July 2023
A plant, therapies
SUMMARY What is herbal medicine? What is aromatherapy? What is gemmotherapy? What is hydrolatherapy? What are Bach flowers? What is homeopathy? Who can prescribe plants for me? Our expert What is herbal medicine? Known since Antiquity, it offers different therapies exploiting the properties of medicinal plants whose powerful active ingredients act on inconveniences as diverse […]
Maybe a midwife performs acupuncture?
An ancestral know-how, acupuncture is more than 2,000 years old. Known to relieve many disorders, it is often used during pregnancy to help future mothers. In addition, many medications being prohibited once pregnant, more and more pregnant women are turning to midwives who have made acupuncture their specialty. Acupuncture: what is it? Acupuncture is traditional […]
Home care is not fair when you are already very sick!
Twenty years after the “Home, First Choice” policy, is it normal that our parents, grandparents and loved ones have to wait until they are very ill to receive appropriate home care? Can we accept that elderly people, those who have contributed their entire lives to our society, are housed in CHSLDs prematurely, when services offered […]
Nutrition and osteoporosis: first French recommendations
Summary THE Mediterranean dietof the high quality protein (1-1.2 g/kg/d) and calcium (2-3 dairy products/j) are recommended. Unbalanced Western diets, vegan (vegan), and low-calorie diets in non-obese people are not recommended. They require, where applicable, the calculation of daily calcium intake and supplementation if necessary. Coffee (3 cups per day) and tea do not seem […]
Supervised consumption sites privately staffed by nurses in Montreal
MONTREAL — Six years after the opening of supervised consumption sites in the metropolis, and while a serious overdose crisis continues to claim thousands of victims across the country, the lack of nurses is seriously affecting the effectiveness of these services essential in harm reduction. According to data from the overdose monitoring of the Montreal […]
is hypnosis effective?
SUMMARY What is medical hypnosis? How does a medical hypnosis session take place? Is medical hypnosis effective for chronic pain? Is this lasting relief? Can you do hypnosis alone? What are the recommendations to avoid unpleasant mishaps? Back pain that prevents you from returning to sport, osteoarthritis that prevents you from carrying your grandson, neuralgia […]
The gyms of the future: how Fitness Park adapts to technology?
Number 1 gym in France, Fitness Park has a total of 270 gyms in Europe, for 1 million members. In Saint-Ouen, he installed a high-end room, in which he experiments with different innovations. In the age of sports at home (streaming classes, video game accessories, specialized influencers, etc.), do fitness centers need to reinvent themselves? […]
Money and happiness | Why getting rich should be easy
In the newsletter Money and happiness, sent by email on Tuesday, our journalist Nicolas Bérubé offers thoughts on enrichment. His texts are reproduced here on Sundays. Updated July 2 2023 I have two stories that have nothing to do with each other, but show how ease is one of the keys to our behavior. When […]