Acute and chronic conditions typically differ in how they develop and how long they last. Broadly speaking, acute conditions occur suddenly, have immediate or rapidly developing symptoms, and are ...

Chronic illness in children describes a condition that lasts one year or more and requires ongoing medication, attention, or treatment. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), more than 40 ...

What Is Anemia of Chronic Disease? Anemia is a lack of healthy red blood cells with enough protein called hemoglobin.

Geroscience examines the underlying biology of aging to delay chronic diseases and extend the healthy years of human life.

What is masculinity? This is a highly personal question that deserves reflection. What images, thoughts, and feelings enter your mind when contemplating masculinity? Perhaps you think of a muscular ...

Isabella Cueto covers the leading causes of death and disability: chronic diseases. Her focus includes autoimmune conditions and diseases of the lungs, kidneys, liver (and more). She writes about ...

Maybe you were just diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder and are realizing how much your life is going to change. Or perhaps your new treatment plan involves a steroid that will finally reduce your ...

Are you like me, a member of a rotten club neither of us wants to be in? That is the chronic disease club — those of us who have some kind of underlying illness that, while it might vary in its ...

Lyme infection-associated chronic illness (IACI) is real, often debilitating and long-lasting, and in urgent need of research that prioritizes treatments to improve symptoms affecting patients’ ...

If you have Medicare, there’s a good chance you have two or more chronic conditions such as arthritis, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, or dementia. Two-thirds of the 57 million Americans with ...