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Medication leaflets made simple: Here’s what you need to know to stay safe

Medication leaflets made simple: Here’s what you need to know to stay safe

12 Sep 2025 • 2 Likes • 1 comment

What is a medication leaflet, and why is it so confusing?A medication leaflet, also known as the Patient Information Leaflet, is the official document included with your prescription or...

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Intuitive eating: Can listening to your body heal your relationship with food?

Intuitive eating: Can listening to your body heal your relationship with food?

6 Sep 2025 • 2 Likes

What is intuitive eating? And how is it different from dieting?Developed by dietitians Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch in the 1990s, intuitive eating is built around ten guiding principles. These are...

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SSRIs: Are these antidepressants right for you?

SSRIs: Are these antidepressants right for you?

5 Sep 2025 • 1 Like • 1 comment

What is an SSRI?SSRIs, or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, are a class of medications primarily used to treat depression and anxiety disorders. These medications act on serotonin, a...

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Treatment-resistant depression: "I relapse systematically at the same time every year."

Depression
Postpartum depression

Treatment-resistant depression: "I relapse systematically at the same time every year."

3 Sep 2025 • 1 Like

Hello, and thank you so much for agreeing to share your story with Carenity.First of all, could you tell us a little about yourself?I’m Marie, 37 years old, an architect for almost 15 years, and the...

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PCOS: when diagnostic errors and medical minimisation make things worse

Polycystic ovary syndrome

PCOS: when diagnostic errors and medical minimisation make things worse

1 Sep 2025

What is PCOS and how does it manifest itself? Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), also known as Stein-Leventhal syndrome, is a common hormonal disorder affecting around one in ten women of...

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Back from summer? Here’s why a gentler return to routine matters

Back from summer? Here’s why a gentler return to routine matters

30 Aug 2025 • 2 Likes

Why do the benefits of holiday fade so quickly?The “post-vacation crash” is realIt’s no illusion, people often feel amazing on holiday and then flat or anxious shortly after returning. In a study by...

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Parkinson’s disease: What does the research say?

Parkinson's disease

Parkinson’s disease: What does the research say?

25 Aug 2025

What is Parkinson’s disease?Parkinson’s disease is a progressive neurological disorder marked by the degeneration of dopamine-producing neurons in a region of the brain called the substantia nigra....

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Meditation for chronic illness: A beginner’s guide to healing the mind and body

Meditation for chronic illness: A beginner’s guide to healing the mind and body

23 Aug 2025 • 1 Like • 1 comment

What is meditation?Meditation is the practice of training your attention. At its core, it means choosing to focus your mind, often on the breath, a sound, or a physical sensation, while gently...

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Do social media promote depression?

Do social media promote depression?

22 Aug 2025 • 1 Like

In 2025, more than 5.24 billion people worldwide use social media, representing nearly 64% of the population. In the UK, 79% of total population are active on social media, spending an average of 1...

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Crohn’s disease: “I went through a total proctocolectomy… and it’s not over yet.”

Crohn's disease

Crohn’s disease: “I went through a total proctocolectomy… and it’s not over yet.”

20 Aug 2025

Hello, and thank you so much for agreeing to share your story with Carenity.First of all, could you tell us a bit more about yourself?Hello, with pleasure, and thank you for the invitation. I...

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Fibromyalgia: How researchers are finally unlocking the mystery of chronic pain

Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia: How researchers are finally unlocking the mystery of chronic pain

18 Aug 2025 • 2 Likes

Why does fibromyalgia remain such a mystery?A condition with no visible damageFibromyalgia is one of modern medicine’s most elusive conditions. It causes widespread chronic pain, intense fatigue,...

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Is sitting too much putting your health at risk? Here’s what to do about it.

Is sitting too much putting your health at risk? Here’s what to do about it.

16 Aug 2025 • 3 Likes • 1 comment

What is considered a sedentary lifestyle?Sedentary behaviour is defined as any waking activity done while sitting, reclining, or lying down, using very little energy, i.e., 1.5 metabolic equivalents...

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