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Alzheimer’s disease: What are the warning signs?

Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer’s disease: What are the warning signs?

14 Jan 2022

There are approximately 900,000 people suffering with Alzheimer's disease in the UK. This condition results from a slow degeneration of neurons, starting in the hippocampus (a brain structure...

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ADHD: What are its symptoms and causes and how is it treated?

Attention deficit disorder with or without hyperactivity

ADHD: What are its symptoms and causes and how is it treated?

13 Jan 2022 • 1 Like

Attention Deficit Disorder with or without hyperactivity component appears in childhood and often persists into adulthood. It affects between 2 and 5% of children and 3-4% of adults, the majority of...

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Parkinson's disease: "The disease progresses, but I am and will be stronger than it!"

Parkinson's disease

Parkinson's disease: "The disease progresses, but I am and will be stronger than it!"

12 Jan 2022

Hello Brigitte, thank you for agreeing to share your story with us on Carenity!First of all, could you tell us a little bit about yourself? I like nature, megaliths (large stones forming a...

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False memories: Can our memory betray us?

False memories: Can our memory betray us?

11 Jan 2022 • 4 Likes

Our memory can play tricks on us. Sometimes we forget things, and sometimes our memory stores an approximate or a rather distorted recollection of real events. It is also possible that our brain...

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Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy: symptoms, diagnosis and similarities with other diseases

Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy

Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy: symptoms, diagnosis and similarities with other diseases

10 Jan 2022 • 2 Likes • 1 comment

What is chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy?CIDP is a rare autoimmune disease that affects the nerves and may lead to loss of feeling (numbness) and muscle weakness, causing...

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What is oxygen therapy?

What is oxygen therapy?

8 Jan 2022 • 2 Likes

Different types of oxygen therapyThere are two types of oxygen therapy:Hyperbaric oxygen therapy: This is used only in special emergency situations such as decompression sickness or carbon monoxide...

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What are the effects of alcohol on our physical and mental health?

What are the effects of alcohol on our physical and mental health?

5 Jan 2022 • 7 Likes • 2 comments

Alcohol contains ethanol, an active ingredient obtained by a biochemical reaction that breaks down the sugar in fruit or plants, which makes it possible to produce liquid. This chemical influences...

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What is the social impact of invisible illnesses? Carenity members share their opinions!

What is the social impact of invisible illnesses? Carenity members share their opinions!

4 Jan 2022 • 5 Likes

387 members from France, the US and the UK took part in our surveyThe survey was conducted between 22 November and 8 December 2021 in which 387 Carenity members in France, the United Kingdom and the...

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How to take care of your health naturally?

How to take care of your health naturally?

3 Jan 2022 • 2 Likes • 2 comments

Taking care of yourself and your health is essential. Between industrial foods and beauty products loaded with harmful substances, pollution and sedentary lifestyle, our bodies have to cope with a...

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Insomnia – Alternatives to drugs: sophrology, self-hypnosis and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)

Insomnia – Alternatives to drugs: sophrology, self-hypnosis and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)

2 Jan 2022 • 1 Like

What is insomnia? Insomnia affects about 31% of the UK population. Insomnia is a decrease in the quality and quantity of sleep. Anyone can experience insomnia at any time. However, it becomes severe...

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COPD: “The toughest thing is getting my mind to accept my new physical limitations.”

COPD
Emphysema

COPD: “The toughest thing is getting my mind to accept my new physical limitations.”

29 Dec 2021 • 1 Like

Hello dunecitymike, thank you for agreeing to share your story with us on Carenity!Could you tell us a little bit about yourself? I am an 81-year-old end-stage emphysema sufferer living for the past...

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Cardiovascular diseases: Reducing risk and improving management is possible!

Cardiovascular diseases

Cardiovascular diseases: Reducing risk and improving management is possible!

28 Dec 2021 • 2 Likes • 2 comments

What are cardiovascular diseases? About 7 million people are affected with cardiovascular diseases, or CVD, in the UK. It is a significant cause of disability and death: CVD is responsible for 1 in 4...

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