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Which medical conditions and medications are contraindicated for ibuprofen?

Which medical conditions and medications are contraindicated for ibuprofen?

Sep 2, 2019 • 2 comments

Before taking the well-known pain reliever and fever reducer, ibuprofen, individuals should be mindful of some precautions and contraindications. Are you aware of...

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Medication Reconciliation: a practice to avoid prescriptions errors, in and outside of the hospital

Medication Reconciliation: a practice to avoid prescriptions errors, in and outside of the hospital

Aug 25, 2019 • 3 comments

Medication reconciliation helps to reduce and protect against medication errors and adverse drug events. This practice is becoming more and more widespread in Europe and North...

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Assisted Suicide: How Patients and Families Really Feel

Assisted Suicide: How Patients and Families Really Feel

Aug 21, 2019 • 7 comments

More than 3,000 members answered our survey on assisted suicide! Read the results and compare your point of view with that of other...

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25 years without a diagnosis: The story of Pilar and Parkinson's disease

Parkinson's disease

25 years without a diagnosis: The story of Pilar and Parkinson's disease

Aug 15, 2019 • 1 comment

Pilar, member of Carenity Spain, has suffered from Parkinson's disease for over 40 years. Despite having symptoms as a child, she was, unfortunately, not diagnosed until many years later. She has...

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How to explain a chronic condition to children and adapt your daily life to fibromyalgia?

Fibromyalgia

How to explain a chronic condition to children and adapt your daily life to fibromyalgia?

Aug 5, 2019 • 4 comments

Jennifer's children were between 3 and 12 years old when their mother was diagnosed with fibromyalgia. She agreed to tell us her family's story facing this...

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All you need to know about lupus flare-ups: risk factors, treatments, symptoms

Lupus

All you need to know about lupus flare-ups: risk factors, treatments, symptoms

Aug 1, 2019 • 3 comments

Internist and our expert, Laurent Chiche, shares his advice on how to recognize, treat and prevent lupus...

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Eating better when you have hepatitis

Hepatitis A
Hepatitis and liver diseases
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis D
Hepatitis E
Hepatitis H
Hepatitis of the child
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and NASH

Eating better when you have hepatitis

Jul 25, 2019

For the occasion of World Hepatitis Day, discover our tips to make your diet your best ally when facing this...

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"Anemia, Hashimoto disease, aortic insufficiency, type 1 diabetes...just to name a few. This is my story of misdiagnosis

Cardiovascular diseases
Diabetes (Type 1)
Disorders of the heart valves
Hashimoto thyroiditis
Iron-deficiency anemia
Scoliosis
Thyroid dysfunction

"Anemia, Hashimoto disease, aortic insufficiency, type 1 diabetes...just to name a few. This is my story of misdiagnosis

Jul 24, 2019 • 1 comment

A member tells us about her long journey to reaching a diagnosis through this very sincere and emotional...

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Cancer and food: advice from a dietitian (2/2)

Cancer

Cancer and food: advice from a dietitian (2/2)

Jul 19, 2019

Sugar, meat, alcohol... what if we could put all the chances on our side against cancer? Read the interview with a dietitian and nutritionist on this...

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Medical research for lupus: toward less toxic treatments and personalized medicine

Lupus

Medical research for lupus: toward less toxic treatments and personalized medicine

Jul 16, 2019 • 2 comments

What improvements can patients expect to see? What are the obstacles to therapeutic...

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Cancer and food: advice from a dietitian (1/2)

Cancer

Cancer and food: advice from a dietitian (1/2)

Jul 12, 2019 • 2 comments

Can what we eat cause cancer? How to eat better? Let's check with a dietitian and...

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How is rheumatoid arthritis diagnosed?

Rheumatoid arthritis

How is rheumatoid arthritis diagnosed?

Jul 8, 2019 • 1 comment

What are the risk factors? What tests are required? Learn more about the diagnosis of...

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