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Why is Supportive Care Essential during Breast Cancer Treatment?

Breast cancer

Why is Supportive Care Essential during Breast Cancer Treatment?

19 Oct 2023 • 2 Likes

What is supportive care? Supportive care, also known as palliative care, helps individuals with cancer navigate the physical, emotional, and practical challenges associated with the disease. Its...

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Menopause and diet: how to eat well to reduce symptoms?

Menopause

Menopause and diet: how to eat well to reduce symptoms?

18 Oct 2023

What are the symptoms of menopause?  In the UK, 14 million women are affected by the menopause. Menopause is not an illness. Nevertheless, the hormonal changes associated with menopause can have an...

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Different treatments for different types of pain

Different treatments for different types of pain

17 Oct 2023 • 3 Likes • 1 comment

According to recent studies, chronic pain affects around 30% of adults in the UK. In 2/3 of cases, the pain is mild to moderate in intensity. Chronic pain tends to increase with age, and affects...

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Mindful Eating: Why is it a game-changer for your diet?

Mindful Eating: Why is it a game-changer for your diet?

16 Oct 2023 • 5 Likes • 1 comment

What is mindful eating?Mindfulness implies actively recognizing and acknowledging the experiences that are happening in the present moment. It involves giving our complete focus to the ongoing moment...

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Arthritis: understanding its cause, symptoms and treatment

Arthritis

Arthritis: understanding its cause, symptoms and treatment

12 Oct 2023 • 1 Like

What is arthritis? Osteoarthritis, arthritis and rheumatism are often confused. Arthritis is an inflammation of the membrane surrounding a joint. It can be infectious, autoimmune or metabolic in...

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Dagmar: “My ALS diagnosis pulled out the rug from under me, but I knew I had to get up and keep going.”

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Dagmar: “My ALS diagnosis pulled out the rug from under me, but I knew I had to get up and keep going.”

11 Oct 2023 • 1 comment

Hello, Dagmar! Thank you so much for agreeing to share your story with the Carenity audience.First of all, could you tell us more about yourself?I grew up in the Midwest - - Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and...

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Paget's disease of the nipple: "Don't let waiting for a diagnosis deplete your reserves!"

Breast cancer

Paget's disease of the nipple: "Don't let waiting for a diagnosis deplete your reserves!"

10 Oct 2023

Hello @mlaure, thank you for agreeing to be interviewed for the Carenity audience.First of all, could you tell us a little about yourself?My name is Marie-Laure, I'm single, I live alone in the...

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Mental health: learn to control your anxiety using the 10/10/10 rule

Mental health: learn to control your anxiety using the 10/10/10 rule

10 Oct 2023 • 1 Like • 1 comment

What is the 10/10/10 rule? In our day-to-day lives, we can all experience stress or even major anxiety when faced with certain situations, such as a problem at work, an uncomfortable thought, an...

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Exploring Disabilities: What are the different types?

Exploring Disabilities: What are the different types?

9 Oct 2023 • 4 Likes • 1 comment

What is a disability?A disability is a broad term that refers to a physical, sensory, cognitive, intellectual, or developmental condition that can significantly impact a person's ability to perform...

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Kasi: “After the fat-shaming and gaslighting, my Lipoedema diagnosis came as a huge blessing."

Kasi: “After the fat-shaming and gaslighting, my Lipoedema diagnosis came as a huge blessing."

4 Oct 2023

Hello, Kasi! Thank you so much for agreeing to share your story with the Carenity audience.First of all, could you tell us more about yourself?My name is Kasi, and I live near Richmond, Virginia. I...

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PCOS, weight gain and eating disorders (ED): everything there is to know!

Polycystic ovary syndrome

PCOS, weight gain and eating disorders (ED): everything there is to know!

2 Oct 2023

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) was first described in 1935. It is due to a hormonal imbalance of ovarian and pituitary origin (related to the pituitary gland in the brain). This endocrine disease...

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Tips on how to relieve pain without drugs

Tips on how to relieve pain without drugs

1 Oct 2023 • 2 Likes

What is pain?  According to the official definition of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), "pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with or described...

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