Rare diseases

Acromegaly, Cushing's disease... Learn more about pituitary neuroendocrine tumors!

Aug 6, 2020 • 1 comment

Pituitary adenomas (or pituitary neuroendocrine tumors) account for between 10 and 20% of brain tumors in adults. These tumors are rare, with an incidence of 4/100,000 people and are often discovered...

Cancer

What is hormone therapy?

Aug 5, 2020 • 2 Likes • 1 comment

Hormone therapy is a systemic anti-cancer therapy, which means that it affects the entire body. It can be both medicinal (via steroid hormones) and non-medicinal (via surgery). Unlike other cancer...

How can yoga improve the lives of patients with chronic illness?

Aug 4, 2020

Far from being a purely spiritual discipline, yoga brings many benefits both physiologically and psychologically. But is it a sport suitable for patients with chronic illnesses? What are the real...

Where to dispose of expired or unused medication? And how to recycle them?

Jul 22, 2020 • 1 comment

In 2017, Consumer Reports found that nearly one-third of Americans hadn't cleaned out their medicine cabinets in the one year and nearly one-fifth hadn't done so in the previous five years....

Castleman disease

Living with Castleman Disease

Jul 16, 2020

Castleman disease is a rare condition that affects the lymph nodes, which in turn affects patients' immune systems. While the exact number of cases of Castleman disease is unknown, it is estimated...

Photosensitizing medications: What are they and how can their effects be prevented?

Jul 15, 2020

Now that summer has arrived and when taking chronic treatment, it is common to wonder if it is safe to take your treatment whilst being out in the sun. In fact, various unexpected and significant...

Castleman disease

Castleman Disease: Everything you need to know!

Jul 1, 2020

Castleman disease is a rare disease that can occur in men and women of any age. An estimated 4,300 to 5,100 new cases per year are reported in the United States. Significant progress has been made in...

Melanoma: How do you know if a mole is dangerous?

Jun 24, 2020

We all have many moles on our bodies. Also called nevi, they are most often characterized as small brown spots, raised or flat, and usually appear before the age of 30. Their number on the body...

Meet Marie-Gabrielle, our Product & Engagement Manager

Jun 17, 2020

Get to know Marie-Gabrielle, Product & Engagement Manager, who explains her role at Carenity. Ask her all your questions in the comments!...

Autoimmune Diseases with biologic therapy

COVID-19 & Biologics: Patients Share their Experience

Jun 4, 2020 • 1 comment

Carenity conducted a survey to measure the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on access to specific, treatment-related information for chronic disease patients undergoing biologic therapy. Biologic...

Intimacy with a Chronic Illness

Jun 2, 2020 • 3 comments

Sexual dysfunction is estimated to be 2 to 6 times more frequent in patients with chronic illness or disability. Diabetes, cancers, cardiovascular diseases, psychiatric disorders, kidney failure,...

End-of-Lockdown Anxiety

May 26, 2020

Fear of infection, panic on public transportation or in stores, readjustment to work, the need for consumerism, social pressure... The fears caused by the end of the COVID-19 lockdown are numerous....