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Fibromyalgia: nagging pain and tips for everyday life

Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia: nagging pain and tips for everyday life

11 May 2018 • 2 Likes • 9 comments

Fibromyalgia is subject to numerous debates. Even the medical world struggles to give an exact definition for this debilitating health condition. For the World Fibromyalgia day, we asked our patients...

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Lupus: between fatigue and joint pain

Lupus

Lupus: between fatigue and joint pain

9 May 2018 • 2 comments

Daily life of patients affected by rare diseases is still a mystery for a lot of people. Carenity has carried out a survey among its French and British members and the results are discussed in this...

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Fifteen percent of osteoporosis patients who take 'drug holidays' suffer bone fractures

Acromegaly
Acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy
Adhesive Arachnoiditis
Adult-onset proximal spinal muscular atrophy
autosomal dominant
Adult-onset Still disease
Albright hereditary osteodystrophy
Arachnoiditis
Arthralgia
Arthritis
Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita
Autosomal dominant childhood-onset proximal spinal muscular atrophy
Autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2A
Autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2C
Autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2D
Autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2E
Autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2F
Autosomal recessive malignant osteopetrosis
Bone infarcts
Bone spurs
Brachial Plexus Injury
Bursitis
Buschke-Ollendorff syndrome
Campomelic dysplasia
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Cataplexy
Cauda Equina
Cholesteatoma
Chronic hiccup
Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy
Club foot
Congenital muscular dystrophy
Congenital muscular dystrophy type 1A
Congenital muscular dystrophy type Fukuyama
Congenital muscular dystrophy with integrin deficiency
Cramp-fasciculation syndrome
Craniofacial dyssynostosis
Degenerative disc disease
Degenerative Spine Disorder
Dental hypomineralization
Desbuquois syndrome
Diffuse Idiopathic Systemic Hyperostosis
Dopa-responsive dystonia
Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy
Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Dupuytren's disease
Dysferlinopathy
Early-onset generalized limb-onset dystonia
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy
Enchondromatosis
Enthesitis-related arthritis
Extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma
Facet joint disorder
Facioscapulohumeral dystrophy
Failed Back Surgery Syndrome
Femoroacetabular Impingement
Femur-fibula-ulna complex
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva
Fibrous dysplasia of bone
Fibular hemimelia
Geroderma osteodysplastica
Hallux valgus
Heel spur
Hemimelia
Hydroxyapatite rheumatism
Hypermobility syndrome
Hypochondroplasia
Isaacs' syndrome
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Kyphosis
Langerhans cell histiocytosis
Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease
Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy
Lupus
Macrophagic myofasciitis
Malignant hyperthermia
Melorheostosis
Meniscus tear in the knee
Multiple epiphyseal dysplasia
Multiple osteochondromas
Muscles / Skeleton / Joints
Myalgic encephalomyelitis
Myasthenia gravis
Myelofibrosis
Myofascial pain
Myositis
Nasu-Hakola disease
Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy
Oligoarticular juvenile arthritis
Osgood-Schlatter disease
Osteochondritis dissecans
Osteogenesis imperfecta
Osteomyelitis
Osteonecrosis
Osteonecrosis of the femoral condyle
Osteonecrosis of the humeral head
Osteonecrosis of the lunate
Osteopenia
Osteopetrosis
Osteoporosis
Patellofemoral syndrome
People of small height
Periarteritis nodosa
Plantar fasciitis
Polymyalgia rheumatica
Polymyositis
Proximal myotonic myopathy
Proximal spinal muscular atrophy
Proximal spinal muscular atrophy type 1
Proximal spinal muscular atrophy type 2
Proximal spinal muscular atrophy type 3
Proximal spinal muscular atrophy type 4
Pseudoachondroplasie
Pycnodysostosis
Reactive arthritis
Relapsing polychondritis
Rheumatic fever
Rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata
Rhizomelic pseudopolyarthritis
Sacroilitis
SADAM disease
SAPHO Syndrome
Scapulohumeral periarthritis
Scheuermann disease
Scoliosis
Shoulder adhesive capsuliti
Sjögren syndrome
Sjögren-Larsson syndrome
Spasmophilia
Spasticity
Spinal stenosis
Spondyloarthropathy
Spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia
Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita
Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia tarda
Spondylolisthesis
Spondylometaphyseal dysplasia
Kozlowski type
Spondylosis
Sporadic inclusion body myositis
Sprain
Steinert myotonic dystrophy
Temporomandibular joint dysfunction
Tenopathy of the rotator cuff
Thomsen and Becker disease
Tibial aplasia - ectrodactyly
Tibial hemimelia
Tibial muscular dystrophy
Tietz syndrome
Tietz syndrome (Hypopigmentation-deafness syndrome)
Traumas and injuries
Trochanteric Bursitis
Unilateral adactylia
X-linked dominant chondrodysplasia punctata

