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Psoriasis: Can anti-inflammatory foods help to fight flare-ups?

Psoriasis: Can anti-inflammatory foods help to fight flare-ups?

Nov 27, 2020

Avoiding flare-ups and reducing triggers are the main goals for people living with psoriasis. Nutrition can be both one of the easiest and most complicated ways to do so. Although there is no...

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Severe depression: What is electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)?

Severe depression: What is electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)?

Oct 29, 2020 • 4 comments

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) or seismotherapy is a little-known treatment for severe depression and certain serious mental disorders. Although this technique suffers from the bad reputation of...

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Family Health History: Why is it important?

Family Health History: Why is it important?

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What is an autoimmune disease?

What is an autoimmune disease?

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Sleep apnea: Everything you need to know!

Sleep apnea: Everything you need to know!

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HIV/AIDS diagnosis: Carenity Members tell their story

HIV/AIDS diagnosis: Carenity Members tell their story

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Psoriasis: Can anti-inflammatory foods help to fight flare-ups?

Psoriasis
Psoriatic arthritis

Psoriasis: Can anti-inflammatory foods help to fight flare-ups?

Nov 27, 2020

Which foods are effective in preventing flare-ups? Psoriasis is an immune-mediated disease that causes inflammation in the body, mainly in the form of scales and plaques. This condition constitutes...

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Blood tests: How to read and understand the results of a liver function test

Cirrhosis
Drug-induced hepatitis
Hepatic failure
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
Liver cancer
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and NASH

Blood tests: How to read and understand the results of a liver function test

Nov 25, 2020

What is the role of the liver?The liver has a crucial role of synthesis and regulation. It is involved in lipid metabolism, the assimilation and purification of fats via bile, carbohydrate metabolism...

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Family Health History: Why is it important?

Family Health History: Why is it important?

Nov 25, 2020 • 2 comments

Family Health HistoryWhat is it?Health is often a family matter. We share much more than physical characteristics with our family members: way of life (eating habits and lifestyle), environment and...

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"I had a radical open prostatectomy"

Prostate cancer

"I had a radical open prostatectomy"

Nov 24, 2020

Hello @Benoit54000, you accepted to share your story with us on Carenity and we thank you for it.Thank you for giving me the floor, I wish to help those who are lost and who are looking for answers...

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Everything there is to know about the keto diet (concept, benefits and drawbacks)!

Everything there is to know about the keto diet (concept, benefits and drawbacks)!

Nov 20, 2020

Recognized in the treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy since the 1920s, the ketogenic diet has become popular in recent years, allowing rapid weight loss. This high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet goes...

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Which medicines affect blood sugar levels?

Which medicines affect blood sugar levels?

Nov 19, 2020

A few reminders about blood sugar and its mechanism of variationGlucose is an essential source of energy for the proper functioning of our cells and vital organs. Muscles, for example, are large...

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8 tips to help fight depression without drugs

Depression

8 tips to help fight depression without drugs

Nov 18, 2020

Depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide, affecting about 121 million people. In the United States the case is the same, with 6.7% of the population between the ages of 15 and 44 being...

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How to manage an MS relapse?

Multiple sclerosis

How to manage an MS relapse?

Nov 17, 2020

Multiple sclerosis is a disease of the central nervous system (spinal cord and brain). This means that the immune system (involved in fighting viruses and bacteria) attacks myelin (the protective...

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Intimacy after prostate cancer: Solutions do exist!

Prostate cancer

Intimacy after prostate cancer: Solutions do exist!

Nov 16, 2020

What are the different treatments for prostate cancer?There are several treatment options in the treatment of prostate cancer. The choice depends on the patient's age, overall condition, and how far...

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“I've learned to understand and 'tame' my type 1 diabetes”

Diabetes (Type 1)

“I've learned to understand and 'tame' my type 1 diabetes”

Nov 13, 2020

Hello Tantvalacruche, you have type 1 diabetes and graciously accepted to share your story with us on Carenity. We thank you for it!First of all, could you tell us more about yourself?I am 55 years...

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The Psychological Impact of COVID-19

The Psychological Impact of COVID-19

Nov 12, 2020 • 2 comments

What are the main psychological consequences of COVID-19? A pandemic is not uncharted territory for human kind, but it is true that awareness for mental health is quite new when related to a...

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What are the first signs of lung cancer?

Lung cancer

What are the first signs of lung cancer?

Nov 11, 2020

Did you know?15 to 20% of people affected by lung cancer have never smoked! More than 2/3 of lung cancers are diagnosed at a metastatic stage (stage where the cancer cells have already migrated to...

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