Author: Maria Gill

From 260 cases in the previous week, Reunion Island cases increased to 435 cases of dengue fever from March 1-7. The epidemic is accelerating on the island, and now 21 municipalities, or 5 others, are affected. The West and the South are the most affected areas. The authorities are concerned about the acceleration of the dengue fever epidemic in Reunion. In one month, the number of new cases per week doubled by 4. From March 1 to 7, 435 new cases were confirmed.Two weeks ago, local cases were identified in 15 municipalities, and now there are 21 cases involved: Saint-Joseph,…

AstraZeneca vaccine is safe, the Minister of Health and Social Services, Christian Dube, wisely reassured the opinion of expert doctors, among others, from Quebec, Canada and the World Health Organization. Posted March 16, 2021 at 4:00 PM. Updated at 23:56 Paul GurnettJournalism But it is known that it is difficult to confuse skeptics. Quoting another comedian, The Minister’s confidence in the vaccine, we don’t want to know that, we want to see it! Soon this will be the case. Mr. Dubey, born in 1956 and living in Montreal, can be vaccinated according to current standards. Scheduled for Thursday, I checked.…

Why do you remember your mother’s birthday but not where you parked your car? A team of researchers led by McGill University has just unveiled one of the mysteries of long-term learning. Posted on October 8, 2020 at 6:00 am Alice Gerrard BossJournalism Our new memory is very fragile and prone to interference and forgetting. In order to become stable and persistent over time, they must undergo a memory consolidation phenomenon that can extend over a period of several months. This merging consists of a progressive realignment of the nerve circuits. This is what enables us to learn in the…

The Quebec government, in Cabinet last Wednesday, adopted a new variable compensation policy for investment in Quebec (IQ), according to information Mario Dumont reported to QUB radio on Tuesday. Under the new policy, IQ executives will now receive variable compensation, the long-term incentive plan, which will be boosted based on their performance. In so doing, incumbent Guy LeBlanc, the man of confidence to Economy Minister Pierre Fitzgibbon, would receive a reward that could reach $ 1.1 million, or twice his predecessor. By adding base salary and performance bonuses, the vice presidents ’total compensation will fluctuate between $ 775,000 and $…

A study from the University and University Hospital of Zurich revealed that eating small amounts of sugar doubles fat production in the liver. In high daily doses, fructose and especially sucrose can cause serious illness.Just 80 grams of sugar is enough to stimulate fat production in the liver, a manager warnsZurich study Philip Gerber, from the Clinical Nutrition, Diabetes and Endocrinology Clinic. This would be the same as consuming eight dL of soda. From this dose the excessive fat production continues even for a long time without consuming more sugar.One soft drink a day for seven weeksThe study collected data…

It may soon be necessary to address Elon Musk by calling him “the sire”: the bizarre Tesla boss was officially announced Monday as “Technoking” (the king of technology) by his company. Also read: Internet: Satellites, the hope of remote areas Also read: A prototype SpaceX missile explodes to the ground minutes after its landing Also read: Tesla has invested $ 1.5 billion in Bitcoin Meanwhile, Chief Financial Officer Zak Kirkorn has been awarded the nickname “Master of the Coin”, possibly referring to the electric vehicle maker’s recent purchase of a $ 1.5 billion Bitcoin virtual currency. The company has not…

The Commission on Human Rights and Youth Rights (CDPDJ) called for some homeowners’ demand on Monday after being told that several discriminatory rental advertisements had been aired in recent weeks. Also read: Beware of false advertisements about housing The context of the shortage makes it difficult to find housing in Quebec, and some landlords can take advantage of this increase in demand to tighten their selection criteria, sometimes even going so far as to reject tenants based on personal characteristics. “Some people are publicly denied access to housing, especially because they have children or because they are indigenous, which is…

Singing workshop, object therapy, afternoon relaxation and Zumba. A busy program awaits beneficiaries of the France Alzheimer Réunion from March 15 to 21, on the occasion of Brain Week. The association organizes various activities across the island with the aim of maintaining social connections despite the current health context, but above all to stimulate brain functions in patients. In the context of Alzheimer’s disease, cognitive, psychological, or sensory workshops are a major issue for prevention but they also slow disease progression. In Reunion, Alzheimer’s disease affects around 10,000 people. Degenerative pathology, it causes progressive memory loss and cognitive disturbances. For…

Three months after the first vaccine was distributed in Quebec, an analysis of the data from this historic campaign reminds us that we must tread the accelerator to prevent the variables from continuing to delay the long-awaited exit from the crisis. With 50% of people over 80 years of age vaccinated in Quebec, but barely 19% of people aged 70-79 and 5% of people aged 60-69 with the first dose (see box) We have to restrain ourselves somewhat from optimism, believes Alan Lamary, professor of immunivirology at the National Institute of Statistics. There is far from the cup to the…

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