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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...

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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...

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Ankylosing spondylitis

Ankylosing spondylitis: "I'll never stop being active in spreading the word about this disease!"

16 Nov 2017

Hello Karine, thank you for agreeing to share your story with us on Carenity.Could you introduce yourself in a few words? Hi Léa, I am 41 years old and I live in a couple in the north of France, in...

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Epilepsy
Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Wristband devices detect dangerous seizures in patients with epilepsy

8 Nov 2017 • 3 comments

New research published in Epilepsia, a journal of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE), indicates that wristband devices may improve the detection and characterization of seizures in...

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Epilepsy
Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Largest ever collection of patient data of inherited epilepsy conditions

8 Nov 2017 • 3 comments

Researchers from Swansea University Medical School have joined up with five other centres from around the world to compile the biggest recorded collection of families with forms of epilepsy where...

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Cancer

Gut bacteria 'boost' cancer therapy

6 Nov 2017

Bacteria living in the murky depths of the digestive system seem to influence whether tumours shrink during cancer therapy, say French and US researchers. They tested the microbiome - the collection...

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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...

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Healthy carrot soup

3 Nov 2017 • 2 comments

In the kitchen: read the "Healthy carrot soup" recipe quickly and reproduce it at home!

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Lupus

New blood test detects stroke and heart attack risk in lupus patients with no CVD symptoms

19 Oct 2017

The results of a study presented at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR) 2017 press conference have shown that a specific biomarker detected in the blood of lupus patients with no...

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Gluten-free diet should not be eaten by people who are not coeliac, say scientists

18 Oct 2017 • 6 comments

Gluten-free diets should not be encouraged among people who do not have coeliac disease, scientists have said. Gluten is a protein found in wheat, rye and barley and gives food a chewy texture and...

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Diabetes (Type 1)
Diabetes (Type 2)

With type 1 diabetes, "you can live normally"!

10 Oct 2017

Hello, can you please introduce yourself in a few words and tell us about your diagnosis? Hi my name is Stephen Mc Donagh, I am 36 and work as a chef. I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the...

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Asthma

Severity of asthma attacks may be reduced with vitamin D supplements

4 Oct 2017

Adding vitamin D supplements to standard medication could reduce the severity of asthma attacks for individuals with the respiratory condition, suggests a new review. Researchers found that people...

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