Rheumatology

Osteoarthritis and joint replacement: Everything you need to know!

Jan 15, 2022 • 1 Like

What is osteoarthritis? What symptoms does it cause? What are the risk factors? Osteoarthritis is a disease of the cartilage and the adjacent tissues which allow the joints to slide over each other....

Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer’s disease: What are the warning signs?

Jan 14, 2022

There are more than 5.8 million people living with Alzheimer's disease in the United States. This condition results from a slow degeneration of neurons, starting in the hippocampus (a brain structure...

Attention deficit disorder with or without hyperactivity

ADHD: What are its symptoms and causes and how is it treated?

Jan 13, 2022 • 1 comment

Attention Deficit Disorder with or without hyperactivity component appears in childhood and often persists into adulthood. It affects between 2 and 5% of children and 3-4% of adults, the majority of...

Parkinson's disease

Jan 12, 2022 • 4 comments

Hello Brigitte, thank you for agreeing to share your story with us on Carenity!First of all, could you tell us a little bit about yourself? I like nature, megaliths (large stones forming a...

False memories: Can our memory betray us?

Jan 11, 2022 • 7 Likes • 2 comments

Our memory can play tricks on us. Sometimes we forget things, and sometimes our memory stores an approximate or a rather distorted recollection of real events. It is also possible that our brain...

Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy

Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy: symptoms, diagnosis and similarities with other diseases

Jan 10, 2022

What is chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy?CIDP is a rare autoimmune disease that affects the nerves and may lead to loss of feeling (numbness) and muscle weakness, causing...

What is oxygen therapy?

Jan 8, 2022 • 3 Likes

Different types of oxygen therapyThere are two types of oxygen therapy:Hyperbaric oxygen therapy: This is used only in special emergency situations such as decompression sickness or carbon monoxide...

What are the effects of alcohol on our physical and mental health?

Jan 5, 2022 • 6 Likes

Alcohol contains ethanol, an active ingredient obtained by a biochemical reaction that breaks down the sugar in fruit or plants, which makes it possible to produce liquid. This chemical influences...

What is the social impact of invisible illnesses? Carenity members share their opinions!

Jan 4, 2022 • 3 Likes • 1 comment

387 members from France, the US and the UK took part in our surveyThe survey was conducted between November 22 and December 8, 2021 in which 387 Carenity members in France, the United Kingdom and the...

How to take care of your health naturally?

Jan 3, 2022 • 1 Like

Taking care of yourself and your health is essential. Between industrial foods and beauty products loaded with harmful substances, pollution and sedentary lifestyle, our bodies have to cope with a...

Insomnia – Alternatives to drugs: sophrology, self-hypnosis and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)

Jan 2, 2022 • 4 Likes

What is insomnia? Long-lasting insomnia affects about 10% of the Americans. Insomnia is a decrease in the quality and quantity of sleep. Anyone can experience insomnia at any time. However, it...

COPD
Emphysema

Dec 29, 2021 • 4 Likes • 1 comment

Hello dunecitymike, thank you for agreeing to share your story with us on Carenity!Could you tell us a little bit about yourself? I am an 81-year-old end-stage emphysema sufferer living for the past...