HIV/AIDS

HIV and the Coronavirus

May 12, 2020

The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) affects 36.9 million people worldwide, including more than 1.1 million in the US. HIV targets CD4 lymphocytes, cells essential to the immune system, making the...

Rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatoid Arthritis & the Coronavirus

May 12, 2020

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) affects over 1.3 million Americans and as much as 1% of the worldwide population. The disease affects the joints and causes the progressive destruction of cartilage and...

Diabetes (Type 2)

Type 2 Diabetes: Learn More About Metformin!

May 7, 2020 • 1 comment

Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes, making up more than 90% of all diabetes cases. It is characterized by a later diagnosis than type 1 diabetes and often occurs in people who are...

Multiple sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis and COVID-19

May 6, 2020 • 1 comment

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease of the central nervous system. Currently, nearly 1 million adults have MS in the United States. The symptoms are varied: fatigue,...

Crohn's disease
Ulcerative colitis

Gastrointestinal Disorders and the Coronavirus

May 5, 2020 • 1 comment

Approximately 1.6 million Americans currently have Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). And this number is constantly increasing, as as many as 70,000 new cases are diagnosed in the US each year! The...

Diabetes (Type 1)
Diabetes (Type 2)

Diabetes and the Coronavirus

Apr 29, 2020

According to the Diabetes Research Institute, 34.2 million people, or 10.5% of the U.S. population are living with diabetes, with approximately another 7.3 million who have not yet been diagnosed....

Chronic kidney disease

Kidney Disease and the Coronavirus

Apr 28, 2020

Kidney disease is far from being a rare condition, with an estimated 37 million people affected by chronic kidney disease in the US. Kidney disease can lead to a gradual and irreversible...

Obesity

Coronavirus and Obesity

Apr 23, 2020

Obesity is a chronic progressive condition that affects more than 70 million adults across the US, or approximately 43% of the adult population. Obesity is a major risk factor for many illnesses,...

Psychiatry

Mental health: How to Better Cope During the COVID-19 Lockdown?

Apr 20, 2020

Nearly one in five people in the US (about 46.6 million in 2017) are living with a mental illness, be it depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia or anxiety. The current situation can be very...

COVID-19 and Chronic Illness: Patients Sound the Alarm

Apr 17, 2020 • 4 comments

Carenity conducted a survey to measure in real time the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on access to care and quality of life for chronic patients, a population that is particularly vulnerable in...

Lupus
Rheumatoid arthritis

Plaquenil as a Treatment for COVID-19: What are the Consequences for Chronic Patients?

Apr 9, 2020 • 4 comments

In recent weeks, hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil) has been the subject of much media attention, due to debated findings indicating that it might be an effective treatment for the COVID-19 infection....

COPD

Everything you need to know about COPD and the Coronavirus!

Apr 7, 2020 • 1 comment

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (or COPD) is a serious chronic inflammatory disease of the bronchi that affects nearly 16 million people across the US. In many cases, it is caused by smoking...