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Happy New Year 2026

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We wish you a very happy 2026! How can you start 2026 in the best possible way to stay healthy for as long as possible? By trying to follow these five very simple recommendations as closely as possible! Exercise regularly. Eat healthily. Don't smoke. Avoid being overweight. Limit your alcohol consumption.

Practicing these healthy lifestyle habits after the age of 50 leads to an increase in life expectancy of +14 years for women and +12 years for men, compared to people who do not.

These are the conclusions of a study analyzing 42,000 deaths over a 34-year period (1980-2014) conducted by a team of American researchers and published in the American Heart Association's Circulation magazine https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.032047 You can also do it before the age of 50! Take care of yourself.

 

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Claire Mounier-Vehier speaks with Mélanie Gomez on Europe 1

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Is this a ticking time bomb? Since the coronavirus crisis began, health professionals have seen a drop in emergency department admissions throughout France. “We’ve had a sixty percent decrease in hospitalizations,” said Prof. Claire Mounier-Vehier, MD, head of the heart and lung institute at [...]

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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: the Most Common Genetic Heart Disease

The symptoms of HCM vary widely. Some people may have palpitations, shortness of breath, dizziness or loss of consciousness. But in the majority of cases, this disease causes few to no functional issues. This means the condition is usually discovered during a routine medical exam using an [...]

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