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Meditation for chronic illness: A beginner’s guide to healing the mind and body

Meditation for chronic illness: A beginner’s guide to healing the mind and body

Aug 23, 2025

Can a few minutes of stillness each day really help with pain, fatigue, or emotional overwhelm? For many people living with chronic illness, the answer is yes. Meditation, a simple practice of...

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MS, prickling sensations, treatments: my battle to walk again

MS, prickling sensations, treatments: my battle to walk again

Jan 15, 2020 • 6 comments

Diagnosed with MS 50 years late, prickling sensations, hiking...Read our member interview and learn more about the symptoms and treatments of multiple sclerosis.

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Eating your emotions: when food becomes a refuge

Eating your emotions: when food becomes a refuge

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Can the brain recover from MS damage? What neuroplasticity tells us

Can the brain recover from MS damage? What neuroplasticity tells us

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Lupus: "We didn’t choose lupus, but we CAN choose our journey"

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Multiple sclerosis and misdiagnosis: One patient’s long journey

Multiple sclerosis and misdiagnosis: One patient’s long journey

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Meditation for chronic illness: A beginner’s guide to healing the mind and body

Meditation for chronic illness: A beginner’s guide to healing the mind and body

Aug 23, 2025

What is meditation?Meditation is the practice of training your attention. At its core, it means choosing to focus your mind, often on the breath, a sound, or a physical sensation, while gently...

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Do social media promote depression?

Do social media promote depression?

Aug 22, 2025 • 1 Like • 1 comment

In 2025, more than 5.24 billion people worldwide use social media, representing nearly 64% of the population. In the US, 73% (253 million people) of total population are active on social media,...

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Crohn’s disease: “I went through a total proctocolectomy… and it’s not over yet.”

Crohn's disease

Crohn’s disease: “I went through a total proctocolectomy… and it’s not over yet.”

Aug 20, 2025

Hello, and thank you so much for agreeing to share your story with Carenity.First of all, could you tell us a bit more about yourself?Hello, with pleasure, and thank you for the invitation. I...

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Fibromyalgia: How researchers are finally unlocking the mystery of chronic pain

Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia: How researchers are finally unlocking the mystery of chronic pain

Aug 18, 2025 • 1 Like

Why does fibromyalgia remain such a mystery?A condition with no visible damageFibromyalgia is one of modern medicine’s most elusive conditions. It causes widespread chronic pain, intense fatigue,...

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Is sitting too much putting your health at risk? Here’s what to do about it.

Is sitting too much putting your health at risk? Here’s what to do about it.

Aug 16, 2025

What is considered a sedentary lifestyle?Sedentary behaviour is defined as any waking activity done while sitting, reclining, or lying down, using very little energy, i.e., 1.5 metabolic equivalents...

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Fibromyalgia: “Misunderstanding and skepticism are the hardest things to deal with in this invisible illness.”

Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia: “Misunderstanding and skepticism are the hardest things to deal with in this invisible illness.”

Aug 13, 2025

Hello Sandra, you wish to share your story with Carenity, and we thank you for that.To start off, could you introduce yourself in a few words?My name is Sandra, I’m 46 years old, married, and the...

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Can the brain recover from MS damage? What neuroplasticity tells us

Multiple sclerosis

Can the brain recover from MS damage? What neuroplasticity tells us

Aug 11, 2025 • 1 comment

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic condition where the immune system mistakenly attacks the protective covering of nerves in the brain and spinal cord. This damage disrupts how signals are sent and...

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Impulse phobias: Why scary intrusive thoughts don’t define who you are

Psychiatry

Impulse phobias: Why scary intrusive thoughts don’t define who you are

Aug 8, 2025 • 1 Like

What is an impulse phobia?Impulse phobia is a form of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) characterized by intrusive, disturbing, or violent thoughts that trigger a deep fear of losing control and...

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Lipedema: Everything you need to know

Lipedema

Lipedema: Everything you need to know

Aug 4, 2025

What is lipedema?Lipedema is a long-term medical condition that causes an abnormal build-up of fat, usually in the legs and sometimes in the arms. Unlike regular weight gain, the fat in lipedema is...

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Eating your emotions: when food becomes a refuge

Eating your emotions: when food becomes a refuge

Aug 2, 2025 • 2 Likes • 1 comment

What is emotional eating? Emotional eating refers to eating in order not to satisfy physical hunger, but to cope with an emotion. This behavior, which is very common, can be occasional or recurrent,...

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Lung cancer: When the body suffers in silence

Lung cancer

Lung cancer: When the body suffers in silence

Aug 1, 2025

What are the different types of lung cancer?Lung cancer isn’t a single disease but a group of different types of tumors. The most common forms are non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and small cell...

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Loving with bipolar disorder: Can a relationship survive the highs and lows?

Bipolar disorder

Loving with bipolar disorder: Can a relationship survive the highs and lows?

Jul 28, 2025

How does bipolar disorder affect romantic relationships?Bipolar disorder doesn't just concern the person diagnosed, it reaches deeply into their closest relationships, particularly romantic ones. The...

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