Carenity

Bananas Foster Loaf Cake

6 Jan 2016

In the kitchen: read the "Bananas Foster Loaf Cake" recipe quickly and reproduce it at home!

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Multiple sclerosis

Taking high dose of vitamin D can stop multiple sclerosis sufferers having a relapse

5 Jan 2016 • 3 comments

Taking a high dose of the sunshine vitamin D can stop multiple sclerosis sufferers having a relapse, study found. The vitamin, known for its importance for bone health, is obtained primarily...

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Rheumatoid arthritis

Woman With Rheumatoid Arthritis Runs 127 Miles In Three Days For Sport Relief

5 Jan 2016

The thought of running a marathon is enough to make most of us feel tired, but a woman with rheumatoid arthritis has ran the equivalent of nearly five times that distance. Jilly, from Hebden...

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Psoriasis

Psoriasis? Arthritis? New designer cells might be able to stop symptoms before they start

5 Jan 2016

One conventional tactic for treating autoimmune diseases like psoriasis, in which the body’s immune system launches an outsized attack on the the body’s own tissues, is to tamp down the immune...

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Tips for exercising in the winter

5 Jan 2016

The winter season normally brings a visit from an old friend named Jack Frost. Some people see Jack Frost as their friend and welcome him into their lives along with the cold temperatures, snow ice,...

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COPD

Music Therapy Improves Symptoms of COPD

5 Jan 2016 • 5 comments

Music therapy improves the health of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a new study finds. COPD is the fourth leading cause of death in the U.S. Patients with COPD experience...

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Brittle asthma
COPD

COPD can’t be cured, but symptoms can be eased

16 Dec 2015 • 2 comments

Many of us have experienced getting a little winded going up a flight of stairs. This may be because we are not quite in the shape we used to be – or would like to be. But for people with Chronic...

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Schizophrenia

Why it took my son eight years to be diagnosed with schizophrenia

16 Dec 2015

Somewhere between leaving the train station at Euston and arriving at Crewe to spend Christmas with his grandmother, something irreversible and terrifying happened to Sam Lowe’s brain.As the 13.46...

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Multiple sclerosis

Two new drugs to fight multiple sclerosis may keep sufferers out of wheelchairs

16 Dec 2015 • 1 comment

Two new drugs in the arsenal against multiple sclerosis have been welcomed by sufferers for boosting chances of staving off wheelchairs.Multiple Sclerosis New Zealand (MSNZ) said Pharmac's decision...

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Diabetes (Type 1)
Diabetes (Type 2)

12 Things You Might Not Know About Diabetes

16 Dec 2015 • 3 comments

Diabetes is at epidemic proportions across the globe and most people know someone living with this condition. The serious physical and mental health complications associated with all types of...

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The strange psychology of pain relief medicine

16 Dec 2015

The manufacturer of a leading brand of painkiller has been accused of misleading customers in Australia. But how do people choose over-the-counter pain relief?There's a whole range of Nurofen...

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Breast cancer

Early-Stage Breast Cancer Patients Should Think Twice Before Opting for Mastectomy

15 Dec 2015

Nicole Snyder of Goose Creek, South Carolina, is in treatment for early-stage breast cancer. Her doctors recommended breast-conserving surgery. She chose a double mastectomy instead.Years earlier,...

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