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Axa Prévention

Founded in 1984, AXA Prévention is a non-profit association. Its mission is to study and implement all measures likely to prevent the risks to which the French are exposed in terms of health, on the road, at home, in the workplace and in front of screens. To raise awareness of the need for good [...]

The Heart Bus to combat cardiovascular disease in women

In France, cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death for women (26%, ahead of cancer 25%). Every day, it kills 200 women in France and 25,000 worldwide. Yet 80% of these deaths could be avoided if screening procedures were better defined. The women most affected are those living in [...]

Taking care of our heart and arteries

The good news is that it's possible to keep them at bay through lifestyle choices. The first step is to question your family to identify any genetic susceptibility to cardiovascular disease, with myocardial infarction and stroke at the top of the list. Then, in 8 out of 10 cases, the disease can [...]

Managing heart failure

A report published by the Optim'IC program highlights the fact that heart failure is often diagnosed late, and that the link between hospital and outpatient care needs to be optimized. It proposes to systematize early detection of heart failure and its comorbidities, and to encourage preventive [...]

Women have a harder time recovering from cardiovascular accidents

Specific risk factors, atypical symptoms or under-screening - the causes of this inequality in the face of cardiovascular disease are manifold. TV5 monde describes them in a comprehensive article. In absolute terms, men suffer three times more heart attacks than women. But the thirty-day and one-year [...]

Detecting abdominal aortic aneurysms in women

Jean Pierre Laroche, a vascular physician in Avignon who has been involved in prevention for many years, reminds us of this in his blog Medvasc https://medvasc.info. He was behind the Vesale operation 4 or 5 years ago, which resulted in the detection of 729 AAA out of 36,500 people, i.e. a prevalence [...]

Heart and brain are intimately linked

The heart is frozen, as if paralyzed. Top Santé takes a look at tako-tsubo. This acute heart failure can occur in the wake of a strong emotion: an argument, a break-up, surgery, the announcement of a death... If prompt action is taken, it is reversible after hospitalization, treatment and [...]

More patients treated for hypertension and diabetes

The number of patients being treated for hypertension and diabetes is rising. Reduced physical activity, a sedentary lifestyle and weight gain linked to confinement could be the causes. Over the months, collateral damage from the Covid-19 pandemic has accumulated among patients suffering from other [...]