Mixing herbal remedies and conventional drugs 'could be harmful'

25 Jan 2018 • 2 comments

Herbal remedies such as St John’s wort, ginseng and ginkgo biloba could have harmful interactions with conventional drugs, scientists have warned. In an extensive review of the medical literature,...

Proper exercise can reverse damage from heart aging

15 Jan 2018

Exercise can reverse damage to sedentary, aging hearts and help prevent risk of future heart failure -- if it's enough exercise, and if it's begun in time, according to a new study by cardiologists...

Men’s health

Why older men should do more housework

15 Jan 2018 • 3 comments

Researchers have found that every day, older women spend an average of 2 hours more doing household chores than men. But it's not all bad. Older men and women who engage in more housework might have...

Alcohol can cause irreversible genetic damage to stem cells, says study

10 Jan 2018

Link between drinking and cancer clarified by study which indicates alcohol causes cancer by scrambling DNA in cells, eventually leading to mutations. Alcohol can cause irreversible genetic damage to...

Parkinson's disease

Regular high-intensity exercise may stall Parkinson's symptoms

13 Dec 2017

New research into the effects of exercise in the management of Parkinson's disease suggests that regular high-intensity physical activity may help to keep disease progression in check. A phase II...

Asthma

Testosterone could explain why asthma is more common in women than men

29 Nov 2017 • 2 comments

The puzzle of why asthma is about twice as common in women as men may have been solved, according to researchers who say it might partly be down to testosterone. While boys are about 1.5 times as...

Fatigue: types, causes and ways to reduce

21 Nov 2017 • 7 comments

Fatigue is a common problem among adults. It can be physical or mental, both causing weakness, tiredness and can prevent people from following their usual routine. Physical fatigue: A person finds it...

FDA approves 'trackable' pill

20 Nov 2017

US regulators have approved the first pill that can be digitally tracked through the body. The Abilify MyCite aripiprazole tablets - for treating schizophrenia and manic episodes - have an ingestible...

Diabetes (Type 2)
Diabetes insipidus

Diabetes and insulin in the eyes of the Carenity diabetics

16 Nov 2017 • 2 comments

For the occasion of World Diabetes Day, we have asked the members of our Diabetes Community to share their opinions through a survey on this trivialised disease, which affects 422 million people in...

Diabetes (Type 1)
Diabetes insipidus

Diabetes and insulin in the eyes of the Carenity diabetics

16 Nov 2017

For the occasion of World Diabetes Day, we have asked the members of our Diabetes Community to share their opinions through a survey on this trivialised disease, which affects 422 million people in...

COPD

What Carenity members think about COPD

16 Nov 2017 • 2 comments

For the occasion of World COPD awareness day (November 15th), we have decided to ask the members of our COPD community for their opinion about the disease and its impact on their life. COPD is not a...

To be happier, take a moment to notice the nature around you

6 Nov 2017

If you see some blades of grass unexpectedly emerging from among the train tracks, or if your potted lavender plant has just bloomed, give yourself a moment to take it in, and notice how it makes you...