Fifteen percent of osteoporosis patients who take 'drug holidays' suffer bone fractures

7 May 2018 • 8 comments

Patients who take osteoporosis drugs for long periods typically are advised to temporarily discontinue the drugs to prevent rare but serious side effects to the jaw and thighs. A Loyola Medicine...

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Statins save lives of people with high levels of LDL cholesterol

Cardiovascular diseases

Statins save lives of people with high levels of LDL cholesterol

7 May 2018

Cholesterol-lowering drugs are more likely to save thousands of additional lives when used in people with higher levels of LDL cholesterol, or "bad" cholesterol, according to a new study from the...

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Reducing side effects in commonly used drugs

Reducing side effects in commonly used drugs

7 May 2018 • 4 comments

New research from The Australian National University (ANU) has drilled down to the molecular level to find similarities across six pharmaceutical drugs used in pain relief, dentist anaesthetic, and...

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Brain-training exercises aid emotional recovery after breast cancer, study shows

Breast cancer

Brain-training exercises aid emotional recovery after breast cancer, study shows

26 Apr 2018 • 4 comments

Simple brain-training exercises carried out at home have been shown to reduce emotional vulnerability in female breast cancer survivors, according to new research. Academics at Birkbeck, University...

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Poor muscle health a complication of type 1 diabetes

Diabetes (Type 1)
Diabetes insipidus

Poor muscle health a complication of type 1 diabetes

26 Apr 2018

Type 1 diabetes can lead to poor muscle health even in active young adults, according to research from Canada. The researchers in the study, which is published today in Diabetologia, found the...

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Warmer weather raises risk of asthma attacks, charity warns

Asthma

Warmer weather raises risk of asthma attacks, charity warns

12 Apr 2018 • 1 comment

While many people are welcoming the more spring-like weather, those with asthma are at a higher risk of suffering a life-threatening attack, a charity has warned. Pollen is a major trigger for asthma...

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5 ways research can help prevent cancer

Cancer

5 ways research can help prevent cancer

12 Apr 2018

1. Vaccination Infection with the human papillomavirus (HPV) is very common. And while it doesn’t usually cause cancer, the virus is responsible for virtually all cases of cervical cancer in the...

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Parkinson’s disease, a familiar but not well-known disease

Parkinson's disease

Parkinson’s disease, a familiar but not well-known disease

11 Apr 2018 • 2 comments

Parkinson’s – the “illness of the old”? No. 17% of newly diagnosed are people under 65. Shaking  - the only symptom? Far from it, and the symptoms vary greatly. Even if the condition is not...

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Is Your Smoking Making Your Psoriasis Worse?

Arthritis

Is Your Smoking Making Your Psoriasis Worse?

9 Apr 2018 • 3 comments

Smoking may have led to you having psoriasis, and continuing to smoke can make the situation worse. Learn about the link between psoriasis and smoking. It's no secret that smoking hurts the heart and...

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How to stay active in the workplace

How to stay active in the workplace

5 Apr 2018 • 1 comment

Millions of us have jobs that require us to sit at desks or around conference tables for several hours per day. Many health risks are associated with sitting down for prolonged periods — but how do...

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