Jean-Daniel Flaysakier, born Jean-Daniel Flajszakier (23 September 1951 – 7 October 2021) was a French doctor and journalist. He was the health and medicine correspondent for and

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from 1980 to 2018.

Biography

Born as Jean-Daniel Flajszakier, he francisized his name to Flaysakier. He earned a degree in medicine from the

University of Tours The University of Tours (), formerly François Rabelais University of Tours (), is a public university in Tours, France. Founded in 1969, the university was formerly named after the French writer François Rabelais. It is the largest university ...

and worked on the team which developed the first

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. He then earned a master's degree in

epidemiology Epidemiology is the study and analysis of the distribution (who, when, and where), patterns and Risk factor (epidemiology), determinants of health and disease conditions in a defined population, and application of this knowledge to prevent dise ...

from

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. Upon his return to France, he worked for written press, radio, and television. From 1985 to 1991, Flaysakier was a health columnist on the Antenne 2 morning show '' Télématin'', hosted by William Leymergie. He then became Deputy Editor-in-Chief of France 2 while simultaneously working in oncology. He contributed to the popularization of medicine on television, where he worked for 33 years. On 7 October 2018, he announced on his Twitter account that he would be retiring from France 2 at the end of the month. He was occasionally criticized for his comments on unjustified medical acts. Flaysakier died of heart failure in

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on 7 October 2021 at the age of 70.

Publication

*''Santé publique et responsabilité des médias'' (1997)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Flaysakier, Jean-Daniel 1951 births 2021 deaths French television journalists University of Tours alumni Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health alumni Writers from Tours, France 20th-century French physicians 21st-century French physicians