Carenity

Guernsey to vote on assisted dying

17 May 2018 • 3 comments

Guernsey's parliament is to debate whether to introduce assisted dying. The island's chief minister, Gavin St Pier, is proposing a bill that would allow terminally ill people to end their lives with...

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‘Game-changing’ app allows air ambulance services to view patients

17 May 2018 • 1 comment

An app that allows air ambulance services to view patients before they arrive to treat them has been dubbed “game-changing”. The GoodSAM App’s new feature, called ‘Instant on the Scene’, sends...

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NHS England seeks GP and patient views of online consultations

17 May 2018 • 3 comments

NHS England is inviting patients and GPs to submit their view on online consultations. Opened on 8 May, the survey asks GPs, practice teams and members of the public to offer their input so NHS...

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Breast cancer

Almost 14,000 women contact breast cancer helpline after IT error revealed

17 May 2018

Almost 14,000 women have contacted a helpline which offers advice to those who believe an IT error may have caused them to miss their final breast cancer screening. Jeremy Hunt told MPs last week...

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Diabetes (Type 2)
Diabetes insipidus

Doctors slow to switch diabetes treatment when drugs don't work

17 May 2018

When type 2 diabetes isn’t well controlled with oral medications, doctors are often slow to switch patients to more intensive treatment, a U.S. study suggests. Researchers found that only about...

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Adams-Stokes syndrome
Aneurysm
Angina pectoris
Angio-osteohypertrophic syndrome
Angioedema
Aortic arch interruption
Aortic dissection
Arrhythmias
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia
Arterial hypertension
Arteriovenous malformation
Atherosclerosis
Atrial fibrillation
Attention deficit disorder with or without hyperactivity
Atypical coarctation of aorta
Brugada syndrome
Budd-Chiari syndrome
Buerger disease
CADASIL syndrome
Cardiac syndrome X
Cardiomyopathy
Cardiovascular diseases
Cardiovascular syncope
Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia
Cerebral arteriovenous malformation
Cerebral vasculitis
Cerebrovascular accident
Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency
Complete atrioventricular canal
Congenital heart disease
Congenital pulmonary valve stenosis
Congestive heart failure
Coronary heart disease
Criss-cross heart
Dependent personality disorder
Disorders of the heart valves
Ebstein malformation
Endocarditis
Familial isolated dilated cardiomyopathy
Familial isolated restrictive cardiomyopathy
Familial long QT syndrome
Giant cell arteritis
Heart attack / Infarction
Heart murmur
Hemorrhoid
Hereditary angioedema
Hereditary spherocytosis
Holt-Oram syndrome
Hypercholesterolemia
Idiopathic orthostatic hypotension
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Low blood pressure
Mitral valve prolapse
Moyamoya disease
Myocardial infarction
Myocarditis
Non-familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Obliterative arteriopathy
Orthostatic hypertension
Other diseases
Partial atrioventricular canal
Patent ductus arteriosus
Pericarditis
Peripheral arterial disease
Peripheral artery occlusive disease
Phlebitis
Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome
Pulmonary arterial hypertension
Pulmonary embolism
Pulmonary Hypertension
Raynaud Syndrome
Rendu-Osler-Weber disease
Romano-Ward syndrome
Scimitar syndrome
Silent ischemia
Supra ventricular tachycardia
Supravalvular aortic stenosis
Takayasu arteritis
Temporal arteritis
Tetralogy of Fallot
Transient ischemic attack
Transposition of the great arteries
Tricuspid atresia
Tumours of the heart
Valvular heart disease
Varicose veins
Vasculitis
Venous thrombosis
Ventricular tachycardia
Wegener granulomatosis
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After a heart attack, it is necessary to resume doing sport or to start doing it

15 May 2018 • 4 comments

Paris, 19 April 2018 (AFP) – According to a new study presented before the European Cardiology Society, a person who survived a heart attack should get back to doing sport or take up a physical...

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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

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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COPD

COPD-associated inflammation halted in model experiment

7 May 2018

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD for short, is believed to be the third most common cause of death worldwide. However, because the underlying mechanism is still largely unknown, today's...

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Newly-discovered anti-inflammatory substances may potentially treat variety of diseases

7 May 2018 • 1 comment

Inflammation, and in particular chronic inflammation, are major contributors to a large number of diseases, such as cancer, acute pancreatic inflammation, fatty liver disease, diabetes, ulcerative...

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Arthritis

Insight into potential new strategy to target skin diseases like psoriasis

7 May 2018 • 1 comment

Research at UT Southwestern has shown that targeting metabolism in growing cells holds promise for the treatment of skin diseases like psoriasis that are characterized by skin overgrowth resulting...

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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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