Psychiatry

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...

Cardiovascular diseases

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...

Diabetes (Type 1)
Diabetes (Type 2)

What is flexible insulin therapy?

Oct 13, 2020

Flexible insulin therapy (also known as intensive insulin therapy) is a therapeutic regimen for diabetes which is based upon tight management of blood sugar levels so as to keep them closer to the...

Alzheimer's disease

Expert Interview: Understanding neuropsychology (3/3)

Jul 3, 2020

A neuropsychologist answers our questions about clinical research and the hope for new treatments for Alzheimer's disease....

Alzheimer's disease

Expert Interview: Understanding Neuropsychology (2/3)

Jun 12, 2020

Timothée Albasser, a neuropsychologist at the Hautepierre Hospital in Strasbourg, France, reveals the secrets of Alzheimer's disease....

HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS diagnosis: Carenity Members tell their story

Jun 9, 2020 • 1 comment

HIV, or human immunodeficiency virus, is a virus that attacks cells that help the body fight infection, making those affected more vulnerable to other diseases and infections. If left untreated, HIV...

Lung cancer

Lung cancer diagnosis: Carenity members tell their story

Jun 5, 2020 • 1 comment

Lung cancer, also known as bronchogenic carcinoma, is a disease affecting the cells of the bronchi....

Bipolar disorder

Living with Bipolar Disorder

May 28, 2020 • 1 Like • 1 comment

Formerly called “manic-depressive illness" or "manic depression”, bipolar disorder affects approximately 5.7 million adult Americans or about 2.6% of the US population, according to the...

Expert interview: discovering neuropsychology (1/3)

Mar 10, 2020

We interviewed an expert to understand what neuropsychology is and for which patients neuropsychological assessments may be required....

Cancer

Cancer diagnosis: Carenity members tell their story

Feb 25, 2020 • 1 comment

Our members affected by cancer have told the story of their diagnosis. Symptoms, emotions, examinations, relationships with their doctors....

Crohn's disease

Crohn's Disease diagnosis: Carenity members tell their story

Feb 24, 2020

It took on average three years for our members living with Crohn's disease to be diagnosed. Read their stories and leave your own experiences in the comments!...

Sleeping disturbances: when and how to treat them?

Feb 13, 2020 • 1 comment

27 % of adults in the US say they have trouble sleeping! But when does insomnia become pathological? And what good habits can help?...