Diabetes (Type 1)
Diabetes (Type 2)

Diabetes: Discrimination, Professional Life, Plan Ahead... What do patients say?

9 Nov 2018 • 1 Like • 13 comments

What are the issues concerning Diabetes that should be addressed by governments and organisations? What do you want those without diabetes to understand? What should be changed in the United...

Parkinson's disease

Parkinson's disease may start in appendix, study finds

8 Nov 2018 • 3 comments

Parkinson's disease has long been considered a disease of the brain, but research out Wednesday found it may start in the gut, specifically in the appendix, a tiny organ near the large intestine. Usin...

Child Illnesses

Helping kids cope with the fear of medical treatment

30 Oct 2018 • 3 comments

For children, the fear and pain of medical treatments can be traumatic. So a number of tech companies have come up with ways to help. Vaccinations save lives, but many children fear the needle. So...

Prostate cancer

Do you know the history of Movember?

30 Oct 2018

For almost 20 years, November has been dedicated to the fight against typical male diseases, such as prostate cancer. This disease is one of the most common cancers in men. Carenity offers you a...

Epilepsy
Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Epilepsy medicines pregabalin and gabapentin to be reclassified as class C drugs

24 Oct 2018 • 5 comments

Epilepsy medicines pregabalin and gabapentin to be reclassified as class C drugs to help minimise possible misuse. The UK government announced last week that the medicines pregabalin and gabapentin...

Diabetes (Type 2)
Diabetes insipidus
Diabetic neuropathy

Diabetes: Fridge temperature may make insulin less effective

22 Oct 2018 • 1 comment

New research that set out to analyze the temperatures at which people living with diabetes store their insulin is now warning against the perils of improper storage for the quality and effectiveness...

Cancer

Telling patients to 'fight' cancer puts them under pressure

4 Oct 2018 • 11 comments

Cancer patients should not be told to “fight” their disease because doing so puts them under “exhausting pressure”, Macmillan Cancer Support has said. The charity warned that framing cancer in terms...

Choriocarcinoma
Difficult pregnancy
Dysmenorrhea
Dyspareunia
Eclampsia
Female hypogonadism
Fetal cytomegalovirus syndrome
Fibrocystic breast disease
Gestational diabetes
Hydatidiform mole
Hydramnios
Infertility
Internal endometriosis
Maternal hyperphenylalaninemia
Menopause
Menorrhagia
Miscarriage
MURCS association
Ovarian cyst
Postpartum depression
Preeclampsia
Premenstrual dysphoric disorder
Uterine fibroma
Vulvodynia / Vestibulodynia
Vulvovaginal Atrophy
Women's health

In shift to general wellness, Weight Watchers becomes 'WW'

27 Sep 2018 • 4 comments

Global weight loss giant Weight Watchers is changing its name to WW as it moves toward promoting healthy living ingeneral, the company announced Monday. Its new slogan -- "Wellness that works" --...

Multiple sclerosis

MS: New drug proven to slow brain shrinkage

26 Sep 2018 • 3 comments

A new clinical trial for the drug ibudilast offers much-needed hope for people living with multiple sclerosis — a neurological condition that affects primarily women and has limited treatment...

Arthritis
Osteoarthritis

Sex differences in brain activity alter pain therapies

26 Sep 2018 • 3 comments

Women suffer from a higher incidence of chronic and inflammatory pain conditions such as fibromyalgia and osteoarthritis, say researchers. A female brain's resident immune cells are more active in...

Inquiry starts into UK blood contamination scandal

25 Sep 2018 • 1 comment

A public inquiry in Britain into a contaminated blood scandal dating back decades which left at least 2,400 people dead began Monday with a commemoration service and opening statements. The...

Diabetes (Type 1)
Diabetes insipidus

'World first' trial in Cardiff for new treatment for Type 1 diabetes

24 Sep 2018 • 14 comments

A 'ground-breaking' clinical trial has been launched in Cardiff to help prevent and manage Type 1 diabetes. The Clinical Research Facility at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board has dosed the...