Michael Balavoine is a journalist and Deputy Director at Médecine et Hygiène (M&H). This leading medical content producer in Western Switzerland publishes the Revue Médicale Suisse, a weekly magazine and a website (www.revmed.ch) for medical practitioners. Michael is also Editor in Chief of PlanèteSanté, a website (www.planetesante.ch) and a magazine delivering high quality health content for a broad public. M&H also organises PlanèteSanté Live, a big health show with more than 90 exhibitors that attracts 30 000 visitors over four days. Michael studied computer science, German and the history of science at the Universities of Geneva and Berlin, and at ETH Zürich.