Chronic diseases, like heart disease, diabetes and cancer are the top causes of death for New Yorkers, according to city data. Interim Health Commissioner Dr. Michelle Morse addresses inequities ...

A spirometry test is one way to distinguish the type of lung disease. Emphysema and chronic bronchitis are both long-term lung conditions. They’re part of a disorder known as chronic obstructive ...

Relatively little is known about how (and even if) these countries are responding to the changing disease patterns and the increasing burden of chronic diseases and multi-morbidity. In this context, ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, said he will prioritize preventing chronic disease, shifting funding from vaccine and infectious ...

Our understanding of pain, and especially chronic pain, is far behind where it should be. We don’t know what causes a person with an injury to develop chronic pain, or why it happens in some ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made clear in testimony before the Senate this week that if confirmed as Health and Human Services secretary, his focus would be on chronic diseases over infectious ones.

Almost 36 million Americans have chronic kidney disease or CKD, and 9 out of 10 of those people don’t know they have it. Most people have a pair of kidneys, which are organs located below the ribs ...

"Exhausted immune cells remain one of the biggest challenges in treating chronic diseases," said Dr. Utzschneider. "This research provides a roadmap for how we might reinvigorate the immune system ...

Fibromyalgia (FMS) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), also called myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS), are chronic conditions that have similar symptoms. Both cause extreme tiredness, which could ...

"Exhausted immune cells remain one of the biggest challenges in treating chronic diseases," said Dr Utzschneider. "This research provides a roadmap for how we might reinvigorate the immune system ...