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Cardiovascular diseases: How to read your blood tests?

Cardiovascular diseases: How to read your blood tests?

Oct 21, 2020

When you have a chronic cardiovascular disease, blood tests and a series of check-ups are regularly prescribed. But do you know what values you should be monitoring on these blood tests? Read our...

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Alternative Medicine And Therapies For Pain

Alternative Medicine And Therapies For Pain

Oct 19, 2018 • 20 comments

To control chronic pain, our members use alternative therapies and medicine in addition to his or her medical treatments. Discover the results of our survey on this subject and share your own...

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What is a generic drug? How is it different from a brand-name drug?

What is a generic drug? How is it different from a brand-name drug?

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Self-love, positivity... what are the best techniques for battling depression?

Self-love, positivity... what are the best techniques for battling depression?

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Working Life, COPD and depression:

Working Life, COPD and depression: "We are sick, but we are not useless."

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Testimonial: Gradually Sinking into Depression

Testimonial: Gradually Sinking into Depression

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Cardiovascular diseases: How to read your blood tests?

Cardiovascular diseases

Cardiovascular diseases: How to read your blood tests?

Oct 21, 2020

What are the different types of cardiovascular disease?Rheumatic heart disease, affecting the heart muscle and valves and resulting from rheumatic fever, caused by streptococcus bacteria or...

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Dysmenorrhea: How to relieve pain during menstruation?

Dysmenorrhea: How to relieve pain during menstruation?

Oct 14, 2020

What is dysmenorrhea?Dysmenorrhea is pain that precedes, accompanies or follows menstruation. This pain usually lasts 2 to 3 days. Severe dysmenorrhea affects one in five women.There are two types of...

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What is flexible insulin therapy?

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What is flexible insulin therapy?

Oct 13, 2020

Who is flexible insulin therapy intended for?Flexible insulin therapy is mainly aimed at patients with type 1 diabetes who need a daily supply of insulin (a hormone secreted by the pancreas that...

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Flu Season 2020-2021: What do you need to know before getting vaccinated?

Flu Season 2020-2021: What do you need to know before getting vaccinated?

Oct 9, 2020

How does vaccination work?From a historical point of view, the idea of preventing diseases has been around for centuries. We've come a long way from the smallpox inoculation by Edward Jenner in the...

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The National Breast Cancer Foundation celebrates 28 years of the pink ribbon during Breast Cancer Awareness Month!

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The National Breast Cancer Foundation celebrates 28 years of the pink ribbon during Breast Cancer Awareness Month!

Oct 8, 2020

From October 1-31st, 2020, numerous initiatives are being put in place to support research and raise awareness of breast cancer screening for the general public. Health professionals, non-profit...

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What is a generic drug? How is it different from a brand-name drug?

What is a generic drug? How is it different from a brand-name drug?

Oct 2, 2020 • 1 comment

What is a generic drug? How is it different from a brand-name drug?In order to understand the concept of generic drugs, it is necessary to fully grasp the notion of what is called the...

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The best free nutrition apps: how to make eating healthy easier?

The best free nutrition apps: how to make eating healthy easier?

Sep 24, 2020

According to INSERM (the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research), modern thinking about nutrition focuses on two essential factors: diet and physical activity. An imbalance in these...

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Everything to know about corticosteroid treatments (cortisone): use, dosage, side effects and more!

Everything to know about corticosteroid treatments (cortisone): use, dosage, side effects and more!

Sep 22, 2020 • 1 comment

What is cortisone? What does it do?  Belonging to the family of steroids, cortisone is produced naturally by the adrenal gland located above the kidneys. This gland, which has a pyramidal structure,...

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) masks: Regulations, types, prices and more!

Coronavirus (COVID-19) masks: Regulations, types, prices and more!

Sep 18, 2020

What is the purpose of wearing a mask? Wearing a mask limits the risk of spreading a virus, whether it's COVID-19, the flu or any other respiratory virus. It acts as a "barrier" preventing the...

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5 tips for successfully getting back into exercise (even with a chronic illness)!

5 tips for successfully getting back into exercise (even with a chronic illness)!

Sep 10, 2020

Everyone knows that exercise is good for your health in every way: it keeps you fit and in shape, it reduces stress and anxiety, it helps you set goals and it makes you proud when you reach them. Yet...

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How to get tested for the coronavirus (COVID-19)?

How to get tested for the coronavirus (COVID-19)?

Sep 3, 2020

Who should be tested for COVID-19? As of August 24, 2020, the CDC recommends seeking a COVID-19 test for: People who are exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms (fever, continuous cough, new loss of smell or...

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Why do we need vitamin D?

Why do we need vitamin D?

Aug 21, 2020

What is vitamin D? Vitamin D is a group of fat-soluble secosteroids. Together with its metabolite (end-product resulting from its degradation) calcitriol, it is essential for good bone mineralization....

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