Interview with Cynthia Bansah, Prevention Program Officer at the Association for Health, Mediation, and Development (Assamede). Since 2005, the International Network of Health-Promoting...

This article highlights that some heat-related deaths can be prevented. The key is to identify vulnerable populations and understand the risk factors. Excess mortality primarily affected...

The Director General of the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance provides an overview of the heat wave, a public health disaster that struck France in August 2003. His...

This article summarizes the objectives of a study that tracked changes in the workload of healthcare workers in several major cities (Paris, Marseille, Toulouse, Nice, Bordeaux, and...

The August 2003 heat wave in France was exceptional, both in terms of maximum and minimum temperatures and the associated short-term excess mortality. To anticipate the occurrence of a...

This article provides an overview of the national and international literature on three key areas: the assessment of heat exposure; heat-related health effects and their risk factors;...

This article presents the survey conducted in healthcare facilities that treated cases of heatstroke. The study suggests that people with limited independence—such as the elderly, those...

Raising consumer awareness about moderation by informing them of the risks of excessive consumption is the central theme of the most recent alcohol awareness campaigns. This marks a...

General practitioners are in a key position to identify heavy drinkers and provide them with advice on reducing their alcohol consumption and the associated risks. However, despite an...

Introduction - The objective of this study is to identify, based on a representative sample of the population, the factors that may underlie compulsive drinking behavior among drinkers...