 20 km to go to the doctor and obtain medicines.
In a context of the spread of AIDS in France and the lack of knowledge of the disease, point in Marseille with the association AIDES Marseille and its president Dr Thierry GAMBY explaining the methods of prevention.
Report on the Hope train of the Telethon 1993, with Pierre TCHERNIA as the host, accompanied by Mireille MATHIEU. Crossing different cities of France before reaching the Paris region, each station stop is the object of a direct. Images of the television teams' preparations, and an interview with Pierre TCHERNIA.
Professor Jean-Michel DUBERNARD has just carried out a pancreatic transplant on a 40-year-old man with a promising new technique, tested on dogs. Comment on images of convalescent and laboratory dogs alternating with the interview of Jean-Michel DUBERNARD.
Report devoted to the multiplication of medical deserts in Burgundy. However, there are more and more elderly people in need of care. Not all medical students are inclined to project into the countryside, and numerus clausus does not evolve sufficiently to hope to cover the territory. Commentary on factual images alternating with interviews with Olivier COATMEUR, internal to the hepato-gastro-enterologist service of the Dijon CHU, Doctor Jean-Noel BEIS, ordinal advisor to the national order of physicians (Côte d'Or) and Aymeric DIVIES, a third-year medical student.
Every Sunday morning Yoga classes are offered free of charge in Lille throughout the summer. Followed by a course that brought together nearly 150 people. Commentary on images of the course alternating with interviews of Olivier, former professional dancer yoga teacher gives yoga classes, and joggers.
Interview a few days after his heart transplant carried out by Prof. Henry and Monties at the Cantini center in Marseille, Emmanuel VITRIA, via an internal television circuit.
At the Cambrai hospital, a team of doctors under the direction of Nhommala BOUASSAKAO managed an arm transplant on a patient. Comment on images of the operation alternating with the interview of the surgeon Nhommala BOUASSAKAO. JOU Choupin, Thierry ; BY Bouassakao, Nhommala ;
For the first time, a living heart valve was grafted into a patient. This operation took place in Lyon under the direction of Dr Georges DUREAU, a doctor at INSERM who explains the principles of this transplant using a diagram. Images of the operation illustrate his remarks.
Report on the AFM and its president, Yolaine de KEPPER, who founded it in 1958. Commentary on images of an AFM reception center, the Larorêt residence, with young patients in armchairs, alternating with the interview of Yolaine of KEPPER, explaining that at the time, no help was given to the families of myopathic children and testimonies of a young myopathy.
Interview with Professor Henri WAREMBOURG, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Head of the Medical Clinic Department of the Faculty of Medicine of Lille. It declines the building blocks of modern life that are at the origin of the increase in cardiovascular diseases: an overly rich diet and a permanent nervous tension.
Reportage in Giat, in the Puy-de-Dôme, where a doctor who has found himself without a partner is forced to ensure permanence all year round, 7 days a week, day or night, on 15 different municipalities. Comment on factual images and interviews with Brigitte SENEGAS-ROUVIERE, doctor in Giat.
For the first time, a living heart valve was grafted into a patient. This operation took place in Lyon under the direction of Dr Georges Dureau, physician at INSERM. Comment on images of an operation.
At the INSERM pharmacocynetic laboratory in Marseille, researchers are trying to adapt the dosage of individual chemotherapy to avoid reaching toxic doses that cause side effects. The images of the manipulations in this laboratory and of various measuring instruments alternate with the interview of Professor CANO, Director of the Joint Service No. 16 INSERM, describing the objectives of this research.
On the occasion of the International Women’s Rights Day, a focus on family planning, which has been working with women since 1956, especially in disadvantaged neighbourhoods, to make them aware of their rights: from contraception to abortion, through domestic violence remedies.
Heart transplant on a one-month-old baby for the first time in France at the Laennec Hospital. Interview with surgeon Pascal VOUHE on the difficulty of finding a donor for a baby. Interview with Jean KACHANER, cardiologist, on the possibilities of treating rejection.