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Ankylosing spondylitis: What role does the HLA-B27 gene play?

Ankylosing spondylitis

Ankylosing spondylitis: What role does the HLA-B27 gene play?

Dec 8, 2025 • 1 Like

What is ankylosing spondylitis?Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory disease that mainly affects the spine and joints. It is characterized by persistent back pain, morning stiffness,...

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Why do we oversleep and still wake up exhausted?

Why do we oversleep and still wake up exhausted?

Dec 6, 2025 • 4 Likes

How much sleep is too much?Most adults fall somewhere between seven and nine hours of sleep per night. However, that range doesn’t apply to everyone and can shift during illness, emotional strain, or...

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HIV-positive since childhood: Sophie-Elena’s extraordinary journey

HIV/AIDS

HIV-positive since childhood: Sophie-Elena’s extraordinary journey

Dec 1, 2025

Hello Sophie-Elena, thank you for agreeing to share your story with Carenity.To begin with, could you introduce yourself?Hello, my name is Sophie-Elena. I'm a 36-year-old stay-at-home mom, and I’m...

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How daily noise disrupts your health, and what you can do about it

How daily noise disrupts your health, and what you can do about it

Nov 29, 2025

An increasingly noisy worldNoise is now woven into nearly every part of daily life. With heavy traffic, construction sites, public transport, household appliances, constant notifications… our sound...

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Anti-anxiety medications: What are your options and how to use them safely?

Anti-anxiety medications: What are your options and how to use them safely?

Nov 28, 2025 • 2 Likes • 1 comment

What are anxiolytic (anti-anxiety) medications?Anxiolytics are medications used to reduce anxiety symptoms. They include various drug classes and are prescribed to manage excessive worry, panic...

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Parkinson's disease: how can you improve your sleep?

Parkinson's disease

Parkinson's disease: how can you improve your sleep?

Nov 24, 2025

What is Parkinson's disease? Parkinson's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that primarily affects the central nervous system, particularly the dopamine-producing neurons. Dopamine...

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Your favorite color might reveal more about your mood and health than you’d expect!

Your favorite color might reveal more about your mood and health than you’d expect!

Nov 22, 2025 • 1 Like

Why do colors influence our mood and health?The power of visual perceptionBefore we even interpret what colors mean, our brain reacts to them instinctively. When light enters the eye, the retina...

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Beyond the lungs: How does COPD affect mental health?

COPD

Beyond the lungs: How does COPD affect mental health?

Nov 21, 2025

What is COPD?Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a long-term respiratory condition that causes a progressive and irreversible narrowing of the airways. It affects not only the lungs but...

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Fibromyalgia and weather: how does it affect affect your pain?

Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia and weather: how does it affect affect your pain?

Nov 19, 2025

What is fibromyalgia? Fibromyalgia is a chronic condition characterized by widespread pain in the muscles and joints, intense fatigue and sleep disorders. It mainly affects women and can have a...

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Diabetes and your gut: How the microbiome affects blood sugar and insulin

Diabetes (Type 2)

Diabetes and your gut: How the microbiome affects blood sugar and insulin

Nov 14, 2025

How is the gut microbiome linked to type 2 diabetes?Your gut microbiome is like a tiny ecosystem in your digestive tract that helps digest food, regulate immunity, and influence metabolism. People...

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Exercise and NETs: A boost for the body and mind

Neuroendocrine tumor

Exercise and NETs: A boost for the body and mind

Nov 10, 2025

What is a neuroendocrine tumor (NET)?Definition and types of NETsNeuroendocrine tumors (NETs) develop from specialized cells called neuroendocrine cells, found in many organs throughout the body....

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Feeling clumsy, off-balance and disconnected from your body? It could be a sensory issue.

Feeling clumsy, off-balance and disconnected from your body? It could be a sensory issue.

Nov 7, 2025 • 2 Likes • 1 comment

What is dysproprioception?Dysproprioception means having a reduced or distorted sense of where your body is in space. Proprioception, sometimes called your “sixth sense”, is what allows you to move...

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