[eng] An Explanatory Analysis of the QALYs Indicator in the Light of Multi- Attribute Utility Theory by Catherine Buron, Catherine Le Gales and Anne-Marie Fericelli . For the past few years a number of health microeconomists have been suggesting that quality adjusted life years (QALYs) should be...

In industrialised countries, certain biomedical innovations have come into general use, but the ways they are used vary considerably. Prenatal screening techniques for Down's syndrome are a perfect example of this. In 2010, screening rates stood at 61% in England and 84% in France; the previous...

A representative sample of 611 French pediatricians was interviewed on their knowledge, attitudes, beliefs towards and practices regarding childhood obesity through a 39-item Likert format questionnaire. A vast majority of the respondents regarded obesity as an illness (86.4%), 70.2% were aware...