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Using cannabis for ankylosing spondylitis

Ankylosing spondylitis
Sciatica
Scoliosis

Using cannabis for ankylosing spondylitis

29 Oct 2018 • 11 comments

A member tells us about how using cannabis has helped her to manage her chronic...

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How do you manage your PMS? 7 natural remedies for PMS

Choriocarcinoma
Difficult pregnancy
Dysmenorrhea
Dyspareunia
Eclampsia
Female hypogonadism
Fetal cytomegalovirus syndrome
Fibrocystic breast disease
Gestational diabetes
Hydatidiform mole
Hydramnios
Infertility
Internal endometriosis
Maternal hyperphenylalaninemia
Menopause
Menorrhagia
Miscarriage
MURCS association
Ovarian cyst
Postpartum depression
Preeclampsia
Premenstrual dysphoric disorder
Uterine fibroma
Vulvodynia / Vestibulodynia
Vulvovaginal Atrophy
Women's health

How do you manage your PMS? 7 natural remedies for PMS

29 Oct 2018 • 1 comment

Premenstrual syndrome is the official name for everything women go through before their monthly menstrual period starts, with some of those symptoms continuing on through the cycle. For many, though,...

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Our survey results on living with psoriasis

Psoriasis

Our survey results on living with psoriasis

29 Oct 2018 • 5 comments

For the occasion of World Psoriasis Day, we asked our French, Italian and British members a few questions to learn more about the impact of their disease on daily life. This is their...

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5 movies about mental illness

Agoraphobia
Alexithymia
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Behavioural disorders / Mental illness
Beta-thalassemia
Bipolar disorder
Borderline personality disorder
Cardiac conduction defect syndrome
Childhood disintegrative disorder
Claustrophobia
Coffin-Lowry syndrome
Cyclothymia
Delirious flushes
Depersonalization disorder
Depression
Dissociative identity disorder
Dysmorphic disorder
Dysthymia
Frontotemporal dementia
Frontotemporal dementia with tau inclusions
Generalized anxiety disorder
Gilles de la Tourette syndrome
Hyperactivity
Hypomania
Identity Crisis
Impostor syndrome
Learning disabilities (Dys)
Lubie
Melancholy
Mitral valve disorder
Multiple Complex Developmental Disorder
Neurosis
Obsessive compulsive disorder
Panic attack
Paranoia
Pathological demand avoidance syndrome
Phobias
Post traumatic stress disorder
Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures
Psychosis
Psychotic disorder
Schizoaffective disorder
Schizotypal personality disorder
Seasonal affective disorder
Secondary Trauma
Social anxiety disorder
Stress
Tics
Trichotillomania
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5 movies about mental illness

26 Oct 2018 • 1 Like • 9 comments

Watching a film can be a wonderful source of escapism as it provides you with an insight into another world and encourages you to broaden your horizon by seeing things from a different point of view....

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Breast cancer and mastectomy: My story

Breast cancer
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

Breast cancer and mastectomy: My story

26 Oct 2018

A few years ago, Cacalou, a member of Carenity France, had breast cancer: a mastectomy, breast reconstruction and the diagnosis of a rare disease later, she tells us about her experience

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Epilepsy medicines pregabalin and gabapentin to be reclassified as class C drugs

Epilepsy
Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Epilepsy medicines pregabalin and gabapentin to be reclassified as class C drugs

24 Oct 2018 • 5 comments

Epilepsy medicines pregabalin and gabapentin to be reclassified as class C drugs to help minimise possible misuse. The UK government announced last week that the medicines pregabalin and gabapentin...

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Cannabis relieves symptoms in Crohn's disease

Crohn's disease

Cannabis relieves symptoms in Crohn's disease

24 Oct 2018 • 1 comment

Treatment with cannabis can relieve symptoms and improve quality of life in individuals with Crohn's disease even though it has no impact on gut inflammation, according to new research presented at a...

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Revisting a Breast Cancer patient one year later

Breast cancer
Cancer

Revisting a Breast Cancer patient one year later

23 Oct 2018 • 5 comments

Last time you mentioned how happy you are with your post-operation care concerning your mastectomy, is that still the case? Certainly can't remember saying I was 'happy' about anything to do with my

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Diabetes: Fridge temperature may make insulin less effective

Diabetes (Type 2)
Diabetes insipidus
Diabetic neuropathy

Diabetes: Fridge temperature may make insulin less effective

22 Oct 2018 • 1 comment

New research that set out to analyze the temperatures at which people living with diabetes store their insulin is now warning against the perils of improper storage for the quality and effectiveness...

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How to manage COPD triggers

Brittle asthma
COPD

How to manage COPD triggers

22 Oct 2018 • 8 comments

Certain factors can cause symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease to grow more severe. Identifying and finding ways to avoid these triggers can help. Importance of identifying triggers Air...

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Alternative Medicine and Therapy for Pain

Back pain
Chronic pain
Disc discplacement
Disc hernia
Migraine
Sciatica
Tendonitis
Toothache
Torticollis

Alternative Medicine and Therapy for Pain

19 Oct 2018 • 3 comments

To control chronic pain, our members use alternative therapies and medicine in addition to his or her medical treatments. Discover the results of our survey on this subject and share your own...

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Fibromyalgia and Chronic Pain

Fibromyalgia
Polymyalgia rheumatica

Fibromyalgia and Chronic Pain

18 Oct 2018 • 3 Likes • 9 comments

Fibromyalgia and Chronic Pain On the occasion of the World Day Against Pain on the 15th October, Carenity offers a week of publications dedicated to the fight against chronic pain. Today, we are...

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